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Thu, Apr 7, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 5, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG06310210526
SJS1629110425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:16SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:03WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:42SJSJoe ThorntonPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:34SJSPaul MartinPPAssists: Joel Ward · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:59WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Nic Petan · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:01WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Scheifele, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. P3 7:03SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Melker Karlsson, Nick Spaling · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:02WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Nic Petan · Backhand, 0.38 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:50WPGDustin ByfuglienGWGAssists: Drew Stafford, Marko Dano · Slap, 0.20 xG5–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 1:42SJSJustin Braun: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 8:33SJSNick Spaling: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:05WPGDustin Byfuglien: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:44WPGMark Stuart: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:28SJSBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 3:45WPGMark Scheifele: Holding2 min
  7. P3 10:45SJSPaul Martin: Kneeing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 16:20WPGBrandon Tanev: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win54% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
26Shots on goal25
2.7Expected goals1.6
49Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
29Hits20
13Blocked shots15
17Giveaways17
10Takeaways10

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. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:04

    xG 0.88–0.31 (74%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2

  2. Armia – Copp – Petan9:40

    xG 0.36–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Stafford – Burmistrov – Dano12:36

    xG 0.33–0.23 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Lowry – Tanev9:16

    xG 0.33–0.37 (47%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Chiarot16:37

    xG 1.32–0.36 (79%)attempts 16–13goals 3–2

  2. Postma – Melchiori10:27

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba20:13

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Spaling – Karlsson11:36

    xG 0.37–0.29 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  2. Haley – Wingels – Tierney8:59

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Ward – Couture – Donskoi9:26

    xG 0.04–0.25 (14%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl13:52

    xG 0.34–1.01 (25%)attempts 13–17goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – DeMelo13:56

    xG 0.46–0.56 (45%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

  2. Polak – Dillon15:51

    xG 0.35–0.55 (39%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Burns13:22

    xG 0.09–0.59 (13%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

SJS 1.6 xGWPG 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 99/100 · #13 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.03 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +48 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 70% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

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

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