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Thu, Mar 27, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 4, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 51% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11029112431
SJS21111009330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:57SJSDan BoyleAssists: Martin Havlat, James Sheppard · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:33WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Michael Frolik, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:27SJSBrent BurnsPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:55WPGBlake WheelerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:32WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Michael Frolik · Slap, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:23SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: James Sheppard, Martin Havlat · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:24WPGToby EnstromPPGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little · Snap, 0.09 xG4–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:44WPGAdam Pardy: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:30WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:08SJSAndrew Desjardins: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:19WPGPaul Postma: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:19SJSJoe Thornton: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:47WPGJacob Trouba: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:56SJSDan Boyle: Holding2 min
  8. P2 19:06SJSJames Sheppard: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:06WPGMark Stuart: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 14:07SJSBrad Stuart: Holding2 min
  11. P3 15:57SJSLogan Couture: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
31Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals3.0
66Shot attempts55
21Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
23Hits24
14Blocked shots21
9Giveaways17
2Takeaways10

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. bestLadd – Little – Frolik11:13

    xG 1.57–0.77 (67%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Halischuk – O'Dell – Kane10:36

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Slater – Tangradi – Peluso4:44

    xG 0.03–0.73 (4%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Ellerby8:25

    xG 1.05–0.33 (76%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Pardy – Postma7:02

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  3. Stuart – Trouba9:23

    xG 0.49–0.76 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Kennedy – Brown – Desjardins6:04

    xG 0.08–0.03 (69%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Havlat – Sheppard – Wingels8:29

    xG 0.27–0.35 (44%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Marleau – Couture – Nieto9:10

    xG 0.13–0.74 (15%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Demers9:46

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Braun8:48

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Irwin7:27

    xG 0.16–0.65 (20%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

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.

SJS 3.0 xGWPG 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #233 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 51% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

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

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