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Mon, Feb 24, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

San Jose Sharks 1, Winnipeg Jets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 67% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS16080301118
WPG01001011312235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:07SJSWilliam EklundPPAssists: Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith · Slap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:34WPGJosh MorrisseyUnassisted · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:33WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:13WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:13SJSJack Thompson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:31WPGAdam Lowry: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 4:46WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:22WPGKyle Connor: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:59SJSJake Walman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 0:49SJSMacklin Celebrini: Holding2 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.

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 Celebrini
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSWPG
18Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals3.3
39Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
22Hits19
21Blocked shots9
7Giveaways7
3Takeaways3

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. Wennberg – Zetterlund – Smith8:32

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Grundstrom – Dellandrea7:34

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Eklund – Celebrini13:13

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  4. Kunin – Sturm – Graf9:35

    xG 0.40–0.59 (41%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Ferraro2:47

    xG 0.11–0.11 (49%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Mukhamadullin3:30

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Thompson7:53

    xG 0.15–0.27 (35%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti11:04

    xG 0.82–0.21 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton8:46

    xG 0.36–0.17 (68%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi15:00

    xG 0.71–0.53 (57%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  4. Iafallo – Kupari – Gustafsson3:50

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Morrissey19:46

    xG 1.67–0.51 (77%)attempts 28–10goals 0–0

  2. Samberg – Pionk13:05

    xG 0.58–0.05 (92%)attempts 23–4goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Stanley7:58

    xG 0.10–0.41 (20%)attempts 6–8goals 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 3.3 xGSJS 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 57/100 · #553 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 67% of the time.

WPG winsSJS wins

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

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