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Tue, Mar 23, 2010·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

San Jose Sharks 4, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 67% of the time.

MIN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS161724417
MIN091505119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:12SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Patrick Marleau, Manny Malhotra · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:35SJSDany HeatleyGWGAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Rob Blake · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:44MINGuillaume LatendressePPAssists: Andrew Ebbett, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:17SJSTorrey MitchellAssists: Ryane Clowe, Rob Blake · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:18SJSJoe ThorntonENAssists: Ryane Clowe, Rob Blake · Backhand, 0.72 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:31MINJohn Scott: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 18:05SJSManny Malhotra: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:34MINMikko Koivu: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:06MINNick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 7:10SJSJoe Thornton: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 8:07MINGuillaume Latendresse: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 11:00SJSTorrey Mitchell: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 13:12MINCal Clutterbuck: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 16:29SJSDany Heatley: Cross checking2 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 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSMIN
17Shots on goal19
2.5Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won22
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
9Hits15
11Blocked shots17
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways5

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.

MIN 1.8 xGSJS 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #845 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 67% of the time.

MIN winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).