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Thu, Dec 22, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

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

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG2130608227
BOS010216113339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Cole Perfetti, Karson Kuhlman · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:20WPGJansen HarkinsAssists: Josh Morrissey, Adam Lowry · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:08BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Nick Foligno, Matt Grzelcyk · Snap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:00BOSJake DeBruskPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:08BOSNick FolignoGWGAssists: Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:13BOSBrad Marchand: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:59WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 min
  3. P1 17:58BOSTaylor Hall: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 6:20WPGKevin Stenlund: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:21WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:30WPGJosh Morrissey: 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 SOG0BOS
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nosek won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
27Shots on goal39
3.4Expected goals3.3
52Shot attempts65
19Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
28Hits20
9Blocked shots10
6Giveaways13
10Takeaways4

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 – Perfetti11:26

    xG 0.66–0.24 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Connor – Dubois10:40

    xG 0.65–0.41 (61%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Harkins – Barron7:08

    xG 0.44–0.43 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Stenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby – Gustafsson5:16

    xG 0.04–0.82 (5%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey12:59

    xG 0.68–0.26 (72%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk2:05

    xG 0.21–0.09 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk2:09

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Foligno – Pastrnak2:32

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk10:48

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Hall – Pastrnak4:07

    xG 0.33–0.14 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Coyle – Hall – Frederic5:23

    xG 0.17–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo12:56

    xG 0.81–0.20 (80%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy12:13

    xG 0.70–0.55 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Lindholm – McAvoy3:06

    xG 0.23–0.32 (41%)attempts 5–5goals 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.

BOS 3.3 xGWPG 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #507 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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