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Tue, Mar 12, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 5, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS212113211536
WPG21011114425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:05SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Joe Thornton, Marcus Sorensen · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:37WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Ben Chiarot, Mathieu Perreault · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:10WPGBryan LittleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:04SJSGustav NyquistAssists: Tomas Hertl, Joonas Donskoi · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 0:45WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:33SJSGustav NyquistAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:00SJSMarcus SorensenAssists: Joe Thornton, Kevin Labanc · Snap, 0.31 xG4–3
  8. P3 16:22WPGMathieu PerreaultAssists: Tyler Myers, Brandon Tanev · Deflected, 0.05 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:55SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Timo Meier, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Snap, 0.23 xG5–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:59SJSBrent Burns: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:48WPGBryan Little: Holding2 min
  3. P3 4:20SJSGustav Nyquist: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 11:44WPGTyler Myers: Roughing2 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 20:00Little won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSWPG
36Shots on goal25
3.2Expected goals2.6
66Shot attempts47
26Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits18
9Blocked shots18
14Giveaways12
3Takeaways4

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. bestPavelski – Couture – Meier14:46

    xG 0.86–0.32 (73%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  2. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc9:41

    xG 0.84–0.51 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  3. Nyquist – Donskoi – Hertl9:59

    xG 0.43–0.22 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson6:53

    xG 0.03–0.23 (11%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Dillon10:13

    xG 0.51–0.17 (75%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Heed4:37

    xG 0.50–0.25 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 2–0

  3. Vlasic – Heed4:45

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 2–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Laine11:39

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Perreault – Copp – Roslovic7:52

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

  3. Little – Lowry – Tanev9:46

    xG 0.18–0.43 (29%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Hayes – Ehlers – Connor10:25

    xG 0.37–1.11 (25%)attempts 6–13goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Trouba2:55

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Niku11:10

    xG 0.25–0.54 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  3. Beaulieu – Trouba14:16

    xG 0.64–1.12 (36%)attempts 16–16goals 0–3

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 2.6 xGSJS 3.2 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 96/100 · #63 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.59 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 62% 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).