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Tue, Mar 25, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Washington Capitals 2, Winnipeg Jets 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 53% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WSH1601211100229
WPG18170911325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:50WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Mark Scheifele, Dylan DeMelo · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:20WSHAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:48WPGMason AppletonAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Cole Perfetti · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:00WSHAlex OvechkinAssists: Aliaksei Protas, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:28WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Dylan Samberg, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:07WSHAndrew Mangiapane: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:07WPGColin Miller: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 7:09WPGCole Perfetti: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:32WPGLuke Schenn: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 17:37WSHMartin Fehérváry: Holding2 min
  6. P3 6:29WSHTaylor Raddysh: Interference2 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.

WSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WSHWPG
29Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals2.3
69Shot attempts52
21Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits15
12Blocked shots20
13Giveaways11
7Takeaways3

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.

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestWilson – Dubois – McMichael12:22

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Eller – Mangiapane – Raddysh5:43

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 0–0

  3. Dowd – Beauvillier – Duhaime8:26

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Ovechkin – Strome – Protas7:33

    xG 0.28–0.36 (44%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlson – Sandin9:24

    xG 0.31–0.08 (80%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Chychrun10:22

    xG 0.49–0.27 (65%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Sandin2:24

    xG 0.11–0.01 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Tanev – Barron – Kupari4:15

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Ehlers – Appleton10:25

    xG 0.23–0.26 (47%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Perfetti9:36

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo13:13

    xG 0.15–0.38 (29%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey16:56

    xG 0.63–0.47 (58%)attempts 21–14goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Stanley10:57

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Samberg13:50

    xG 0.05–0.56 (8%)attempts 7–23goals 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 2.3 xGWSH 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGWSH

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 WSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #555 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WSH 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 53% of the time.

WPG winsWSH wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).