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Ice Lab

Sat, Jan 11, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 0, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 78% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0100507022
WPG11111216329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Dylan Samberg · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:53WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:03WPGNikolaj EhlersENAssists: Adam Lowry, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.71 xG0–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 9:01WPGDylan Coghlan: High sticking2 min
  2. P3 4:42WPGKyle Connor: High sticking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Parssinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
22Shots on goal29
1.5Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts50
18Faceoffs won28
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
21Hits23
9Blocked shots18
7Giveaways9
5Takeaways2

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen15:34

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta4:43

    xG 0.10–0.05 (70%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Felhaber – Kelly – Innala3:17

    xG 0.07–0.05 (58%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Lehkonen – Colton – Parssinen5:14

    xG 0.15–0.31 (32%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Malinski2:20

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Malinski4:51

    xG 0.01–0.13 (7%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Middleton – Malinski7:44

    xG 0.06–0.37 (14%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Vilardi14:05

    xG 1.16–0.18 (87%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Ehlers – Iafallo13:56

    xG 0.61–0.20 (76%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Toninato – Barron – Gustafsson7:11

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Kupari – Perfetti10:41

    xG 0.20–0.23 (47%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey18:18

    xG 0.91–0.16 (85%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Stanley – Coghlan9:14

    xG 0.41–0.15 (73%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Samberg – Pionk18:23

    xG 0.52–0.51 (51%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

WPG 3.0 xGCOL 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1281 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 78% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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