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Fri, Apr 8, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 5, Winnipeg Jets 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL1152131514537
WPG21201421601443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:10COLNicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Alex Newhook, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:32WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:35WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:55COLAndre BurakovskyAssists: Cale Makar, Bowen Byram · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:11COLErik JohnsonAssists: Alex Newhook, Nico Sturm · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:04COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:25WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:44WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:42COLCale MakarPPGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Slap, 0.11 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:55WPGJosh Morrissey: Interference2 min
  2. P2 17:18WPGBrenden Dillon: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 17:28COLCale Makar: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 5:02WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 11:55COLNico Sturm: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:16COLMikko Rantanen: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. OT 0:45WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Slashing2 min · PPG

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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
37Shots on goal43
3.6Expected goals4.3
65Shot attempts72
30Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
29Hits30
18Blocked shots13
9Giveaways7
1Takeaways11

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen14:31

    xG 1.09–1.21 (48%)attempts 19–17goals 2–0

  2. Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor7:39

    xG 0.11–0.34 (25%)attempts 4–9goals 0–2

  3. Aube-Kubel – Sturm – Newhook8:45

    xG 0.18–0.50 (26%)attempts 4–10goals 2–0

  4. Compher – Lehkonen – Nichushkin10:32

    xG 0.73–1.08 (41%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Makar – Byram14:15

    xG 0.74–0.83 (47%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

  2. Johnson – Manson3:33

    xG 0.08–0.20 (27%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Makar4:10

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Scheifele – Ehlers8:26

    xG 1.21–0.24 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 3–1

  2. Lowry – Sanford – Appleton11:47

    xG 1.06–0.80 (57%)attempts 14–14goals 0–2

  3. Toninato – Brooks – Barron5:39

    xG 0.05–0.17 (24%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Connor – Svechnikov – Dubois13:26

    xG 0.29–0.70 (29%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Samberg10:18

    xG 1.50–0.41 (79%)attempts 18–7goals 1–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey17:26

    xG 1.52–0.94 (62%)attempts 25–17goals 1–2

  3. Schmidt – Pionk14:36

    xG 0.29–0.65 (30%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

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 4.3 xGCOL 3.6 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #56 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.48 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 winsCOL wins

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

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