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Fri, Oct 18, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 3, Winnipeg Jets 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 91% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS181816322
WPG41511437836

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:59WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Colin Miller, Nikolaj Ehlers · Snap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:25WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:43SJSTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Jake Walman, Mikael Granlund · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:31WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Cole Perfetti · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P1 18:48WPGNeal PionkPPGWGAssists: Alex Iafallo, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–4
  6. P2 1:46WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Neal Pionk, Gabriel Vilardi · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P2 10:28SJSLuke KuninAssists: Carl Grundstrom, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–5
  8. P3 9:50WPGCole PerfettiPPAssists: Alex Iafallo, Vladislav Namestnikov · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–6
  9. P3 10:09SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–6
  10. P3 12:55WPGCole PerfettiPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Vladislav Namestnikov · Slap, 0.08 xG3–7
  11. P3 19:27WPGVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Neal Pionk, Cole Perfetti · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–8
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:38SJSAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:24SJSJan Rutta: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 10:13WPGNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:58SJSFabian Zetterlund: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:19SJSMikael Granlund: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:33WPGJosh Morrissey: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:25SJSLuke Kunin: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 8:01SJSJake Walman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 11:10SJSMatt Benning: Slashing2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSWPG
22Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals4.3
45Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won28
2Power plays7
14Penalty minutes4
25Hits20
21Blocked shots10
12Giveaways10
6Takeaways5

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. bestGoodrow – Wennberg – Gushchin11:08

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Kunin – Grundstrom – Dellandrea8:52

    xG 0.27–0.38 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 1–1

  3. Smith – Kostin – Sturm6:20

    xG 0.11–0.39 (21%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Granlund – Zetterlund11:37

    xG 0.27–0.76 (26%)attempts 11–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Walman11:52

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  2. Ferraro – Rutta11:17

    xG 0.19–0.27 (41%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  3. Benning – Thrun12:21

    xG 0.13–1.18 (10%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestIafallo – Barron – Kupari6:24

    xG 1.02–0.28 (79%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti6:37

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 3–0

  3. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton9:59

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi12:11

    xG 0.33–0.61 (35%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Fleury10:33

    xG 0.49–0.11 (81%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Samberg – Pionk11:27

    xG 0.53–0.29 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 3–1

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey15:55

    xG 0.76–0.62 (55%)attempts 15–21goals 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.

WPG 4.3 xGSJS 1.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #638 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +12 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 91% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

Simulated goal difference (WPG − SJS), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).