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Thu, Dec 15, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Nashville Predators 1, Winnipeg Jets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 83% of the time.

WPG winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH160801101126
WPG11001901012241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:04NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Mikael Granlund, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:24WPGDylan DeMeloAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:31WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 14:16WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 14:16NSHRoman Josi: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 17:07WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:07NSHTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:15NSHCole Smith: Interference2 min
  6. P2 11:00NSHRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 14:11WPGJansen Harkins: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P2 17:50NSHFilip Forsberg: Holding2 min
  9. P3 5:25NSHRoland McKeown: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 7:47WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 7:47WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 7:47NSHRoland McKeown: Roughing2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← NSH attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Glass
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHWPG
26Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals4.5
44Shot attempts80
26Faceoffs won23
3Power plays4
17Penalty minutes15
25Hits18
16Blocked shots10
11Giveaways8
6Takeaways8

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Sissons – Glass6:56

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Jankowski – Glass2:05

    xG 0.15–0.09 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Trenin – Jeannot – Parssinen6:17

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Johansen – Jankowski – Smith6:03

    xG 0.03–0.41 (7%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Fabbro12:00

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Gravel – McKeown11:06

    xG 0.24–0.55 (30%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Gross15:38

    xG 0.66–1.56 (30%)attempts 17–25goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Perfetti11:02

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Connor – Dubois4:38

    xG 0.46–0.18 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Stenlund – Gustafsson3:46

    xG 0.19–0.11 (63%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Harkins – Stenlund – Barron2:03

    xG 0.05–0.06 (44%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – DeMelo3:36

    xG 0.82–0.04 (96%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey11:05

    xG 0.76–0.26 (74%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Morrissey3:42

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 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 4.5 xGNSH 2.2 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #888 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 83% of the time.

WPG winsNSH wins

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

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