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Wed, Dec 18, 2024·Honda Center, Anaheim

Winnipeg Jets 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 69% of the time.

ANA winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0414115223
ANA01211029331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:45ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Radko Gudas, Ryan Strome · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:24WPGGabriel VilardiPPAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:13WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:14ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Radko Gudas · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:34ANATroy TerryGWGAssists: Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:03WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:42ANACutter Gauthier: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:15ANARoss Johnston: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:24WPGRasmus Kupari: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:30WPGLogan Stanley: Interference2 min
  6. P3 4:54ANAOlen Zellweger: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:51ANALeo Carlsson: Holding2 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 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Namestnikov won the faceoff against Carlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGANA
23Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts69
31Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
12Hits27
21Blocked shots17
12Giveaways9
9Takeaways7

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. Iafallo – Barron – Kupari5:46

    xG 0.13–0.11 (55%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton10:42

    xG 0.26–0.48 (35%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti11:14

    xG 0.30–0.90 (25%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi11:09

    xG 0.56–1.47 (28%)attempts 11–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stanley – Heinola10:22

    xG 0.22–0.79 (22%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  2. Fleury – Pionk14:54

    xG 0.30–0.93 (24%)attempts 12–19goals 0–2

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey13:53

    xG 0.49–1.19 (29%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – Terry10:53

    xG 1.65–0.48 (78%)attempts 20–9goals 3–1

  2. Johnston – Harkins – Lundeström8:46

    xG 0.35–0.17 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier10:58

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – McGinn – Carlsson9:53

    xG 0.45–0.45 (50%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – LaCombe10:40

    xG 1.92–0.35 (85%)attempts 20–7goals 2–1

  2. Dumoulin – Mintyukov15:26

    xG 0.59–0.16 (78%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Zellweger17:39

    xG 0.46–0.80 (36%)attempts 18–22goals 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.

ANA 3.5 xGWPG 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #262 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 69% of the time.

ANA winsWPG wins

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

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