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Thu, Dec 29, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

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

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN190716222
WPG06320113439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:41VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:52WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:42WPGPierre-Luc DuboisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:57WPGMark ScheifelePPGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:11VANConor GarlandAssists: Quinn Hughes, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:32WPGMark ScheifeleENAssists: Adam Lowry · Tip-in, 0.79 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:20WPGMorgan Barron: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:46WPGDylan DeMelo: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 13:15VANLane Pederson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:42VANEthan Bear: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  5. P2 18:08VANEthan Bear: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:00WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Interference2 min
  7. P2 19:32VANTravis Dermott: Interference2 min
  8. P3 6:50VANJack Studnicka: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
22Shots on goal39
2.6Expected goals4.9
45Shot attempts73
27Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits18
17Blocked shots13
9Giveaways13
3Takeaways4

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Lazar – Garland6:52

    xG 0.51–0.24 (69%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Horvat – Boeser – Mikheyev7:48

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Horvat – Boeser3:02

    xG 0.02–0.16 (13%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko2:14

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Hughes2:04

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Bear – Hughes15:22

    xG 0.54–0.60 (47%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Dermott11:12

    xG 0.27–0.78 (26%)attempts 3–21goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron10:00

    xG 0.89–0.08 (92%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Scheifele – Kuhlman10:57

    xG 1.03–0.55 (65%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  3. Harkins – Eyssimont – Gustafsson4:39

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Connor – Dubois12:54

    xG 0.49–0.67 (42%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk8:27

    xG 1.03–0.28 (78%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey12:33

    xG 0.99–0.52 (66%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Samberg – Heinola3:31

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 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 4.9 xGVAN 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #800 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 winsVAN wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).