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Thu, Jan 16, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Seattle Kraken 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA1100503118
WPG0811919236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:12SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Jaden Schwartz · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:35WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:33WPGDylan DeMeloGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:26WPGLogan Stanley: Elbowing2 min
  2. P2 9:01SEAJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 12:25SEAMitchell Stephens: High sticking2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEAWPG
18Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals2.3
48Shot attempts72
30Faceoffs won21
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
17Hits16
23Blocked shots17
10Giveaways16
5Takeaways5

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestHayden – Stephens – Kartye4:47

    xG 0.18–0.04 (81%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Schwartz – Kakko – Beniers15:49

    xG 0.65–0.66 (50%)attempts 18–21goals 1–0

  3. Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky12:00

    xG 0.29–0.45 (40%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. McCann – Tolvanen – Wright11:25

    xG 0.15–0.45 (25%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Dunn18:23

    xG 0.82–0.44 (65%)attempts 23–18goals 1–1

  2. Mahura – Evans2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Montour – Dunn2:39

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Ehlers – Iafallo12:41

    xG 0.83–0.25 (77%)attempts 27–11goals 1–0

  2. Toninato – Barron – Gustafsson4:21

    xG 0.20–0.04 (84%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Niederreiter – Kupari – Perfetti14:22

    xG 0.28–0.32 (47%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi15:11

    xG 0.12–0.69 (15%)attempts 7–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey18:26

    xG 0.71–0.43 (62%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1

  2. Samberg – Pionk18:27

    xG 0.57–0.31 (65%)attempts 24–14goals 0–0

  3. Stanley – Heinola10:56

    xG 0.36–0.26 (59%)attempts 14–8goals 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 2.3 xGSEA 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #1039 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 71% of the time.

WPG winsSEA wins

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

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