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Tue, Jan 17, 2023·Centre Bell, Montreal

Winnipeg Jets 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG06110010126
MTL01031117428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:24WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Nikolaj Ehlers · Slap, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:46MTLEvgenii DadonovAssists: Justin Barron, Christian Dvorak · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:28MTLMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Kirby Dach, Justin Barron · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:31MTLEvgenii DadonovAssists: Christian Dvorak, David Savard · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:19MTLJosh AndersonAssists: Kirby Dach, Mike Matheson · Snap, 0.27 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:43WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:57WPGKarson Kuhlman: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 0:00MTLRem Pitlick: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:25WPGMorgan Barron: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:57MTLCole Caufield: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:23MTLArber Xhekaj: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 19:23WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 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 SOG0MTL
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Suzuki
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGMTL
26Shots on goal28
3.7Expected goals2.8
66Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
20Hits25
10Blocked shots18
11Giveaways19
5Takeaways8

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 – Barron – Kuhlman3:24

    xG 0.55–0.04 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois10:16

    xG 0.94–0.74 (56%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Perfetti8:46

    xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Lowry – Perfetti3:39

    xG 0.14–0.01 (92%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk10:04

    xG 0.59–0.06 (90%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Pionk – Heinola3:07

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Pionk2:39

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Anderson – Dach9:09

    xG 0.81–0.15 (84%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  2. Dadonov – Dvorak – Pezzetta6:49

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Pitlick – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard3:04

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Suzuki – Ylonen – Caufield11:17

    xG 0.44–0.81 (35%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Harris3:14

    xG 0.52–0.07 (88%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Barron – Xhekaj3:14

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Savard – Matheson9:00

    xG 0.72–0.49 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

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.

MTL 2.8 xGWPG 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #916 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50MTL 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 65% of the time.

MTL winsWPG wins

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

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