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Fri, Jan 24, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Utah Hockey Club 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 82% of the time.

WPG winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA051915219
WPG11011138529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:52WPGCole PerfettiPPAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Gabriel Vilardi · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:13UTANick SchmaltzPPAssists: Michael Kesselring, Clayton Keller · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:48WPGDavid GustafssonAssists: Dylan DeMelo · Snap, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:19UTABarrett HaytonAssists: John Marino, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:51WPGCole PerfettiGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Dylan DeMelo · Snap, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:16WPGNikolaj EhlersUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:15WPGCole PerfettiENAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.81 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:04UTAMatias Maccelli: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:46WPGGabriel Vilardi: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:17WPGDylan DeMelo: Interference2 min
  4. P3 18:41WPGMorgan Barron: 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.

UTA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTAWPG
19Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals3.8
48Shot attempts74
25Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
12Hits24
15Blocked shots12
25Giveaways20
4Takeaways6

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.

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestHayton – Maccelli – Doan7:16

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Hayton – Doan2:34

    xG 0.08–0.02 (84%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Stenlund – Carcone8:33

    xG 0.14–0.35 (29%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  4. Schmaltz – Keller – Cooley15:25

    xG 0.55–0.88 (38%)attempts 16–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Maatta – Marino16:23

    xG 0.79–0.79 (50%)attempts 19–16goals 1–0

  2. Välimäki – DeSimone11:52

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Kesselring13:41

    xG 0.18–0.64 (22%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Appleton – Kupari10:50

    xG 1.00–0.32 (76%)attempts 22–5goals 0–0

  2. Iafallo – Barron – Gustafsson6:55

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi13:29

    xG 0.60–0.47 (56%)attempts 16–19goals 0–1

  4. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti11:21

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey18:07

    xG 1.18–0.62 (65%)attempts 26–16goals 1–1

  2. Fleury – Stanley13:34

    xG 0.73–0.32 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Samberg – Pionk15:12

    xG 0.50–0.29 (63%)attempts 22–14goals 1–0

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 3.8 xGUTA 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGUTA

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 UTA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #587 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 82% of the time.

WPG winsUTA wins

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

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