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Thu, Apr 13, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 2, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG082804220
COL191828425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:33COLDenis MalginAssists: Lars Eller, Alex Newhook · Bat, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:15WPGAxel Jonsson-FjallbyAssists: Neal Pionk, Brenden Dillon · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:59WPGKevin StenlundSHAssists: Morgan Barron · Tip-in, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:11COLMikko RantanenPPAssists: Evan Rodrigues, Devon Toews · Slap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:01COLEvan RodriguesGWGAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Brad Hunt · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:31COLArtturi LehkonenENAssists: Bowen Byram, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:03COLMatt Nieto: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:47COLDevon Toews: Interference2 min
  3. P2 8:22WPGNeal Pionk: Holding2 min
  4. P2 14:44WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:57WPGDylan Samberg: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:33COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:08WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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 SOG0COL
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
20Shots on goal25
1.9Expected goals2.5
43Shot attempts43
29Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits12
11Blocked shots14
7Giveaways11
5Takeaways6

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. bestNiederreiter – Lowry – Appleton8:52

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Connor – Kuhlman11:06

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Stenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby – Gustafsson4:23

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  4. Toninato – Maenalanen – Barron5:16

    xG 0.12–0.48 (19%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Capobianco – Stanley12:23

    xG 0.29–0.24 (54%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk16:25

    xG 0.57–0.58 (49%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  3. DeMelo – Samberg13:37

    xG 0.11–0.28 (28%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Malgin – Newhook6:25

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Compher – Lehkonen – Rodrigues5:16

    xG 0.23–0.08 (74%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Compher – Lehkonen – Nichushkin2:26

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues2:51

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Byram4:02

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Byram2:03

    xG 0.16–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard3:51

    xG 0.12–0.03 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

COL 2.5 xGWPG 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #651 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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