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Sat, Oct 26, 2024·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 5, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21604315535
CGY16112111329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:28CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Kevin Bahl, Connor Zary · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:51WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:37WPGKyle ConnorSHAssists: Adam Lowry, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:28CGYRasmus AnderssonAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:01WPGDylan SambergAssists: Neal Pionk, Mason Appleton · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:19CGYNazem KadriAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:16WPGCole PerfettiPPGWGAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:46WPGMason AppletonENAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.72 xG5–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:44CGYAdam Klapka: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:10WPGNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:14WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:00WPGDylan Samberg: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:37WPGNeal Pionk: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:47CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:47WPGMark Scheifele: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:47CGYMartin Pospisil: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 12:17CGYRasmus Andersson: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:59CGYNazem Kadri: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 18:46CGYNazem Kadri: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 19:11CGYRasmus Andersson: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 19:11WPGMorgan Barron: Slashing2 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 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
35Shots on goal29
3.5Expected goals2.6
65Shot attempts74
34Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes22
18Hits31
17Blocked shots18
15Giveaways17
6Takeaways7

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. bestNamestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti10:18

    xG 0.43–0.20 (69%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton8:49

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  3. Iafallo – Barron – Kupari4:47

    xG 0.05–0.13 (30%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi14:16

    xG 0.31–0.71 (30%)attempts 15–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk11:45

    xG 0.27–0.21 (57%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Stanley11:47

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey13:39

    xG 0.15–0.49 (23%)attempts 12–19goals 0–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHuberdeau – Mantha – Pospisil8:30

    xG 0.28–0.05 (84%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Zary12:59

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  3. Kirkland – Lomberg – Klapka7:01

    xG 0.21–0.32 (39%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko9:14

    xG 0.17–0.32 (34%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Miromanov15:24

    xG 0.57–0.24 (70%)attempts 20–17goals 1–1

  2. Andersson – Bahl14:50

    xG 0.57–0.53 (52%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  3. Hanley – Pachal7:30

    xG 0.06–0.25 (19%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

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.

CGY 2.6 xGWPG 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 90/100 · #128 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.28 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 65% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

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

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