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Sat, Mar 17, 2012·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 84% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET190111701228
SJS2801201015335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:48SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:23SJSMartin HavlatAssists: Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:46DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:12DETValtteri FilppulaAssists: Doug Janik · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:23SJSMartin HavlatGWGAssists: Justin Braun, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:57DETTomas Holmstrom: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 14:52SJSDominic Moore: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:51SJSTorrey Mitchell: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:10DETValtteri Filppula: Holding2 min
  5. P3 5:09DETJustin Abdelkader: Holding the stick2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
28Shots on goal35
1.9Expected goals4.3
59Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits20
18Blocked shots19
8Giveaways16
8Takeaways12

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Filppula – Hudler13:53

    xG 1.05–0.36 (75%)attempts 24–13goals 1–1

  2. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Datsyuk12:35

    xG 0.24–0.37 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Abdelkader – Helm8:54

    xG 0.15–0.39 (27%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Emmerton – Mursak6:54

    xG 0.10–0.60 (14%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Quincey14:34

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Janik – Smith11:16

    xG 0.73–0.51 (59%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Kronwall19:02

    xG 0.40–1.01 (29%)attempts 17–26goals 1–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Mitchell – Winnik8:58

    xG 0.60–0.13 (82%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Couture13:12

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 16–10goals 1–2

  3. Winchester – Desjardins – Ferriero4:34

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Havlat – Clowe11:58

    xG 0.32–0.34 (49%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Demers10:30

    xG 0.75–0.13 (85%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic18:03

    xG 0.86–0.53 (62%)attempts 18–16goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Vlasic2:23

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 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 4.3 xGDET 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #397 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 84% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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