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Sat, Mar 23, 2024·UBS Arena, Elmont

Winnipeg Jets 3, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG13015217335
NYI31532103639

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:22NYICal ClutterbuckUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:50NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Matt Martin, Alexander Romanov · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:20WPGVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Morgan Barron, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:47NYIKyle PalmieriAssists: Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:51NYIHudson FaschingGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P2 9:11NYIMathew BarzalAssists: Hudson Fasching, Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–5
  7. P2 15:32NYIAnders LeeAssists: Mathew Barzal, Hudson Fasching · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–6
  8. P3 7:37WPGMason AppletonAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–6
  9. P3 17:50WPGCole PerfettiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 13:00WPGMorgan Barron: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 13:00NYIKyle MacLean: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 16:16WPGCole Perfetti: Boarding2 min
  4. P3 15:21NYIMike Reilly: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYI
35Shots on goal39
3.4Expected goals3.0
79Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won35
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
27Hits25
15Blocked shots17
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways11

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Niederreiter – Lowry4:03

    xG 0.84–0.28 (75%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Ehlers – Appleton3:29

    xG 0.50–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Namestnikov – Monahan – Connor4:21

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  4. Iafallo – Barron – Perfetti5:11

    xG 0.24–0.05 (83%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Samberg16:28

    xG 1.27–0.17 (88%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey16:35

    xG 0.99–0.67 (60%)attempts 18–18goals 1–2

  3. Dillon – Pionk17:10

    xG 0.36–1.86 (16%)attempts 19–32goals 0–4

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Fasching – Barzal12:25

    xG 1.21–0.61 (67%)attempts 21–17goals 3–0

  2. Cizikas – Pageau – Engvall12:43

    xG 0.67–0.28 (70%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat12:57

    xG 0.41–0.88 (32%)attempts 15–13goals 1–2

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – MacLean9:16

    xG 0.37–0.98 (27%)attempts 6–20goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Dobson16:49

    xG 1.00–0.60 (62%)attempts 20–16goals 1–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock2:43

    xG 0.10–0.05 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Pulock15:42

    xG 0.78–1.02 (43%)attempts 21–19goals 2–1

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.

NYI 3.0 xGWPG 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 68/100 · #489 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 57% of the time.

NYI winsWPG wins

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

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