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Tue, Dec 12, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 1, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 62% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG11501309137
SJS11501017232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:17SJSJustin BaileyAssists: Mike Hoffman, Jan Rutta · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:09WPGBrenden DillonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:09SJSWilliam EklundPPGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund, Anthony Duclair · Slap, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:26WPGGabriel Vilardi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:10SJSWilliam Eklund: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:04SJSMario Ferraro: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:52SJSWilliam Eklund: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:51WPGNeal Pionk: Interference2 min
  6. P3 2:39SJSHenry Thrun: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 13:34WPGDylan DeMelo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 16:28SJSMike Hoffman: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
37Shots on goal32
4.1Expected goals3.2
76Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won28
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
19Hits22
10Blocked shots17
0Giveaways8
3Takeaways7

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. bestScheifele – Ehlers – Vilardi9:24

    xG 1.05–0.30 (78%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Namestnikov – Barron – Perfetti6:04

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton7:15

    xG 0.25–0.55 (31%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk8:49

    xG 0.67–0.42 (61%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey11:31

    xG 0.58–0.36 (62%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Samberg4:51

    xG 0.28–0.06 (81%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Hoffman – Bailey – Sturm4:17

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Hertl – Barabanov – Eklund8:36

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund10:55

    xG 0.66–0.78 (46%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAddison – Thrun7:20

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Rutta – Okhotiuk9:55

    xG 0.68–0.69 (50%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  3. Burroughs – Ferraro15:14

    xG 0.66–0.77 (46%)attempts 15–18goals 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 3.2 xGWPG 4.1 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 45/100 · #766 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 62% 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).