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Mon, Apr 10, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 2, Winnipeg Jets 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS150917221
WPG31401039633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:20SJSErik KarlssonAssists: Jacob Peterson, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:11WPGPierre-Luc DuboisPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers · Snap, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:14WPGAdam LowryAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Nate Schmidt · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P1 14:26WPGDylan DeMeloGWGAssists: Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:16WPGMason AppletonAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Adam Lowry · Slap, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:42SJSErik KarlssonPPAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:48WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Mason Appleton · Slap, 0.05 xG2–5
  8. P3 7:35WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Slap, 0.15 xG2–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:37SJSKevin Labanc: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:59WPGKyle Connor: Holding2 min
  3. P3 3:17WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:29SJSJacob Peterson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:49WPGDylan Samberg: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 11:15WPGBlake Wheeler: Holding2 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 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSWPG
21Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals4.1
48Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
28Hits13
12Blocked shots12
5Giveaways10
6Takeaways11

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. bestLabanc – Lorentz – Bordeleau2:18

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Svechnikov – Sturm – Raska3:07

    xG 0.11–0.13 (44%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Labanc – Gregor – Robins6:20

    xG 0.04–0.42 (9%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Gregor – Zetterlund – Sturm3:23

    xG 0.00–0.38 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Karlsson – Thrun13:19

    xG 0.35–0.92 (28%)attempts 8–14goals 1–2

  2. Benning – Ferraro16:08

    xG 0.25–1.05 (19%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Knyzhov15:37

    xG 0.49–1.40 (26%)attempts 11–23goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Lowry – Appleton9:59

    xG 1.65–0.23 (88%)attempts 22–3goals 3–1

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Dubois14:33

    xG 1.30–0.35 (79%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  3. Maenalanen – Stenlund – Barron7:16

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Namestnikov – Ehlers10:49

    xG 0.20–0.26 (44%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Samberg10:40

    xG 1.32–0.21 (86%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey17:46

    xG 1.18–0.49 (70%)attempts 22–12goals 3–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk17:08

    xG 0.81–0.31 (72%)attempts 16–6goals 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 4.1 xGSJS 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 51/100 · #731 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 70% 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).