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Mon, Jan 17, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 4, Phoenix Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 63% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS112210114436
PHX19012115236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:09PHXDerek MorrisAssists: Keith Yandle, Shane Doan · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:03SJSDany HeatleyAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Thornton · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:19SJSLogan CouturePPGWGAssists: Dan Boyle, Dany Heatley · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:01PHXOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:11SJSJoe ThorntonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.65 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:54PHXSami Lepisto: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:52SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 9:11SJSDany Heatley: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 16:06PHXDavid Schlemko: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:15SJSJoe Pavelski: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:27PHXShane Doan: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0PHX
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Belanger won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHX
36Shots on goal36
3.8Expected goals3.1
56Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits27
10Blocked shots7
2Giveaways2
5Takeaways6

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. bestMayers – Nichol – McGinn4:54

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Pavelski – Setoguchi11:39

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – Heatley – Couture9:33

    xG 0.64–0.89 (42%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

  4. Nichol – McGinn – Mashinter4:20

    xG 0.00–0.29 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Murray12:35

    xG 0.78–0.29 (73%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Huskins – Vlasic2:40

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Huskins – Demers4:29

    xG 0.04–0.01 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Stempniak – Korpikoski10:08

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Doan – Belanger – Upshall10:51

    xG 0.29–0.27 (51%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal13:03

    xG 0.49–0.71 (41%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  4. Bissonnette – Turris – Boedker3:14

    xG 0.02–0.27 (6%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAucoin – Ekman-Larsson4:24

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Morris – Yandle16:27

    xG 0.67–0.69 (49%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  3. Schlemko – Ekman-Larsson6:33

    xG 0.22–0.29 (44%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

PHX 3.1 xGSJS 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #636 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 63% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

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

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