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Mon, Mar 6, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 77% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS17071812324
WPG0141141802238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:13SJSSteven LorentzAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Kevin Labanc · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:05WPGNino NiederreiterAssists: Josh Morrissey, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:53WPGNate SchmidtAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler · Snap, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:49SJSTomas HertlAssists: Erik Karlsson, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:21SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.19 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:43WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:43SJSJacob MacDonald: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:21SJSWilliam Eklund: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:07SJSNikolai Knyzhov: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:44WPGAdam Lowry: Interference2 min
  6. P2 2:44SJSNoah Gregor: Interference2 min
  7. P2 7:23WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 18:21SJSAndreas Johnsson: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 4:15SJSMario Ferraro: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 12:49SJSAlexander Barabanov: 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
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSWPG
24Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals4.2
61Shot attempts71
41Faceoffs won19
2Power plays6
14Penalty minutes6
21Hits19
18Blocked shots18
5Giveaways9
2Takeaways14

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. bestLindblom – Labanc – Lorentz3:36

    xG 0.39–0.15 (72%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Svechnikov – Gregor – Sturm4:40

    xG 0.06–0.13 (32%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Couture – Johnsson – Barabanov6:17

    xG 0.05–0.15 (25%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Zetterlund – Eklund9:07

    xG 0.13–0.78 (14%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Benning5:17

    xG 0.46–0.03 (94%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Ferraro3:38

    xG 0.10–0.19 (36%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Ferraro4:30

    xG 0.12–0.21 (37%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Scheifele – Connor9:03

    xG 0.37–0.01 (98%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Maenalanen – Stenlund – Appleton2:51

    xG 0.30–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Namestnikov – Barron3:57

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Ehlers – Dubois5:58

    xG 0.28–0.19 (59%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorrissey – Pionk10:51

    xG 0.39–0.01 (98%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Schmidt – Pionk2:42

    xG 0.44–0.09 (83%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Dillon – DeMelo10:17

    xG 0.52–0.51 (50%)attempts 12–11goals 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.

WPG 4.2 xGSJS 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 87/100 · #214 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 77% 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).