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Sat, Dec 7, 2024·United Center, Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 96% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1819212429
CHI280303214

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:01CHIAlex VlasicPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Connor Bedard · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:31WPGGabriel VilardiAssists: Logan Stanley, Kyle Connor · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:47CHIAlec MartinezAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:10WPGNino NiederreiterAssists: Mason Appleton, Haydn Fleury · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:18WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:19WPGMason AppletonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:40WPGRasmus Kupari: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:38CHICraig Smith: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:17CHITaylor Hall: 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 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCHI
29Shots on goal14
4.8Expected goals1.1
62Shot attempts35
21Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits13
10Blocked shots12
14Giveaways11
3Takeaways2

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. bestScheifele – Connor – Vilardi15:50

    xG 1.11–0.30 (78%)attempts 16–10goals 2–1

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton12:27

    xG 0.85–0.10 (90%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Namestnikov – Perfetti – Lambert9:15

    xG 0.38–0.05 (88%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  4. Iafallo – Barron – Kupari7:24

    xG 0.68–0.39 (64%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey11:09

    xG 0.89–0.07 (93%)attempts 15–1goals 0–1

  2. Fleury – Pionk9:43

    xG 0.82–0.31 (73%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk8:39

    xG 0.52–0.14 (79%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Foligno – Dickinson – Mikheyev9:28

    xG 0.18–0.43 (29%)attempts 4–10goals 1–2

  2. Hall – Bertuzzi – Donato10:55

    xG 0.29–0.70 (29%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Smith – Reichel9:02

    xG 0.19–0.67 (22%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Kurashev – Bedard12:13

    xG 0.04–0.63 (5%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Allan8:50

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Murphy – Kaiser2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Allan3:39

    xG 0.03–0.12 (22%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

CHI 1.1 xGWPG 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #709 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 96% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

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

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