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Wed, Apr 6, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Detroit Red Wings 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET15017213335
WPG01319011133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:40DETSam GagnerSHAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:01WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nate Schmidt, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:11DETMichael RasmussenGWGAssists: Oskar Sundqvist, Kyle Criscuolo · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:23DETSam GagnerENAssists: Pius Suter, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:13DETOskar Sundqvist: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:19DETKyle Criscuolo: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 16:53WPGMorgan Barron: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 5:15WPGLogan Stanley: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 13:16WPGZachary Sanford: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 16:13DETAdam Erne: Too many men on the ice2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETWPG
35Shots on goal33
4.5Expected goals3.4
63Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
22Hits20
10Blocked shots19
7Giveaways3
7Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestVrana – Suter – Zadina9:12

    xG 0.62–0.39 (61%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Larkin – Rasmussen – Raymond11:26

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Sundqvist – Erne – Veleno6:51

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Gagner – Criscuolo – Hirose5:18

    xG 0.18–0.33 (35%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Hronek3:31

    xG 0.74–0.34 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Seider2:48

    xG 0.40–0.05 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Walman – Lindstrom9:30

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Scheifele – Ehlers11:05

    xG 0.75–0.28 (73%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Sanford – Appleton7:31

    xG 0.24–0.08 (76%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Toninato – Svechnikov – Barron6:36

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Connor – Dubois10:42

    xG 0.52–0.95 (35%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Pionk12:58

    xG 0.87–0.25 (78%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey14:26

    xG 0.54–0.54 (50%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk2:01

    xG 0.09–0.12 (43%)attempts 4–4goals 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 3.4 xGDET 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #904 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsDET wins

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

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