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Sun, Mar 30, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Vancouver Canucks 1, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 78% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1601107124
WPG0917211327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:55VANPius SuterAssists: Tyler Myers, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:26WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Colin Miller · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:24WPGMason AppletonGWGAssists: Adam Lowry, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:11WPGCole PerfettiAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:08VANAatu Räty: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 5:01VANTeddy Blueger: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:36WPGLogan Stanley: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:55WPGNino Niederreiter: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  5. P2 17:08WPGLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  6. P3 7:50VANKiefer Sherwood: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 18:40VANLinus Karlsson: Too many men on the ice2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANWPG
24Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals3.6
51Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
50Hits24
8Blocked shots11
12Giveaways13
4Takeaways4

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Aman – Lekkerimäki6:09

    xG 0.44–0.31 (58%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Joshua – Sherwood – Räty11:19

    xG 0.17–0.29 (36%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – Garland – O'Connor8:39

    xG 0.25–0.55 (32%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Boeser – DeBrusk – Suter8:06

    xG 0.47–0.81 (37%)attempts 11–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Forbort – Pettersson2:44

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Pettersson11:03

    xG 0.34–0.45 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Hronek – Hughes13:51

    xG 0.83–1.00 (45%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Ehlers – Appleton9:37

    xG 1.10–0.30 (79%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo9:37

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Barron – Gustafsson5:23

    xG 0.13–0.09 (59%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Perfetti8:38

    xG 0.23–0.22 (52%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Samberg10:19

    xG 0.88–0.04 (96%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Stanley9:49

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey15:21

    xG 0.87–0.89 (50%)attempts 16–16goals 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 3.6 xGVAN 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #861 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 78% of the time.

WPG winsVAN wins

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

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