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Tue, Jan 13, 2026·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 4, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI0738112427
WPG1941102522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:20WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Alex Iafallo, Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:41WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Cole Perfetti, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:23WPGJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.41 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:40NYIAnthony DuclairAssists: Anders Lee, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:58NYIEmil HeinemanUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:21NYIKyle MacLeanAssists: Casey Cizikas · Snap, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:23WPGDylan DeMeloAssists: Mark Scheifele, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:40WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Neal Pionk, Dylan Samberg · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:14NYIMatthew SchaeferAssists: Mathew Barzal, Emil Heineman · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:31WPGJosh Morrissey: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:48NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:58WPGLuke Schenn: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 12:23NYIMarc Gatcomb: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  5. P2 17:39NYIAdam Boqvist: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
47% to win53% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barzal won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
27Shots on goal22
2.8Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts47
30Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
13Hits18
12Blocked shots9
20Giveaways16
6Takeaways5

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestCizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb7:42

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Drouin – Heineman – Ritchie7:34

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Drouin – Barzal – Heineman2:47

    xG 0.09–0.07 (55%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Pageau – Holmstrom – Shabanov11:37

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeAngelo – Schaefer2:50

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Pulock3:57

    xG 0.40–0.07 (86%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – DeAngelo9:47

    xG 0.26–0.00 (99%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Vilardi – Perfetti11:14

    xG 1.09–0.30 (79%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Namestnikov10:29

    xG 0.23–0.31 (42%)attempts 6–6goals 1–2

  3. Pearson – Koepke – Zhilkin5:46

    xG 0.00–0.12 (2%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo14:15

    xG 0.35–0.97 (26%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey15:57

    xG 0.97–0.35 (74%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  2. Schenn – Stanley10:03

    xG 0.22–0.37 (37%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Samberg – Pionk13:45

    xG 0.21–0.82 (20%)attempts 7–20goals 1–1

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 3.6 xGNYI 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #128 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 63% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

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

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