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Fri, Mar 8, 2024·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Winnipeg Jets 3, Seattle Kraken 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 75% of the time.

SEA winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0909314332
SEA080405017

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 7:15WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Josh Morrissey · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:28WPGAdam LowryAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:10WPGNikolaj EhlersENAssists: Sean Monahan, Alex Iafallo · Wrist, 0.73 xG3–0
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 8:31WPGMark Scheifele: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSEA
32Shots on goal17
3.1Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won25
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
24Hits20
19Blocked shots6
5Giveaways7
13Takeaways16

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 – Namestnikov – Connor12:49

    xG 0.96–0.34 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton14:29

    xG 0.71–0.35 (67%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  3. Monahan – Ehlers – Iafallo13:17

    xG 0.38–0.32 (55%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  4. Barron – Kupari – Perfetti6:00

    xG 0.05–0.23 (19%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey18:42

    xG 1.12–0.28 (80%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  2. Schmidt – Morrissey2:07

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk15:56

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Bjorkstrand – McCann2:34

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

  2. Bjorkstrand – McCann – Tanev6:15

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – McCann – Kartye2:02

    xG 0.01–0.06 (10%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen2:19

    xG 0.01–0.11 (9%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Evans12:35

    xG 0.45–0.23 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Dumoulin – Larsson17:16

    xG 0.49–0.73 (40%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen18:26

    xG 0.34–1.13 (23%)attempts 9–22goals 0–2

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 1.8 xGWPG 3.1 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 5/100 · #1248 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 75% 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).