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Tue, Feb 20, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Minnesota Wild 3, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 50% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN011117211339
WPG2816316630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:20WPGGabriel VilardiPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Deflected, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:34WPGMason AppletonAssists: Adam Lowry, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:54WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:10MINMarco RossiPPAssists: Declan Chisholm, Frederick Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:38WPGGabriel VilardiPPGWGAssists: Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:36WPGSean MonahanAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Nikolaj Ehlers · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 12:33MINKirill KaprizovPPAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek, Mats Zuccarello · Snap, 0.19 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:11MINMarco RossiAssists: Kirill Kaprizov · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:02WPGNino NiederreiterENAssists: Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.75 xG3–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:32MINDeclan Chisholm: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:03WPGJosh Morrissey: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:38MINJake Middleton: Holding2 min
  4. P1 17:38MINJake Middleton: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:38WPGLogan Stanley: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 12:14WPGGabriel Vilardi: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:52WPGLogan Stanley: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 0:21MINJake Middleton: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 9:11MINRyan Hartman: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 11:36WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Roughing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 11:36MINJake Lucchini: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 11:36WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Fighting5 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINWPG
39Shots on goal30
4.1Expected goals4.0
77Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
18Penalty minutes18
27Hits26
17Blocked shots14
6Giveaways2
2Takeaways9

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – Zuccarello – Hartman9:19

    xG 0.77–0.08 (91%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Duhaime – Dewar8:25

    xG 0.56–0.31 (65%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Lettieri – Lucchini – Rossi7:42

    xG 0.40–0.20 (67%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy8:17

    xG 0.24–0.53 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiddleton – Faber11:57

    xG 0.98–0.34 (74%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Chisholm8:05

    xG 0.67–0.26 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Brodin4:06

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Lowry – Appleton9:37

    xG 0.69–0.20 (78%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Namestnikov – Iafallo – Kupari3:46

    xG 0.09–0.09 (51%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Monahan – Ehlers – Perfetti8:28

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi10:51

    xG 0.41–1.43 (22%)attempts 7–21goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk13:05

    xG 0.72–0.46 (61%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Stanley – Samberg9:35

    xG 0.17–0.54 (24%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey16:31

    xG 0.61–1.53 (29%)attempts 13–22goals 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 4.0 xGMIN 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #373 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 50% of the time.

WPG winsMIN wins

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

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