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Thu, Nov 2, 2023·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Winnipeg Jets 2, Vegas Golden Knights 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 54% of the time.

VGK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG05113113231
VGK1102927526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:45VGKWilliam KarlssonAssists: Pavel Dorofeyev, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:17WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Alex Iafallo, Mark Scheifele · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:00VGKJonathan MarchessaultPPAssists: Mark Stone, Logan Thompson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:38VGKIvan BarbashevPPGWGAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, William Karlsson · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:51WPGAlex IafalloPPAssists: Cole Perfetti, Kyle Connor · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:47VGKJonathan MarchessaultAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:08VGKJonathan MarchessaultENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.56 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:46VGKJonathan Marchessault: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:24WPGDylan Samberg: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:03VGKMark Stone: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:30WPGMason Appleton: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:06VGKMichael Amadio: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:34WPGNeal Pionk: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:56VGKJonathan Marchessault: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:25VGKBrayden Pachal: Holding2 min
  9. P3 0:00WPGKyle Connor: Slashing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eichel won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVGK
31Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals2.8
71Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won27
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
23Hits31
7Blocked shots22
4Giveaways4
4Takeaways8

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 – Appleton5:59

    xG 0.40–0.17 (70%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Appleton4:12

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo3:46

    xG 0.17–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo8:29

    xG 0.23–0.46 (33%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk8:11

    xG 0.61–0.07 (89%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Samberg5:49

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 10–2goals 0–1

  3. Schmidt – Samberg5:13

    xG 0.14–0.14 (49%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestKolesar – Howden – Rondbjerg7:40

    xG 0.32–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel10:39

    xG 0.69–0.72 (49%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Amadio – Dorofeyev8:51

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  4. Stone – Stephenson – Cotter9:57

    xG 0.25–0.61 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Pachal11:33

    xG 0.57–0.48 (54%)attempts 6–15goals 1–0

  2. McNabb – Theodore14:02

    xG 0.53–0.51 (51%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  3. Martinez – Pietrangelo13:33

    xG 0.31–0.48 (39%)attempts 7–18goals 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.

VGK 2.8 xGWPG 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #645 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 54% of the time.

VGK winsWPG wins

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

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