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Mon, Dec 4, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR015114014143
WPG1311306222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:58WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:39WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:09CARMartin NecasAssists: Stefan Noesen, Jalen Chatfield · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:33WPGMason Appleton: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:02CARMartin Necas: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:19WPGLogan Stanley: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 6:15WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARWPG
43Shots on goal22
3.3Expected goals3.2
92Shot attempts43
29Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
11Hits22
10Blocked shots18
8Giveaways14
4Takeaways7

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTeravainen – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov11:59

    xG 1.06–0.34 (75%)attempts 25–8goals 0–0

  2. Noesen – Necas – Drury8:19

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Bunting4:02

    xG 0.33–0.17 (67%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – Aho – Jarvis2:57

    xG 0.02–0.07 (24%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield14:28

    xG 0.48–0.07 (88%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – Pesce16:42

    xG 0.83–0.80 (51%)attempts 24–16goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Slavin14:37

    xG 0.46–0.55 (46%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Ehlers – Connor13:17

    xG 0.86–0.38 (69%)attempts 13–18goals 2–0

  2. Niederreiter – Barron – Gustafsson2:14

    xG 0.04–0.09 (31%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Vilardi – Iafallo – Perfetti9:24

    xG 0.12–0.21 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton10:47

    xG 0.01–0.32 (2%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey14:34

    xG 0.83–0.40 (67%)attempts 12–19goals 0–1

  2. Samberg – Chisholm4:17

    xG 0.15–0.13 (52%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Stanley – Samberg3:05

    xG 0.00–0.04 (1%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

WPG 3.2 xGCAR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #1101 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

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

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