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Thu, Apr 18, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN191605220
WPG1818210426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:22VANConor GarlandUnassisted · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:26WPGGabriel VilardiAssists: Alex Iafallo, Brad Lambert · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:55WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Mason Appleton, Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:11VANElias LindholmPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:18WPGNikita ChibrikovGWGAssists: Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:55WPGCole PerfettiENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:48VANConor Garland: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 18:29WPGGabriel Vilardi: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:16WPGLogan Stanley: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:27VANVasily Podkolzin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:46WPGLaurent Brossoit: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:07VANNikita Zadorov: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 6:07VANNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:07WPGGabriel Vilardi: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 12:31VANSam Lafferty: Too many men on the ice2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
20Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts48
25Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
31Hits23
11Blocked shots19
5Giveaways6
5Takeaways7

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Mikheyev11:05

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Suter – Aman7:16

    xG 0.03–0.02 (58%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Joshua – Garland9:11

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  4. Blueger – Lafferty – Podkolzin7:08

    xG 0.00–0.33 (1%)attempts 3–3goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes2:56

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Soucy11:44

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 0–2

  3. Juulsen – Hughes11:11

    xG 0.35–0.50 (41%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestAppleton – Kupari – Perfetti9:35

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  2. Vilardi – Iafallo – Lambert6:38

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  3. Niederreiter – Gustafsson – Chibrikov6:17

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 1–1

  4. Toffoli – Monahan – Ehlers10:46

    xG 0.44–0.59 (43%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk12:36

    xG 0.81–0.26 (76%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Samberg2:08

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Schmidt11:24

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 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.

WPG 3.2 xGVAN 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #727 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).