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Tue, Mar 28, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 0, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

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

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG016010015041
SJS11208210330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:51SJSNoah GregorGWGAssists: Jacob Peterson, Fabian Zetterlund · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:23SJSKevin LabancAssists: Nico Sturm, Noah Gregor · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:57SJSMartin KautPPAssists: Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:48WPGMason Appleton: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:05SJSOskar Lindblom: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:58WPGKevin Stenlund: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 3:23SJSMario Ferraro: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 6:39SJSOskar Lindblom: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:29WPGJosh Morrissey: Tripping2 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
49% to win51% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
41Shots on goal30
4.0Expected goals2.5
77Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits15
15Blocked shots16
11Giveaways11
4Takeaways10

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. bestWheeler – Namestnikov – Ehlers2:24

    xG 0.28–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Ehlers – Appleton7:16

    xG 0.86–0.62 (58%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Maenalanen – Stenlund – Barron4:57

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Dubois2:16

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey14:26

    xG 1.23–0.42 (74%)attempts 25–16goals 0–0

  2. Morrissey – Pionk4:16

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Morrissey2:57

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestLindblom – Lorentz – Viel4:56

    xG 0.64–0.30 (68%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Labanc – Gregor – Sturm8:25

    xG 0.28–0.49 (36%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Hertl – Peterson – Kaut9:05

    xG 0.27–0.69 (28%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Agozzino – Zetterlund11:50

    xG 0.15–1.02 (12%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Simek2:21

    xG 0.26–0.07 (80%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Simek9:05

    xG 0.85–0.76 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Simek2:06

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

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.

SJS 2.5 xGWPG 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1252 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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.

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).