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Tue, Mar 17, 2015·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 69% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS07117116240
WPG3101814522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10WPGAdam LowryAssists: Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:39WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Toby Enstrom, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 13:01WPGAndrew LaddPPGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Michael Frolik · Deflected, 0.21 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:06SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Melker Karlsson · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:05WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Drew Stafford, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:12WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Drew Stafford, Mark Scheifele · Deflected, 0.15 xG1–5
  7. P3 17:35SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:23WPGAdam Lowry: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:28SJSJustin Braun: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:54SJSMelker Karlsson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:49SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:04WPGJim Slater: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 3:47WPGMark Stuart: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 14:22WPGJay Harrison: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 14:22SJSJohn Scott: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:22SJSJohn Scott: Misconduct10 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSWPG
40Shots on goal22
3.3Expected goals2.2
75Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
18Penalty minutes8
11Hits23
13Blocked shots23
6Giveaways11
4Takeaways6

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Karlsson12:09

    xG 1.12–0.11 (91%)attempts 15–10goals 2–1

  2. Scott – Smith – Goodrow6:40

    xG 0.26–0.11 (69%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Wingels – Hertl2:21

    xG 0.07–0.01 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Nieto – Tierney2:08

    xG 0.07–0.18 (29%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun16:20

    xG 0.83–0.40 (68%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Dillon – Irwin14:53

    xG 0.86–0.64 (57%)attempts 20–7goals 1–1

  3. Hannan – Burns13:13

    xG 0.46–0.33 (58%)attempts 17–14goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestSlater – Stempniak – Tlusty10:09

    xG 0.39–0.31 (56%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

  2. Wheeler – Stafford – Scheifele12:17

    xG 0.53–0.50 (52%)attempts 9–17goals 2–0

  3. Thorburn – Halischuk – O'Dell6:57

    xG 0.09–0.26 (27%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Ladd – Frolik – Lowry10:53

    xG 0.18–1.08 (14%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Pardy12:17

    xG 0.42–0.25 (63%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  2. Enstrom – Myers13:48

    xG 0.64–0.92 (41%)attempts 13–16goals 3–2

  3. Stuart – Trouba15:41

    xG 0.44–0.74 (37%)attempts 12–18goals 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 2.2 xGSJS 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #677 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 69% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

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

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