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Thu, Dec 9, 2021·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Winnipeg Jets 3, Seattle Kraken 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 55% of the time.

SEA winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG19012212333
SEA0701107025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:24WPGDominic ToninatoGWGAssists: Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 0:47WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Logan Stanley · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 14:54WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:44WPGAdam Lowry: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:22WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 8:30SEAAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:46WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Interference2 min
  5. P3 5:33SEAJamie Oleksiak: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 7:59WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 11:36WPGBrenden Dillon: Interference2 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 SOG0SEA
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSEA
33Shots on goal25
2.8Expected goals2.5
65Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
10Hits13
17Blocked shots14
12Giveaways14
4Takeaways9

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. bestCopp – Ehlers – Dubois11:09

    xG 0.81–0.37 (68%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor14:29

    xG 0.80–0.57 (58%)attempts 20–11goals 1–0

  3. Stastny – Lowry – Vesalainen8:05

    xG 0.01–0.09 (13%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Toninato – Harkins – Svechnikov6:06

    xG 0.12–0.21 (35%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey18:33

    xG 1.23–0.79 (61%)attempts 31–16goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Beaulieu10:51

    xG 0.56–0.34 (63%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Stanley13:39

    xG 0.34–0.46 (43%)attempts 8–13goals 2–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansson – McCann – Appleton6:44

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Gourde – Appleton – Tanev3:13

    xG 0.14–0.04 (77%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Donskoi – Donato – Geekie6:07

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Jarnkrok – Gourde – Tanev9:35

    xG 0.24–0.40 (38%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Oleksiak2:09

    xG 0.26–0.04 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Oleksiak14:03

    xG 0.48–0.34 (59%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Borgen9:47

    xG 0.33–0.52 (39%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

SEA 2.5 xGWPG 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEAWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

SEA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SEA is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1223 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 55% of the time.

SEA winsWPG wins

Simulated goal difference (SEA − WPG), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).