Winnipeg JetsWPG 5–6 Final Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Winnipeg JetsWPG 221 5 40
Toronto Maple LeafsTOR 033 6 30

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
14:09 WPG Gabriel Vilardi (17) Mark Scheifele (28), Kyle Connor (28) · wrist xG 0.09 1–0 ▶
17:38 WPG Dylan DeMelo (2) Adam Lowry (5), Morgan Barron (7) · slap xG 0.03 2–0 ▶
2nd Period
1:34 TOR Auston Matthews (16) Max Domi (14), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (18) · tip-in xG 0.16 2–1 ▶
2:11 WPG Alex Iafallo (7) Jonathan Toews (9), Cole Perfetti (6) · backhand xG 0.08 3–1 ▶
5:24 WPG Mark Scheifele (19) Gabriel Vilardi (18), Neal Pionk (5) · wrist xG 0.26 4–1 ▶
11:04 TOR Oliver Ekman-Larsson (7) Scott Laughton (2) · wrist xG 0.14 4–2 ▶
19:57 TOR Auston Matthews (17)PP Morgan Rielly (21), Matias Maccelli (9) · wrist xG 0.07 4–3 ▶
3rd Period
6:30 TOR Matias Maccelli (6) Matthew Knies (25), John Tavares (22) · wrist xG 0.06 4–4 ▶
8:50 WPG Mark Scheifele (20)PP Josh Morrissey (25), Gustav Nyquist (8) · wrist xG 0.07 5–4 ▶
13:13 TOR Troy Stecher (2) Bobby McMann (9), Auston Matthews (13) · snap xG 0.05 5–5 ▶
15:38 TOR Auston Matthews (18) Unassisted · backhand xG 0.17 5–6 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

WPG 58%Deserve to win42% TOR
WPGTOR
3.18Expected goals2.73
5Goals (no shootout)6
2.40Expected goals, 5 on 52.36
66Shot attempts56
53Unblocked attempts42
40Shots on goal30

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
5:24 TOR Goalie Goalie · Woll −2.5 goals saved
4 goals on 1.52 xG, 17 shots on goal
5:24 TOR Goalie change Goalie change · Hildeby in for Woll
5:24 of the 2nd; Woll had allowed 4 goals on 17 shots (1.52 xG)
3rd Period
13:13 WPG Goalie Goalie · Comrie −2.6 goals saved
5 goals on 2.39 xG, 27 shots on goal
18:10 TOR No shift No shift · Myers, 10:11 on the bench
No shift after 6:30 of the 3rd; 15 shifts (8:41) before that
18:17 WPG Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Comrie, down 6–5
With 1:43 left

