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Sun, Jan 7, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 1, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 73% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01211505132
WPG1921219430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:42WPGMatt HendricksAssists: Joel Armia, Andrew Copp · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:03WPGMarko DanoGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Andrew Copp · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:47SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns · Slap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:02WPGMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Tyler Myers · Slap, 0.27 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:48WPGMathieu PerreaultENAssists: Tyler Myers · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:22SJSBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:22WPGMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:34WPGMathieu Perreault: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:24WPGJoel Armia: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:46SJSJoonas Donskoi: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:34WPGTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 13:28WPGDustin Byfuglien: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 18:37SJSChris Tierney: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  9. P3 1:40SJSMelker Karlsson: Hooking2 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 20:00Wheeler won the faceoff against Tierney
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSWPG
32Shots on goal30
2.6Expected goals3.9
68Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
12Hits14
15Blocked shots21
8Giveaways20
4Takeaways8

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. Ward – Sorensen – Goodrow9:18

    xG 0.06–0.07 (46%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Hertl – Labanc7:46

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Tierney – Karlsson – Labanc3:24

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Meier11:01

    xG 0.51–0.75 (40%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeed – Ryan9:15

    xG 0.09–0.04 (69%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Dillon2:05

    xG 0.04–0.11 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Heed2:33

    xG 0.03–0.11 (20%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Connor – Laine9:42

    xG 0.46–0.17 (72%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Wheeler – Roslovic2:06

    xG 0.27–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Matthias – Armia – Copp10:17

    xG 0.66–0.44 (60%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Little – Perreault – Ehlers13:43

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien14:41

    xG 1.05–0.52 (67%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Kulikov13:19

    xG 0.68–0.37 (65%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey15:36

    xG 0.27–0.14 (67%)attempts 15–12goals 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.

WPG 3.9 xGSJS 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #936 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 73% 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).