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Thu, Mar 23, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Winnipeg Jets 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 84% of the time.

ANA winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1161918333
ANA1604110220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:41ANACam FowlerAssists: Max Jones, Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:26WPGMason AppletonAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Adam Lowry · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:45WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nino Niederreiter · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:40ANAFrank VatranoPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Derek Grant · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:47WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Brenden Dillon, Neal Pionk · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:52ANADerek Grant: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 18:37WPGNeal Pionk: Interference2 min
  3. P3 4:31WPGKyle Capobianco: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 14:52ANARyan Strome: 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 SOG0ANA
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGANA
33Shots on goal20
4.1Expected goals1.9
68Shot attempts45
27Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
8Hits11
10Blocked shots15
10Giveaways6
8Takeaways6

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. bestMaenalanen – Stenlund – Barron6:43

    xG 0.75–0.04 (95%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Namestnikov – Appleton8:49

    xG 0.55–0.08 (88%)attempts 13–2goals 2–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers12:06

    xG 0.67–0.31 (68%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Connor – Dubois14:23

    xG 0.97–0.64 (60%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey16:08

    xG 1.00–0.29 (78%)attempts 25–6goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk15:01

    xG 0.87–0.48 (64%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

  3. Dillon – DeMelo2:08

    xG 0.11–0.00 (99%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestTerry – Zegras – Nesterenko3:56

    xG 0.15–0.05 (74%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Vatrano – Lundeström3:03

    xG 0.22–0.20 (51%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Silfverberg – Lundeström – Nesterenko5:40

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Grant – McGinn – Megna10:15

    xG 0.44–0.81 (35%)attempts 5–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Shattenkirk – Benoit14:53

    xG 0.59–0.57 (51%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Fowler2:43

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Harrington17:18

    xG 0.81–1.28 (39%)attempts 17–21goals 1–0

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.

ANA 1.9 xGWPG 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #657 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 84% of the time.

ANA winsWPG wins

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

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