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Tue, Dec 17, 2024·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Winnipeg Jets 4, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1917217433
SJS010214111335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:18WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Vilardi · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:52SJSTyler ToffoliAssists: Nikolai Kovalenko, Macklin Celebrini · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:28WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Cole Perfetti, Gabriel Vilardi · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:11SJSMacklin CelebriniPPAssists: Jake Walman, Tyler Toffoli · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:44SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Jake Walman · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:56WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:47WPGAdam LowryGWGAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Mason Appleton · Tip-in, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:43WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 7:09SJSShakir Mukhamadullin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:06WPGColin Miller: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 10:38SJSAlexander Wennberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:40WPGNino Niederreiter: Illegal check to head2 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
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sturm won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGSJS
33Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals2.9
62Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits18
13Blocked shots13
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways3

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 – Connor – Vilardi14:32

    xG 1.16–0.55 (68%)attempts 25–13goals 1–1

  2. Namestnikov – Iafallo – Perfetti4:39

    xG 0.37–0.01 (99%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton12:02

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Iafallo – Barron – Kupari3:30

    xG 0.01–0.05 (15%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey17:20

    xG 0.95–0.58 (62%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Stanley11:54

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Fleury – Pionk17:13

    xG 0.50–1.02 (33%)attempts 22–17goals 0–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Kovalenko – Celebrini10:52

    xG 0.61–0.44 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Wennberg – Eklund – Smith11:43

    xG 0.35–0.21 (62%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  3. Kunin – Grundstrom – Sturm10:36

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Granlund – Goodrow – Zetterlund13:12

    xG 0.46–1.11 (30%)attempts 10–25goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Rutta2:10

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Liljegren12:29

    xG 0.65–0.64 (50%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  3. Ceci – Mukhamadullin2:11

    xG 0.04–0.04 (46%)attempts 2–1goals 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 2.9 xGWPG 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 88/100 · #153 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsWPG wins

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

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