Wed, Jan 26, 2011·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles
San Jose Sharks 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (SO)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 58% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | SO | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 08 | 28 | 07 | 01 | 0 | 224 |
| LAK | 06 | 17 | 14 | 03 | 1 | 320 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 13:35LAKRyan SmythAssists: Jarret Stoll, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
- P2 15:24SJSRyane CloweUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
- P2 16:03SJSDevin SetoguchiAssists: Logan Couture · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
- P3 5:47LAKAlexei PonikarovskyAssists: Brad Richardson, Michal Handzus · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2
Shootout
- 1. LAK Anze Kopitar stopped
- 2. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
- 3. LAK Jack Johnson stopped
- 4. SJS Logan Couture stopped
- 5. LAK Dustin Brown stopped
- 6. SJS Ryane Clowe stopped
- 7. LAK Jarret Stoll scored
- 8. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
Penalties (3)
- P1 19:56LAKRyan Smyth: Interference2 min
- P3 8:25SJSRyane Clowe: Too many men on the ice2 min
- P3 13:19LAKBrad Richardson: High sticking double minor4 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Stoll won the faceoff against Couture
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestThornton – Marleau – Pavelski9:29
xG 0.47–0.17 (73%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0
- Heatley – Setoguchi – Couture10:52
xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1
- Mayers – Eager – McGinn3:26
xG 0.02–0.06 (21%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- Wellwood – Clowe – Ferriero6:54
xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestBoyle – Murray17:33
xG 0.75–0.32 (70%)attempts 18–20goals 0–1
- Wallin – Demers11:17
xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0
- Huskins – Vlasic14:57
xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestHandzus – Ponikarovsky – Richardson10:22
xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0
- Smyth – Williams – Stoll10:34
xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0
- Lewis – Simmonds – Clifford8:47
xG 0.13–0.14 (47%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1
- Brown – Kopitar – Loktionov12:51
xG 0.15–0.57 (21%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGreene – Martinez12:08
xG 0.62–0.30 (68%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1
- Johnson – Doughty2:27
xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0
- Scuderi – Johnson17:00
xG 0.28–0.47 (37%)attempts 24–15goals 1–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
LAK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line LAK is favoured, below it SJS. Dots are goals.
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 58% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (LAK − SJS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).