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Fri, Apr 2, 2010·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

San Jose Sharks 3, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 56% of the time.

MIN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS2110918328
MIN07211011229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:19SJSManny MalhotraAssists: Rob Blake, Jamie McGinn · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:22SJSScott NicholAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Rob Blake · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:10MINCal ClutterbuckAssists: Guillaume Latendresse, Greg Zanon · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:59MINAntti MiettinenPPAssists: Andrew Brunette, Marek Zidlicky · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:09SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Dan Boyle, Ryane Clowe · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:10SJSRob Blake: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:11SJSRyane Clowe: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 19:27SJSLogan Couture: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:45SJSDouglas Murray: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:30MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:54SJSPatrick Marleau: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:12MINMarek Zidlicky: Interference2 min
  8. P2 18:19MINCody Almond: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 10:18SJSDevin Setoguchi: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSMIN
28Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won24
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
19Hits34
12Blocked shots7
3Giveaways2
3Takeaways4

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 2.6 xGSJS 2.2 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 67/100 · #385 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 56% 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).