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Thu, Nov 10, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Minnesota Wild 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 74% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0501017122
SJS07318011336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:34SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Dan Boyle, Justin Braun · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:34SJSPatrick MarleauPPGWGAssists: Ryane Clowe, Brent Burns · Slap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:39SJSTorrey MitchellAssists: Michal Handzus · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:33MINKyle BrodziakAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Nick Schultz · Slap, 0.09 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:08MINMarco Scandella: Illegal stick2 min
  2. P1 5:38SJSDouglas Murray: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 6:24MINDany Heatley: Interference2 min
  4. P1 9:19MINDevin Setoguchi: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:41MINPierre-Marc Bouchard: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 5:58SJSRyane Clowe: Interference2 min
  7. P2 13:45MINMarco Scandella: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:48MINCal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 6:48SJSJoe Pavelski: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 7:50SJSDan Boyle: Slashing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Marleau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINSJS
22Shots on goal36
1.5Expected goals2.7
42Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
18Hits19
24Blocked shots15
8Giveaways16
3Takeaways13

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. bestCullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi11:37

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Johnson – Gillies3:01

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Brodziak – Johnson – Clutterbuck5:59

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Heatley – Koivu – Johnson3:57

    xG 0.02–0.10 (13%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Falk – Prosser11:40

    xG 0.28–0.26 (52%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Zidlicky14:23

    xG 0.23–0.51 (31%)attempts 4–14goals 1–1

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon15:26

    xG 0.17–0.57 (23%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Havlat – Clowe10:57

    xG 0.35–0.05 (88%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Couture9:20

    xG 0.23–0.07 (78%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Mitchell – McGinn10:32

    xG 0.21–0.28 (43%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Winchester – Murray – Desjardins5:54

    xG 0.14–0.29 (32%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun12:41

    xG 0.64–0.16 (79%)attempts 23–7goals 1–1

  2. Boyle – Murray13:25

    xG 0.42–0.04 (92%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. White – Burns10:57

    xG 0.16–0.07 (70%)attempts 9–4goals 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.

SJS 2.7 xGMIN 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1002 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 74% 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).