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Thu, Dec 8, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Winnipeg Jets 5, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1102525520
STL01019112231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:49WPGPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Mark Scheifele, Logan Stanley · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:27WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Michael Eyssimont, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:06WPGBlake WheelerPPGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P2 18:36STLRobert ThomasAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Calle Rosen · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:39WPGPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Josh Morrissey, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 10:43STLJosh LeivoAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Brayden Schenn · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:07WPGCole PerfettiENAssists: Blake Wheeler, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.52 xG5–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:58WPGDylan DeMelo: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 3:26STLColton Parayko: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:35WPGCole Perfetti: Hooking2 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 SOG0STL
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSTL
20Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals2.2
45Shot attempts53
22Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits20
18Blocked shots14
9Giveaways6
10Takeaways11

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. bestLowry – Harkins – Barron7:08

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Harkins – Jonsson-Fjallby – Gustafsson2:35

    xG 0.05–0.02 (72%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Perfetti8:14

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron2:36

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. DeMelo – Morrissey15:45

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Schmidt – Stanley14:26

    xG 0.47–0.54 (47%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Pionk17:10

    xG 0.42–0.84 (34%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Schenn – Leivo13:55

    xG 0.91–0.28 (77%)attempts 21–9goals 1–1

  2. Saad – Barbashev – Acciari6:59

    xG 0.26–0.03 (90%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Saad – Barbashev – Bitten5:38

    xG 0.12–0.05 (69%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Tarasenko – Kyrou – Thomas14:06

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Rosen14:35

    xG 0.76–0.27 (74%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Parayko17:31

    xG 0.70–0.44 (62%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  3. Bortuzzo – Rosen2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 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.

STL 2.2 xGWPG 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #734 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50STL 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 60% of the time.

STL winsWPG wins

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

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