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Mon, Dec 15, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Ottawa Senators 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT071121814331
WPG072100701225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:47OTTNick CousinsAssists: Kurtis MacDermid, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:37WPGNeal PionkAssists: Kyle Connor, Cole Perfetti · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:35WPGLogan StanleyAssists: Morgan Barron, Gabriel Vilardi · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:06OTTJake SandersonAssists: Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:11OTTBrady TkachukGWGAssists: Tim Stützle, Jake Sanderson · Slap, 0.10 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:48WPGLuke Schenn: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:06WPGMark Scheifele: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 17:13OTTKurtis MacDermid: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 1:18WPGJosh Morrissey: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:36OTTDrake Batherson: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Namestnikov won the faceoff against Greig
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTWPG
31Shots on goal25
4.2Expected goals3.1
60Shot attempts61
21Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
31Hits20
14Blocked shots15
13Giveaways12
7Takeaways0

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Batherson – Cozens9:11

    xG 0.63–0.20 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Amadio – Greig6:48

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Amadio – Tkachuk – Stützle2:31

    xG 0.39–0.13 (74%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Zetterlund – Tkachuk – Stützle5:47

    xG 0.21–0.16 (58%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpence – Kleven11:49

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 13–3goals 0–1

  2. Sanderson – Zub15:05

    xG 1.02–0.69 (60%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

  3. Jensen – Kleven2:06

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Namestnikov – Perfetti10:15

    xG 0.47–0.14 (77%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Nyquist – Koepke6:48

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi13:00

    xG 0.43–0.71 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  4. Lowry – Iafallo – Barron10:28

    xG 0.39–0.80 (33%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk13:52

    xG 0.53–0.29 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Stanley8:23

    xG 0.44–0.22 (66%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Morrissey – Pionk2:08

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 1–4goals 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 3.1 xGOTT 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #329 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsOTT wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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