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Sat, Mar 4, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers 5, Winnipeg Jets 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM110311114535
WPG21341917739

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:43EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Zach Hyman, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:34WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Nino Niederreiter · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:09WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:57EDMMattias JanmarkSHAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:12EDMLeon DraisaitlUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 6:54WPGAdam LowryAssists: Morgan Barron, Brenden Dillon · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P2 7:16WPGKyle CapobiancoAssists: Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P2 9:18EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. P2 10:45WPGMorgan BarronAssists: Josh Morrissey · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–5
  10. P2 19:58WPGJosh MorrisseyPPGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.04 xG4–6
  11. P3 2:55EDMNick BjugstadAssists: Devin Shore, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–6
  12. P3 19:25WPGDylan DeMeloENAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.40 xG5–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:30WPGBlake Wheeler: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:26EDMMattias Janmark: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:45EDMZach Hyman: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:11WPGNino Niederreiter: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:59EDMDarnell Nurse: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:59WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 18:59EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 5:10WPGMorgan Barron: Interference2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMWPG
35Shots on goal39
3.1Expected goals3.3
61Shot attempts68
33Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
13Hits29
15Blocked shots19
6Giveaways12
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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Shore – Ryan6:10

    xG 0.32–0.04 (89%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Yamamoto6:31

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid3:53

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Janmark – Foegele – McLeod2:55

    xG 0.09–0.37 (19%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard16:46

    xG 1.48–0.39 (79%)attempts 30–13goals 2–1

  2. Kulak – Nurse2:14

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Broberg2:12

    xG 0.05–0.02 (68%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Ehlers – Stenlund8:29

    xG 0.28–0.19 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Maenalanen – Jonsson-Fjallby – Gustafsson5:18

    xG 0.17–0.08 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Namestnikov – Barron10:08

    xG 0.77–0.71 (52%)attempts 14–16goals 2–0

  4. Niederreiter – Scheifele – Connor14:25

    xG 0.64–0.63 (51%)attempts 19–13goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCapobianco – Samberg7:51

    xG 0.30–0.18 (63%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – DeMelo14:36

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey2:11

    xG 0.09–0.30 (23%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

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 3.3 xGEDM 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #67 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.45 · 12 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 54% of the time.

WPG winsEDM wins

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

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