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Thu, Mar 17, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Minnesota Wild 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 81% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1121909230
SJS113121116350

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:29SJSJamal MayersAssists: Joe Pavelski, Torrey Mitchell · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:53MINJohn MaddenSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:33SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Douglas Murray, Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:23MINKyle BrodziakAssists: Martin Havlat, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:00SJSPatrick MarleauPPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi · Slap, 0.39 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:52MINGreg Zanon: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:27SJSDan Boyle: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 13:46MINClayton Stoner: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 6:35MINMatt Cullen: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:22MINClayton Stoner: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:56MINBrad Staubitz: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:56MINBrad Staubitz: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 16:50MINMartin Havlat: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 16:50SJSTorrey Mitchell: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← MIN attackSJS 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.

MINSJS
30Shots on goal50
2.9Expected goals5.2
46Shot attempts78
20Faceoffs won42
1Power plays5
22Penalty minutes4
18Hits29
16Blocked shots14
9Giveaways16
14Takeaways15

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHavlat – Bouchard – Brodziak10:53

    xG 1.63–1.13 (59%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  2. Cullen – Madden – Clutterbuck8:39

    xG 0.17–0.35 (33%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu11:59

    xG 0.20–0.60 (25%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Kobasew – Nystrom – Staubitz7:01

    xG 0.06–0.54 (10%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Spurgeon2:38

    xG 0.45–0.05 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Burns14:42

    xG 0.61–0.71 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon8:20

    xG 0.17–0.50 (25%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Pavelski – Mitchell9:53

    xG 1.62–0.22 (88%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Clowe – Eager – Couture11:46

    xG 1.03–0.62 (62%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Marleau – Setoguchi10:44

    xG 0.50–0.20 (71%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  4. Mayers – Desjardins – McCarthy5:21

    xG 0.07–0.16 (31%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Murray17:19

    xG 1.28–0.65 (66%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. White – Demers11:40

    xG 0.84–0.29 (74%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun14:38

    xG 0.89–1.14 (44%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

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.

SJS 5.2 xGMIN 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #598 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 81% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

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

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