Shot map

WPG shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ TOR shoots
Morgan Barron: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:16) Max Domi: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.22 (P1 1:09) Cole Perfetti: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 2:12) Vladislav Namestnikov: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 2:35) Troy Stecher: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 2:55) Calle Jarnkrok: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 3:19) Oliver Ekman-Larsson: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:43) Mark Scheifele: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 4:53) Matthew Knies: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 5:17) Nicolas Roy: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 6:30) Bobby McMann: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 7:41) Logan Stanley: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 8:02) Gustav Nyquist: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:03) Neal Pionk: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 9:31) Matthew Knies: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:51) Cole Koepke: backhand, 41 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 12:14) Nicolas Roy: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 12:36) Nick Robertson: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 12:42) Troy Stecher: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 13:07) Cole Koepke: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 15:42) Neal Pionk: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 15:47) Vladislav Namestnikov: tip-in, 20 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 16:12) Oliver Ekman-Larsson: wrist, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 17:12) Mark Scheifele: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:14) Morgan Barron: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 0:28) Adam Lowry: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.30 (P2 0:30) Adam Lowry: tip-in, 21 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 0:37) Bobby McMann: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:10) Matias Maccelli: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 1:50) Alex Iafallo: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:01) Vladislav Namestnikov: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 2:38) Nick Robertson: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 2:53) Scott Laughton: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 3:37) Auston Matthews: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:46) Matthew Knies: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 4:48) Gabriel Vilardi: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 5:20) Easton Cowan: backhand, 23 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 5:34) Cole Perfetti: backhand, 129 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 7:30) Mark Scheifele: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 8:27) John Tavares: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 8:53) Nick Robertson: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 11:54) Dylan DeMelo: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 12:12) Tanner Pearson: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 13:03) Matthew Knies: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 13:43) Tanner Pearson: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 14:37) Gabriel Vilardi: snap, 17 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 15:16) Kyle Connor: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:22) Calle Jarnkrok: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 15:36) Easton Cowan: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 16:09) Troy Stecher: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 16:56) Nick Robertson: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 16:58) Cole Koepke: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 17:26) Cole Perfetti: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 17:55) Alex Iafallo: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 18:00) Adam Lowry: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 18:31) Cole Perfetti: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 18:40) Morgan Rielly: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 19:02) Cole Koepke: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 19:20) Josh Morrissey: slap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:40) Easton Cowan: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 2:30) Matthew Knies: wrap-around, 6 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 3:55) Matthew Knies: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 4:05) Morgan Barron: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:21) Cole Perfetti: backhand, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:51) Logan Stanley: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:55) Neal Pionk: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 7:55) Mark Scheifele: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 8:37) Jonathan Toews: wrist, 71 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 9:40) Kyle Connor: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 11:21) Dylan DeMelo: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:03) Max Domi: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:52) Max Domi: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 12:58) Bobby McMann: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 13:00) Colin Miller: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 13:54) Mark Scheifele: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:49) Max Domi: wrist, 107 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 14:58) Kyle Connor: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 15:24) Auston Matthews: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 16:18) Auston Matthews: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 17:59) Gabriel Vilardi: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 18:43) Adam Lowry: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 18:52) Gabriel Vilardi: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 18:53) Neal Pionk: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 19:33) Mark Scheifele: snap, 17 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 19:55) Gabriel Vilardi: GOAL, wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 14:09) Dylan DeMelo: GOAL, slap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 17:38) Auston Matthews: GOAL, tip-in, 5 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 1:34) Alex Iafallo: GOAL, backhand, 22 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 2:11) Mark Scheifele: GOAL, wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.26 (P2 5:24) Oliver Ekman-Larsson: GOAL, wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 11:04) Auston Matthews: GOAL, wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:57) Matias Maccelli: GOAL, wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 6:30) Mark Scheifele: GOAL, wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 8:50) Troy Stecher: GOAL, snap, 41 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 13:13) Auston Matthews: GOAL, backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 15:38)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Winnipeg Jets

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
55 Mark Scheifele 213 -1 90.56 1020:28
13 Gabriel Vilardi 112 -1 60.56 0020:06
81 Kyle Connor 011 -1 60.12 0019:34
19 Jonathan Toews 011 +1 20.01 1016:20
91 Cole Perfetti 011 +1 50.15 0116:07
9 Alex Iafallo 101 +1 30.31 2315:44
17 Adam Lowry 011 0 40.54 3214:37
14 Gustav Nyquist 011 -1 10.01 0113:19
36 Morgan Barron 011 0 40.11 0113:17
7 Vladislav Namestnikov 000 -1 30.19 1211:42
70 Tanner Pearson 000 0 20.10 1011:41
45 Cole Koepke 000 -1 50.33 3011:10
Defense
44 Josh Morrissey 011 -1 30.01 0022:40
4 Neal Pionk 011 -2 40.08 2122:10
2 Dylan DeMelo 101 0 30.06 1021:59
54 Dylan Samberg 000 -1 00.00 0021:18
8 Logan Stanley 000 +1 30.02 0014:27
6 Colin Miller 000 +1 30.02 2114:00
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Eric Comrie 30624 .800 2.73 -3.27

Toronto Maple Leafs

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
34 Auston Matthews 314 +2 60.59 0119:42
74 Bobby McMann 011 +1 30.10 2018:59
11 Max Domi 011 +2 40.26 0017:15
89 Matthew Knies 011 -1 80.40 2016:58
91 John Tavares 011 0 30.07 1016:02
10 Nicolas Roy 000 0 20.20 0014:11
21 Scott Laughton 011 -1 20.04 2013:57
63 Matias Maccelli 112 -1 20.11 0112:58
14 Nick Robertson 000 0 60.36 2111:55
18 Steven Lorentz 000 0 00.00 2111:53
19 Calle Jarnkrok 000 0 20.04 0011:45
53 Easton Cowan 000 +1 40.10 2211:29
Defense
28 Troy Stecher 101 +2 60.17 0124:53
22 Jake McCabe 000 +3 00.00 4124:50
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson 112 0 40.17 0121:30
44 Morgan Rielly 011 -2 30.11 1021:13
44 Simon Benoit 000 0 00.00 5218:12
51 Philippe Myers 000 -1 10.00 0008:41
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Joseph Woll 17413 .765 1.52 -2.48
Dennis Hildeby 23122 .957 1.66 +0.66

