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Tue, Jan 16, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 80% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI111015111237
WPG113218113444

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:41WPGGabriel VilardiAssists: Adam Lowry, Josh Morrissey · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:53NYIAnders LeeAssists: Mike Reilly, Sebastian Aho · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:19WPGNeal PionkPPAssists: Cole Perfetti, Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:58WPGMason AppletonGWGAssists: Dominic Toninato, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:35NYIAnders LeeAssists: Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:38WPGKyle ConnorENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:51WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:30NYIAnders Lee: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:04NYIMike Reilly: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:40WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:50NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:42NYIMike Reilly: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 15:38NYINoah Dobson: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
37Shots on goal44
2.7Expected goals4.8
63Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won34
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
31Hits17
11Blocked shots12
9Giveaways8
4Takeaways12

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Fasching8:06

    xG 0.62–0.44 (59%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Lee – Horvat – Wahlstrom5:51

    xG 0.35–0.17 (67%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Barzal – Holmstrom5:40

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Pageau – Gauthier6:03

    xG 0.13–0.31 (30%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Aho5:10

    xG 0.67–0.15 (82%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  2. Reilly – Dobson2:27

    xG 0.23–0.10 (71%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech7:58

    xG 0.25–0.47 (35%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Connor – Vilardi10:38

    xG 0.63–0.39 (62%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

  2. Iafallo – Barron – Kupari6:27

    xG 0.37–0.19 (67%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti7:38

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Toninato – Appleton9:10

    xG 0.54–0.51 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk12:39

    xG 1.23–0.60 (67%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  2. Schmidt – Samberg10:36

    xG 0.20–0.32 (38%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey15:12

    xG 0.47–0.72 (40%)attempts 12–15goals 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 4.8 xGNYI 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #739 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 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 80% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).