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Sun, Mar 6, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

New York Rangers 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 86% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR290726422
WPG016113017146

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:01NYRBarclay GoodrowAssists: Jacob Trouba, Filip Chytil · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:28NYRChris KreiderPPGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:34WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Andrew Copp, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:21NYRChris KreiderAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafrenière · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:32NYRJacob TroubaAssists: Artemi Panarin · Deflected, 0.00 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:59NYRRyan Lindgren: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:58NYRFilip Chytil: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:05WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:11WPGLogan Stanley: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:18NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:54NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:48NYRJonny Brodzinski: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 19:00NYRPatrik Nemeth: Tripping2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRWPG
22Shots on goal46
1.7Expected goals4.1
40Shot attempts68
16Faceoffs won25
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
18Hits26
10Blocked shots9
15Giveaways11
8Takeaways11

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Strome – Hunt – Panarin11:07

    xG 0.09–0.17 (33%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière8:49

    xG 0.50–0.69 (42%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Goodrow – Brodzinski – Chytil7:15

    xG 0.17–0.41 (30%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHajek – Schneider6:24

    xG 0.19–0.07 (73%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller12:33

    xG 0.39–0.45 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren11:50

    xG 0.23–0.65 (26%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stastny – Scheifele9:18

    xG 0.73–0.44 (62%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Ehlers8:33

    xG 0.43–0.16 (73%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Connor – Svechnikov – Dubois9:59

    xG 0.38–0.22 (63%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Toninato – Harkins – Vesalainen4:13

    xG 0.00–0.04 (11%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorrissey – Pionk3:05

    xG 0.46–0.05 (90%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey12:04

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Pionk9:45

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 7–4goals 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 4.1 xGNYR 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 31/100 · #944 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 86% of the time.

WPG winsNYR wins

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

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