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Sat, Oct 30, 2021·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 1, San Jose Sharks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG0130711500135
SJS0141130613236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:54SJSTomas HertlAssists: Timo Meier, Alexander Barabanov · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P3 16:48WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:07SJSTimo MeierPPGWGAssists: Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns · Slap, 0.15 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:35WPGPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 3:43SJSSanteri Hatakka: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 3:43WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 3:43WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: High sticking2 min
  5. OT 0:30WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Interference2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Bonino
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
35Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals3.2
69Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won19
0Power plays3
8Penalty minutes2
20Hits15
10Blocked shots16
11Giveaways10
8Takeaways10

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. bestEhlers – Connor – Dubois7:43

    xG 0.60–0.11 (85%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Stastny – Ehlers – Connor2:07

    xG 0.32–0.09 (79%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Lowry – Vesalainen5:37

    xG 0.30–0.09 (76%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Harkins – Svechnikov2:10

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Beaulieu2:29

    xG 0.86–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk18:29

    xG 0.78–0.79 (50%)attempts 29–19goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Stanley7:44

    xG 0.09–0.12 (41%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Labanc – Weatherby – Leonard9:11

    xG 0.24–0.21 (53%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Meier – Barabanov16:22

    xG 0.95–1.00 (49%)attempts 15–24goals 1–0

  3. Merkley – Pederson – Gadjovich7:53

    xG 0.37–0.46 (44%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Bonino – Balcers – Eklund12:57

    xG 0.40–0.56 (41%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeloche – Hatakka13:29

    xG 0.47–0.31 (60%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

  2. Megna – Merkley11:10

    xG 0.40–0.56 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Ferraro24:24

    xG 0.90–1.45 (38%)attempts 27–31goals 0–1

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 3.2 xGWPG 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 39/100 · #856 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 52% 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).