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Thu, Mar 6, 2025·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Winnipeg Jets 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

PHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG2102908427
PHI080618122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:32WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Kyle Connor · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:13WPGNikolaj EhlersPPGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Vilardi · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:28WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Vilardi · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:03WPGAdam LowryAssists: Mason Appleton, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–0
  5. P3 17:18PHIMatvei MichkovUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:47PHIMatvei Michkov: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:30PHITyson Foerster: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:11WPGNino Niederreiter: Elbowing2 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 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Namestnikov won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGPHI
27Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals1.9
58Shot attempts63
24Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
6Hits29
22Blocked shots11
15Giveaways22
5Takeaways10

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 – Perfetti11:50

    xG 0.83–0.16 (84%)attempts 18–1goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi13:00

    xG 0.65–0.44 (59%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

  3. Iafallo – Barron – Gustafsson9:21

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton12:33

    xG 0.50–0.52 (49%)attempts 11–21goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey16:59

    xG 1.17–0.58 (67%)attempts 23–17goals 0–0

  2. Samberg – Pionk19:29

    xG 0.81–0.47 (63%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Stanley15:24

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 9–22goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestDeslauriers – Poehling – Pelletier7:31

    xG 0.48–0.03 (94%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Cates – Brink – Foerster9:25

    xG 0.46–0.24 (65%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Konecny – Kuzmenko7:15

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Laughton – Kuzmenko – Michkov3:35

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York10:20

    xG 0.80–0.28 (74%)attempts 20–6goals 0–1

  2. Seeler – Ristolainen5:08

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Zamula – York4:59

    xG 0.14–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

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.

PHI 1.9 xGWPG 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1127 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50PHI 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 68% of the time.

PHI winsWPG wins

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

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