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Sat, Nov 25, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 0, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG09016013038
SJS21315116434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:30SJSTim HeedPPGWGAssists: Kevin Labanc, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:44SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Justin Braun, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:13SJSLogan CoutureSHAssists: Tomas Hertl, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:50SJSTomas HertlENAssists: Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.66 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:11WPGDustin Byfuglien: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:05SJSDylan DeMelo: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 9:56SJSBrenden Dillon: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:02SJSDylan DeMelo: Interference2 min
  5. P3 5:08WPGJoel Armia: 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
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
38Shots on goal34
3.5Expected goals3.3
75Shot attempts59
23Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
27Hits15
14Blocked shots21
13Giveaways24
5Takeaways17

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. bestLowry – Copp – Tanev8:20

    xG 0.91–0.17 (85%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Perreault – Armia4:14

    xG 0.46–0.01 (98%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Little – Perreault – Laine3:45

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor8:41

    xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Morrissey16:12

    xG 0.95–0.72 (57%)attempts 24–16goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Kulikov10:36

    xG 0.49–0.29 (63%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Chiarot12:51

    xG 0.98–0.79 (56%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Thornton – Pavelski – Meier12:42

    xG 0.69–0.71 (49%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  2. Ward – O'Regan – Labanc8:46

    xG 0.28–0.53 (35%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Donskoi – Hertl10:44

    xG 0.20–0.60 (25%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  4. Hansen – Boedker – Tierney10:53

    xG 0.20–1.08 (15%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun15:10

    xG 0.87–0.60 (59%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

  2. Braun – Dillon2:01

    xG 0.03–0.11 (19%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Dillon12:19

    xG 0.65–0.89 (42%)attempts 18–18goals 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.

SJS 3.3 xGWPG 3.5 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 3/100 · #1227 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% 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).