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Thu, Jan 27, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 5, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11421425533
WPG11001509134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 13:23VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson · Slap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:32WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Blake Wheeler, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Slap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:25VANJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:55VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:08VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:00VANElias PetterssonAssists: Tyler Myers, Brad Hunt · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:13WPGVille Heinola: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:36VANMatthew Highmore: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:45VANTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 1:01WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:04VANBrock Boeser: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:28VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 8:28WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
33Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals3.3
57Shot attempts66
38Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
13Hits14
15Blocked shots11
12Giveaways12
5Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Podkolzin10:40

    xG 0.78–0.27 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Motte – Lammikko – Highmore10:57

    xG 0.45–0.07 (86%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Garland – Pettersson – Hoglander11:33

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Dickinson – Bailey7:48

    xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Hughes6:25

    xG 0.38–0.01 (99%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson10:33

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson3:55

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Harkins – Vesalainen3:08

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Lowry – Poganski6:44

    xG 0.44–0.21 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Connor – Dubois – Perfetti11:18

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Harkins – Svechnikov – Vesalainen3:56

    xG 0.05–0.20 (20%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Schmidt8:23

    xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Schmidt – Kovacevic6:12

    xG 0.21–0.02 (90%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Kovacevic2:22

    xG 0.18–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

WPG 3.3 xGVAN 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #993 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 59% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (WPG − VAN), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).