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Fri, Feb 25, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 3, Colorado Avalanche 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 76% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG31207010329
COL011317314642

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:13WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:48WPGEvgeny SvechnikovAssists: Josh Morrissey, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:26WPGAdam LowrySHAssists: Dominic Toninato, Nathan Beaulieu · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 3:10COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:20COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:17COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Nazem Kadri · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 0:56COLAndre BurakovskyGWGAssists: Devon Toews, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:13COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–5
  9. P3 13:11COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 15:53WPGJosh Morrissey: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:08WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:45COLJ.T. Compher: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:03COLMikko Rantanen: Delaying game2 min
  5. P3 14:21COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 14:21WPGNathan Beaulieu: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 14:55WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 14:55WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 15:44WPGJosh Morrissey: Slashing2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Newhook won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
29Shots on goal42
2.0Expected goals3.6
44Shot attempts77
27Faceoffs won24
2Power plays4
20Penalty minutes6
23Hits26
22Blocked shots9
8Giveaways2
3Takeaways7

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestConnor – Svechnikov – Dubois9:03

    xG 0.68–0.47 (59%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  2. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele10:12

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

  3. Toninato – Brooks – Vesalainen5:37

    xG 0.01–0.47 (2%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Poganski – Harkins8:43

    xG 0.03–0.73 (5%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk13:49

    xG 0.68–0.46 (60%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Schmidt – Morrissey4:16

    xG 0.15–0.32 (31%)attempts 5–6goals 0–2

  3. Beaulieu – Schmidt9:16

    xG 0.02–0.64 (3%)attempts 4–16goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Landeskog – Nichushkin11:03

    xG 1.11–0.25 (82%)attempts 22–6goals 2–0

  2. Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:59

    xG 0.95–0.18 (84%)attempts 22–7goals 3–0

  3. Compher – O'Connor – Newhook7:29

    xG 0.31–0.11 (74%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar14:19

    xG 1.09–0.26 (81%)attempts 23–8goals 3–1

  2. Johnson – Murray8:55

    xG 0.66–0.18 (78%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Girard – Makar4:20

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

COL 3.6 xGWPG 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 91/100 · #132 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 76% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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