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Thu, Jan 11, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 64% of the time.

WPG winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0611005121
WPG01006212228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:19CHIConnor MurphyAssists: Lukas Reichel, Cole Guttman · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:31WPGGabriel VilardiAssists: Adam Lowry, Josh Morrissey · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:55WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Adam Lowry, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:02CHIJoey Anderson: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 6:40WPGNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:38CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:34CHIRyan Donato: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:11WPGMorgan Barron: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 9:05CHITaylor Raddysh: 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.

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
1.6Expected goals2.3
49Shot attempts69
24Faceoffs won24
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
17Hits33
27Blocked shots20
6Giveaways6
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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Sanford – Donato – Katchouk8:20

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Raddysh – Pitlick – Kurashev8:47

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

  3. Entwistle – Guttman – Reichel7:09

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson8:04

    xG 0.07–0.20 (27%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tinordi – Megna2:04

    xG 0.11–0.13 (45%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Tinordi – Murphy11:37

    xG 0.18–0.36 (33%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

  3. Zaitsev – Korchinski12:33

    xG 0.40–0.62 (39%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Ehlers – Vilardi5:05

    xG 0.71–0.35 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Ehlers – Vilardi3:39

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 11–3goals 2–0

  3. Namestnikov – Iafallo – Perfetti7:17

    xG 0.14–0.05 (74%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton7:58

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey4:54

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey11:34

    xG 0.63–0.44 (59%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk9:59

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 15–9goals 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.

WPG 2.3 xGCHI 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #629 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 64% 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).