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Sat, Nov 29, 2025·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Winnipeg Jets 5, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 91% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG291929527
NSH051919223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:47WPGGabriel VilardiAssists: Mark Scheifele, Dylan Samberg · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:06WPGNino NiederreiterAssists: Luke Schenn, Dylan Samberg · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:18WPGCole PerfettiGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Jonathan Toews · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:02NSHNick BlankenburgPPAssists: Luke Evangelista, Erik Haula · Slap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:45NSHLuke EvangelistaAssists: Erik Haula, Roman Josi · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:37WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Luke Schenn, Gabriel Vilardi · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:39WPGNino NiederreiterENAssists: Alex Iafallo, Dylan Samberg · Backhand, 0.81 xG5–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:31NSHFedor Svechkov: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:40WPGColin Miller: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 10:40NSHOzzy Wiesblatt: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:40WPGLogan Stanley: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 10:40NSHMichael McCarron: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 12:10WPGGabriel Vilardi: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 4:51WPGDylan Samberg: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 5:45NSHRyan O'Reilly: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 16:32WPGLogan Stanley: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 4:16NSHTyson Jost: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  11. P3 10:44WPGCole Perfetti: Interference2 min
  12. P3 12:36NSHFilip Forsberg: Hooking2 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 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← WPG attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNSH
27Shots on goal23
5.3Expected goals2.2
50Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
27Hits19
14Blocked shots8
14Giveaways14
5Takeaways3

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. bestToews – Namestnikov – Perfetti9:04

    xG 0.66–0.21 (75%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo10:12

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi10:20

    xG 0.64–0.49 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  4. Nyquist – Pearson – Barron6:36

    xG 0.35–0.58 (38%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey13:36

    xG 0.85–0.25 (78%)attempts 13–8goals 3–0

  2. Miller – Stanley11:08

    xG 0.64–0.34 (65%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Samberg14:00

    xG 0.60–0.95 (39%)attempts 12–22goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJost – Svechkov – Schaefer6:06

    xG 0.73–0.28 (72%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Haula – Forsberg – Evangelista2:29

    xG 0.18–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Forsberg – Wood4:57

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg2:17

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Hague15:25

    xG 0.99–0.59 (62%)attempts 20–12goals 1–1

  2. Josi – Blankenburg2:14

    xG 0.02–0.05 (29%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Stastney – Blankenburg9:58

    xG 0.30–0.63 (32%)attempts 8–10goals 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.

NSH 2.2 xGWPG 5.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #465 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 91% of the time.

NSH winsWPG wins

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

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