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Fri, Mar 14, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Dallas Stars 1, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL090818125
WPG2614112422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:01WPGDylan SambergAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:02WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Vilardi · Snap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:43WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.24 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:26WPGMorgan BarronAssists: Brandon Tanev, Dylan DeMelo · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 16:11DALMason MarchmentAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Cody Ceci · Snap, 0.23 xG1–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 15:45WPGColin Miller: Interference2 min
  2. P3 18:42DALIlya Lyubushkin: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALWPG
25Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals2.8
57Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won27
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
17Hits35
10Blocked shots17
17Giveaways21
3Takeaways7

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Marchment – Bourque11:34

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Rantanen – Johnston12:57

    xG 0.43–0.49 (46%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Blackwell – Steel – Bäck9:07

    xG 0.23–0.32 (41%)attempts 11–6goals 0–2

  4. Duchene – Granlund – Robertson12:31

    xG 0.40–0.55 (42%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ceci – Lindell16:44

    xG 0.67–0.66 (50%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Dumba8:16

    xG 0.32–0.33 (50%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Lyubushkin – Harley12:58

    xG 0.45–0.51 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestTanev – Iafallo – Barron8:51

    xG 0.56–0.15 (79%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi14:47

    xG 0.95–0.57 (62%)attempts 15–10goals 3–1

  3. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti12:07

    xG 0.58–0.50 (54%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton14:45

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Morrissey5:00

    xG 0.45–0.06 (89%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey14:54

    xG 0.61–0.23 (72%)attempts 17–14goals 2–0

  3. DeMelo – Fleury3:14

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

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 2.8 xGDAL 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1150 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.45 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 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 66% of the time.

WPG winsDAL wins

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

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