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Tue, Feb 4, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0801209029
WPG11216112330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:18WPGNino NiederreiterPPGWGAssists: Alex Iafallo, Vladislav Namestnikov · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:13WPGNeal PionkPPAssists: Cole Perfetti, Nino Niederreiter · Slap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:17WPGRasmus KupariAssists: Mason Appleton, David Gustafsson · Poke, 0.39 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:28WPGCole Perfetti: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 18:55CARSean Walker: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:12CARTaylor Hall: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:40WPGParker Ford: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:49CARTaylor Hall: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 14:00CARBrent Burns: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARWPG
29Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals3.8
72Shot attempts47
40Faceoffs won22
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
13Hits24
10Blocked shots22
16Giveaways14
15Takeaways5

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov11:04

    xG 0.71–0.34 (67%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  2. Rantanen – Aho – Blake13:42

    xG 0.61–0.59 (51%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis10:06

    xG 0.49–0.59 (46%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Roslovic – Robinson – Jarvis4:29

    xG 0.20–0.61 (25%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Morrow3:03

    xG 0.47–0.08 (85%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Walker8:08

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Chatfield9:00

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti11:12

    xG 1.12–0.33 (77%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Iafallo – Gustafsson – Ford4:17

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi13:18

    xG 0.28–0.28 (51%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Appleton – Kupari12:03

    xG 0.46–1.09 (30%)attempts 6–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk18:43

    xG 1.43–0.35 (80%)attempts 19–25goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey15:37

    xG 0.72–0.55 (57%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Stanley11:27

    xG 0.22–0.42 (34%)attempts 6–11goals 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 3.8 xGCAR 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1265 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +12 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsCAR wins

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

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