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Fri, Nov 29, 2024·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Winnipeg Jets 3, Vegas Golden Knights 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 69% of the time.

VGK winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1619110325
VGK2140729430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:57WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Josh Morrissey, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:13VGKBrett HowdenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:44VGKIvan BarbashevAssists: Pavel Dorofeyev, Jack Eichel · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:28WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Josh Morrissey, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:43VGKIvan BarbashevAssists: Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:55WPGNeal PionkAssists: Haydn Fleury, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:55VGKBrett HowdenGWGAssists: William Karlsson, Shea Theodore · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:36WPGKyle Connor: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:03WPGKyle Connor: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:20VGKBrett Howden: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:27VGKCallahan Burke: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 17:16VGKBrayden McNabb: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VGK
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Karlsson won the faceoff against Namestnikov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGVGK
25Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals3.1
55Shot attempts54
15Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits17
12Blocked shots8
18Giveaways14
7Takeaways4

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 – Iafallo – Perfetti6:05

    xG 0.45–0.21 (69%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti3:51

    xG 0.17–0.12 (58%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi15:56

    xG 0.30–0.37 (45%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton11:14

    xG 0.13–0.49 (21%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStanley – Coghlan9:16

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Morrissey – Coghlan2:06

    xG 0.07–0.01 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Fleury – Pionk14:33

    xG 0.36–0.70 (34%)attempts 12–15goals 1–2

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Howden – Holtz10:30

    xG 0.62–0.06 (91%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev13:28

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 16–9goals 2–1

  3. Pearson – Schwindt – Burke5:32

    xG 0.17–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Kolesar – Roy9:10

    xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcNabb – Theodore16:27

    xG 0.61–0.24 (71%)attempts 17–10goals 2–1

  2. Hague – Korczak14:06

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Hague2:08

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

VGK 3.1 xGWPG 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #279 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 69% of the time.

VGK winsWPG wins

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

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