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Sat, Dec 2, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 74% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI1506010121
WPG16111111328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:39CHIConnor BedardAssists: Philipp Kurashev · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:43WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:23WPGMorgan BarronGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:06WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Dylan Samberg, Declan Chisholm · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:07CHIConnor Murphy: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:53WPGNeal Pionk: Holding2 min
  3. P2 3:59CHIJarred Tinordi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:57CHIPhilipp Kurashev: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:21WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:03CHIRyan Donato: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CHI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIWPG
21Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals3.4
48Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
30Hits22
16Blocked shots14
8Giveaways9
4Takeaways10

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Katchouk – Entwistle8:17

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Beauvillier – Kurashev – Bedard12:28

    xG 0.72–0.77 (48%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Raddysh – Reichel9:13

    xG 0.12–0.34 (25%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Dickinson – Anderson8:59

    xG 0.02–0.41 (4%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Jones – Vlasic13:27

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Korchinski3:36

    xG 0.12–0.25 (32%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Korchinski13:41

    xG 0.62–0.86 (42%)attempts 13–18goals 1–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Lowry – Appleton9:58

    xG 0.92–0.33 (74%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Scheifele – Ehlers – Connor15:11

    xG 0.67–0.58 (54%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Vilardi – Iafallo – Perfetti9:26

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron – Gustafsson3:49

    xG 0.06–0.16 (29%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk16:49

    xG 0.53–0.27 (66%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey16:27

    xG 0.95–0.73 (57%)attempts 22–14goals 0–0

  3. Samberg – Chisholm9:02

    xG 0.34–0.55 (38%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

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 3.4 xGCHI 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #1060 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 74% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

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

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