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Mon, Jan 16, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG01104213228
SJS11121427532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:54SJSJoel WardSHAssists: Justin Braun · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:45SJSTimo MeierAssists: Chris Tierney, Joel Ward · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:08SJSBrent BurnsPPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:41SJSChris TierneyAssists: Timo Meier, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P3 17:24WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:41WPGMark ScheifeleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:50SJSJoe ThorntonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.55 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:25WPGMark Stuart: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:25SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:39SJSDavid Schlemko: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 13:24SJSChris Tierney: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 6:21WPGPaul Postma: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:03WPGDustin Byfuglien: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 6:04WPGMathieu Perreault: High sticking2 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 SOG0SJS
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
28Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals3.7
58Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
20Hits17
20Blocked shots18
13Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

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 – Perreault – Scheifele6:07

    xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  2. Thorburn – Copp – Petan6:51

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Little – Ehlers4:57

    xG 0.26–0.12 (67%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  4. Stafford – Matthias – Lowry4:00

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrissey16:30

    xG 0.68–0.40 (63%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1

  2. Enstrom – Trouba14:30

    xG 0.63–0.60 (51%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Postma8:28

    xG 0.24–0.40 (37%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHaley – Wingels – Karlsson7:10

    xG 0.16–0.02 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Ward – Tierney – Meier9:19

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 2–0

  3. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski12:19

    xG 0.49–0.55 (47%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  4. Couture – Boedker – Labanc7:45

    xG 0.10–0.56 (15%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Dillon15:05

    xG 0.51–0.41 (55%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Martin – Burns14:09

    xG 0.67–0.57 (54%)attempts 18–15goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun11:39

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 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 3.7 xGWPG 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #423 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.47 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 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 64% 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).