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Winnipeg Jets

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
55 Mark Scheifele C +2.28 +2.20 +0.37 -0.45 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 20:28
9 Alex Iafallo L +1.64 +0.75 +0.20 +0.54 0.00 -0.02 +0.17 — 15:44
19 Jonathan Toews C +1.40 +0.70 +0.01 +0.65 0.00 +0.07 -0.02 — 16:20
13 Gabriel Vilardi C +1.37 +1.45 +0.36 -0.43 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 20:06
91 Cole Perfetti C +1.24 +0.55 +0.10 +0.58 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 16:07
17 Adam Lowry C +1.06 +0.70 +0.35 -0.08 0.00 +0.01 +0.08 — 14:37
2 Dylan DeMelo D +0.84 +0.75 +0.04 +0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 21:59
36 Morgan Barron C +0.52 +0.55 +0.07 -0.15 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 13:17
14 Gustav Nyquist R +0.47 +0.55 +0.01 -0.13 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 13:19
6 Colin Miller D +0.43 0.00 +0.01 +0.20 +0.15 0.00 +0.07 — 14:00
44 Josh Morrissey D +0.39 +0.70 +0.01 -0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 22:40
64 Logan Stanley D +0.24 0.00 +0.01 +0.27 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 14:27
81 Kyle Connor L +0.21 +0.55 +0.08 -0.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 19:34
4 Neal Pionk D +0.10 +0.55 +0.05 -0.40 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 22:10
45 Cole Koepke L +0.08 0.00 +0.21 -0.11 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 11:10
70 Tanner Pearson L -0.04 0.00 +0.06 -0.08 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 11:41
7 Vladislav Namestnikov C -0.05 0.00 +0.12 -0.21 0.00 -0.04 +0.08 — 11:42
54 Dylan Samberg D -0.08 0.00 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 21:18
1 Eric Comrie G -3.27 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -3.27 58:17

Toronto Maple Leafs

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
34 Auston Matthews C +4.14 +2.80 +0.39 +0.88 0.00 +0.04 +0.03 — 19:42
22 Jake McCabe D +1.63 0.00 0.00 +1.60 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 24:50
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D +1.31 +1.30 +0.11 +0.10 -0.15 0.00 -0.05 — 21:30
11 Max Domi C +1.30 +0.70 +0.17 +0.56 -0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 17:15
28 Troy Stecher D +1.25 +0.75 +0.11 +0.36 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 24:53
63 Matias Maccelli L +1.14 +1.30 +0.07 -0.26 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 12:58
74 Bobby McMann C +1.10 +0.70 +0.07 +0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 18:59
89 Nick Robertson L +0.89 0.00 +0.23 +0.60 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 11:55
53 Easton Cowan R +0.77 0.00 +0.07 +0.62 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 11:29
91 John Tavares C +0.73 +0.55 +0.04 +0.15 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 16:02
23 Matthew Knies L +0.71 +0.70 +0.26 -0.44 +0.15 0.00 +0.04 — 16:58
35 Dennis Hildeby G +0.66 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.66 34:36
55 Nicolas Roy C +0.48 0.00 +0.13 +0.34 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 14:11
2 Simon Benoit D -0.03 0.00 0.00 -0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 18:12
44 Morgan Rielly D -0.24 +0.70 +0.07 -1.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 21:13
24 Scott Laughton C -0.55 +0.70 +0.03 -1.22 0.00 -0.08 +0.02 — 13:57
19 Calle Jarnkrok C -0.58 0.00 +0.03 -0.63 0.00 +0.02 0.00 — 11:45
18 Steven Lorentz C -0.61 0.00 0.00 -0.66 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 11:53
51 Philippe Myers D -0.74 0.00 0.00 -0.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:41
60 Joseph Woll G -2.48 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -2.48 25:24

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.