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Mon, Jan 20, 2025·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Winnipeg Jets 2, Utah Hockey Club 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 72% of the time.

UTA winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0110628225
UTA01021038528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:00UTAOlli MaattaAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Clayton Keller · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:42UTALogan CooleyAssists: Barrett Hayton · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:53UTABarrett HaytonGWGAssists: Josh Doan, Kevin Stenlund · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:04UTAMatias MaccelliAssists: Josh Doan, Barrett Hayton · Slap, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P3 8:32WPGNino NiederreiterAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:48WPGDylan DeMeloAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Dylan Samberg · Slap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:55UTAClayton KellerENAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Snap, 0.59 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 0:35WPGNeal Pionk: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:49WPGDylan DeMelo: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 17:55UTAMichael Kesselring: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 17:55WPGMark Scheifele: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 17:55UTAMichael Kesselring: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 17:55WPGMark Scheifele: Misconduct10 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 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← WPG attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against McBain
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGUTA
25Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts56
22Faceoffs won37
0Power plays2
16Penalty minutes12
21Hits27
13Blocked shots17
9Giveaways14
7Takeaways4

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. bestNamestnikov – Ehlers – Iafallo3:32

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Scheifele – Ehlers2:26

    xG 0.14–0.08 (63%)attempts 4–2goals 2–0

  3. Lowry – Ehlers – Iafallo3:57

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Kupari – Perfetti3:20

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 7–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Miller – Stanley11:23

    xG 0.33–0.31 (52%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Samberg5:09

    xG 0.19–0.21 (49%)attempts 12–3goals 1–1

  3. Samberg – Pionk12:30

    xG 0.31–0.36 (46%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Crouse – McBain11:40

    xG 0.77–0.51 (60%)attempts 17–19goals 0–1

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Cooley11:05

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Hayton – Maccelli – Doan9:54

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  4. Kerfoot – O'Brien – Stenlund7:06

    xG 0.11–0.28 (28%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Marino15:33

    xG 0.67–0.40 (63%)attempts 16–19goals 1–1

  2. Välimäki – DeSimone10:48

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Kesselring16:48

    xG 0.78–0.96 (45%)attempts 19–22goals 2–1

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.

UTA 2.9 xGWPG 1.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTAWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

UTA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line UTA is favoured, below it WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #493 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 72% of the time.

UTA winsWPG wins

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

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