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Mon, Jan 23, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 1, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 80% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS013013117021145
EDM051704022218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:50EDMJordan EberleAssists: Jeff Petry, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:23SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Dan Boyle, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. SJS Michal Handzus stopped
  3. 3. EDM Sam Gagner scored
  4. 4. SJS Dan Boyle stopped
  5. 5. EDM Anton Lander stopped
  6. 6. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  7. 7. EDM Taylor Hall scored
  8. 8. SJS Logan Couture stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 2:18SJSColin White: Holding2 min
  2. P3 5:37EDMAles Hemsky: Kneeing5 min · PPG
  3. P3 5:37EDMAles Hemsky: Game misconduct10 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSEDM
45Shots on goal18
2.8Expected goals1.2
77Shot attempts41
38Faceoffs won35
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes15
15Hits14
14Blocked shots12
6Giveaways15
7Takeaways8

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. bestMarleau – Ferriero – Couture13:24

    xG 0.58–0.06 (91%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Desjardins12:21

    xG 0.45–0.17 (72%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Winchester – Murray – McCarthy4:57

    xG 0.21–0.04 (84%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Mitchell – McGinn10:24

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Demers10:25

    xG 0.64–0.08 (89%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic16:39

    xG 0.67–0.12 (84%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Burns15:25

    xG 0.52–0.23 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Smyth – Horcoff – Jones2:24

    xG 0.04–0.03 (61%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Lander – Paajarvi9:52

    xG 0.11–0.26 (31%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Belanger – Jones – Petrell6:02

    xG 0.08–0.31 (21%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Hemsky – Hartikainen10:33

    xG 0.02–0.32 (5%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry19:00

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Sutton – Smid2:02

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Sutton – Chorney11:24

    xG 0.19–0.64 (23%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

EDM 1.2 xGSJS 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #793 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 80% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).