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Wed, Oct 19, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 4, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG2111110511428
COL0103140900333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:52WPGSam GagnerPPAssists: Adam Lowry, Cole Perfetti · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:21WPGNeal PionkAssists: Mason Appleton, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:14COLMikko RantanenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:44WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Blake Wheeler, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:26COLMikko RantanenAssists: Bowen Byram, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:27COLValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:31WPGNeal PionkGWGAssists: Mason Appleton · Slap, 0.06 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:23COLSamuel Girard: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:57WPGCole Perfetti: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:57COLMartin Kaut: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 3:55COLJosh Manson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:50WPGMason Appleton: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:32WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Holding2 min
  7. P3 6:32COLJosh Manson: Holding2 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
49% to win51% 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
28Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals2.2
53Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
6Penalty minutes8
27Hits26
25Blocked shots13
7Giveaways7
6Takeaways5

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. bestWheeler – Dubois – Perfetti11:33

    xG 0.67–0.31 (69%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Appleton13:17

    xG 0.40–0.31 (56%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

  3. Gagner – Jonsson-Fjallby – Gustafsson6:06

    xG 0.05–0.25 (17%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Maenalanen – Barron10:15

    xG 0.09–0.71 (11%)attempts 2–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Schmidt15:35

    xG 0.53–0.35 (60%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Samberg13:42

    xG 0.45–0.55 (45%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk17:03

    xG 0.34–0.85 (29%)attempts 7–27goals 0–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen14:17

    xG 0.68–0.44 (61%)attempts 22–11goals 0–1

  2. Megna – Blidh – O'Connor4:04

    xG 0.11–0.02 (88%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Nichushkin – Kaut8:27

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Nichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook2:37

    xG 0.06–0.14 (30%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMakar – Byram3:12

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Byram12:21

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Girard – Makar3:16

    xG 0.25–0.17 (59%)attempts 4–6goals 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 2.2 xGWPG 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 76/100 · #378 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 57% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).