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Tue, Mar 31, 2026·United Center, Chicago

Winnipeg Jets 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG063150211424
CHI191211000321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:42CHIAnton FrondellAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Louis Crevier · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:06WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:19WPGCole PerfettiPPAssists: Alex Iafallo, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:57WPGIsak RosenAssists: Danil Zhilkin, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:26CHITyler BertuzziUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:46CHITyler BertuzziAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Louis Crevier · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:33WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:32CHIEthan Del Mastro: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 4:20WPGCole Perfetti: Holding2 min
  3. P3 5:17WPGCole Koepke: Tripping2 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 SOG0CHI
47% to win53% to win
← WPG attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Frondell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCHI
24Shots on goal21
2.5Expected goals2.0
49Shot attempts43
32Faceoffs won16
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
27Hits20
12Blocked shots9
12Giveaways13
5Takeaways7

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 – Koepke – Lambert10:52

    xG 0.61–0.14 (82%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Vilardi – Perfetti13:52

    xG 0.43–0.20 (69%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Rosen – Zhilkin – Ford4:52

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo13:34

    xG 0.38–0.64 (37%)attempts 10–11goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey18:04

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Samberg – Pionk17:52

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Bryson – Salomonsson8:50

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 13–6goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Mikheyev – Frondell11:59

    xG 0.59–0.35 (62%)attempts 13–7goals 3–1

  2. Greene – Bedard – Lardis11:53

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Burakovsky – Donato – Nazar10:45

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Lafferty – Slaggert6:38

    xG 0.05–0.17 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Del Mastro – Korchinski12:22

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Crevier17:23

    xG 0.72–0.87 (45%)attempts 20–16goals 3–1

  3. Kaiser – Rinzel21:01

    xG 0.46–0.80 (37%)attempts 10–20goals 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.

CHI 2.0 xGWPG 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #335 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 60% of the time.

CHI winsWPG wins

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

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