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Sat, Dec 17, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Winnipeg Jets 5, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 52% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1112927527
VAN0309111123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:51WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:30WPGKyle CapobiancoGWGAssists: Sam Gagner, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Slap, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:08WPGNeal PionkAssists: Brenden Dillon, Cole Perfetti · Slap, 0.01 xG3–0
  4. P3 0:56WPGSam GagnerAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.08 xG4–0
  5. P3 7:59WPGAxel Jonsson-FjallbyAssists: Dylan Samberg · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–0
  6. P3 14:36VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland · Tip-in, 0.07 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:20VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:21WPGSam Gagner: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:11WPGCole Perfetti: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:48VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 14:28WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Aman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVAN
27Shots on goal23
1.9Expected goals1.7
41Shot attempts47
21Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits38
16Blocked shots5
1Giveaways6
3Takeaways6

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. bestScheifele – Kuhlman – Perfetti12:22

    xG 0.38–0.19 (67%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  2. Stenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby – Gustafsson9:48

    xG 0.18–0.03 (86%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Lowry – Harkins – Barron10:38

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Connor – Dubois11:10

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey17:33

    xG 0.53–0.25 (68%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk14:31

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Capobianco – Samberg14:42

    xG 0.34–0.66 (34%)attempts 9–17goals 2–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Horvat – Garland6:13

    xG 0.33–0.23 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Lazar – Pederson – Hoglander3:46

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Dries – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko4:41

    xG 0.05–0.07 (43%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Horvat – Lazar – Garland6:26

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes3:03

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson2:03

    xG 0.01–0.04 (17%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Myers – Stillman13:38

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

VAN 1.7 xGWPG 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1178 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 52% of the time.

VAN winsWPG wins

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

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