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Sun, Nov 26, 2023·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Winnipeg Jets 2, Nashville Predators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01409211234
NSH1132409326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:40NSHYakov TreninAssists: Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:26NSHRoman JosiAssists: Kiefer Sherwood, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:22NSHGustav NyquistPPGWGAssists: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:28WPGJosh MorrisseyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:10WPGCole PerfettiPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 6:10WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:29NSHKiefer Sherwood: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 14:33WPGJosh Morrissey: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 11:04NSHSpencer Stastney: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sissons won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNSH
34Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts49
35Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
36Hits29
11Blocked shots13
10Giveaways13
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. bestJonsson-Fjallby – Barron – Gustafsson5:48

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo16:00

    xG 0.79–0.78 (50%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

  3. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton11:58

    xG 0.12–0.31 (28%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti11:25

    xG 0.26–0.52 (33%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Samberg8:50

    xG 0.41–0.13 (75%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey16:19

    xG 0.71–0.47 (60%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk3:34

    xG 0.39–0.35 (52%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg13:18

    xG 0.52–0.22 (71%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. McCarron – Tomasino – Parssinen2:06

    xG 0.05–0.18 (21%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  3. Sherwood – Parssinen – Evangelista4:38

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Sissons – Trenin – Smith9:23

    xG 0.07–0.61 (10%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Barrie3:11

    xG 0.58–0.13 (81%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Stastney2:52

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Josi2:39

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

NSH 2.6 xGWPG 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #569 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

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

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