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Sat, Feb 1, 2025·Capital One Arena, Washington

Winnipeg Jets 5, Washington Capitals 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG213181712530
WSH0621021201429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:13WPGCole PerfettiPPAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Neal Pionk · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:41WPGDylan SambergAssists: Cole Perfetti, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:12WSHPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: John Carlson, Connor McMichael · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:03WPGAlex IafalloAssists: Neal Pionk, Dylan Samberg · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:54WSHTaylor RaddyshAssists: Matt Roy · Snap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:10WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:26WSHTom WilsonAssists: Dylan Strome, Matt Roy · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:21WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Tom Wilson, Matt Roy · Slap, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:57WPGJosh MorrisseyGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.37 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:48WSHLars Eller: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:46WPGDylan Samberg: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:04WSHAliaksei Protas: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:33WPGColin Miller: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 2:33WSHAndrew Mangiapane: Roughing2 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Kupari
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGWSH
30Shots on goal29
3.3Expected goals2.5
63Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won18
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
9Hits24
14Blocked shots13
13Giveaways21
4Takeaways2

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 – Perfetti11:38

    xG 1.21–0.20 (86%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  2. Iafallo – Gustafsson – Ford6:49

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  3. Niederreiter – Appleton – Kupari12:55

    xG 0.25–0.52 (32%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi15:17

    xG 0.73–1.18 (38%)attempts 15–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk18:03

    xG 0.91–0.37 (71%)attempts 24–9goals 2–0

  2. Miller – Stanley11:18

    xG 0.54–0.39 (58%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey18:20

    xG 0.74–1.29 (37%)attempts 17–20goals 1–4

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestOvechkin – Wilson – Strome9:52

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  2. Dubois – McMichael – Protas11:01

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Eller – Raddysh – Frank7:46

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  4. Dowd – Mangiapane – Duhaime10:35

    xG 0.16–0.88 (15%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Sandin13:28

    xG 1.04–0.16 (87%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Roy – Chychrun5:47

    xG 0.63–0.15 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry4:14

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 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.

WSH 2.5 xGWPG 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #63 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 63% of the time.

WSH winsWPG wins

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

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