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Tue, Jan 22, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 6, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS6170905631
EDM1711715329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:17SJSDan BoylePPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:30SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:25EDMNail YakupovPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Ales Hemsky · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:02SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joe Thornton, Brad Stuart · Snap, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P1 11:07SJSPatrick MarleauPPGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Snap, 0.23 xG4–1
  6. P1 18:09SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Martin Havlat, TJ Galiardi · Snap, 0.40 xG5–1
  7. P1 19:20SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Tommy Wingels, TJ Galiardi · Slap, 0.04 xG6–1
  8. P2 14:25EDMJustin SchultzPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.06 xG6–2
  9. P3 3:34EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ladislav Smid · Snap, 0.09 xG6–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:16EDMAles Hemsky: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:03EDMJeff Petry: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:49SJSBrad Stuart: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 10:33EDMCorey Potter: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:35EDMRyan Smyth: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:25SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:59SJSDan Boyle: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 5:55EDMEric Belanger: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 5:55SJSRyane Clowe: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 7:47SJSMatt Irwin: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 11:31SJSJoe Pavelski: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P3 17:30EDMAles Hemsky: Interference2 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
43% to win57% 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
31Shots on goal29
3.3Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts47
37Faceoffs won31
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
13Hits10
10Blocked shots12
1Giveaways9
6Takeaways1

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. bestThornton – Marleau – Pavelski10:29

    xG 0.95–0.38 (72%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. Burish – Desjardins – Sheppard6:44

    xG 0.46–0.06 (89%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Havlat – Clowe – Couture10:50

    xG 0.52–0.39 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Galiardi – Wingels8:50

    xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Braun10:38

    xG 0.96–0.16 (85%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Vlasic14:02

    xG 1.08–0.35 (76%)attempts 11–8goals 2–0

  3. Boyle – Irwin12:15

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Horcoff – Hartikainen6:17

    xG 0.40–0.21 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:04

    xG 0.62–0.80 (44%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Belanger – Petrell – Paajarvi6:09

    xG 0.17–0.36 (33%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov9:59

    xG 0.17–0.57 (23%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Smid – Petry11:39

    xG 0.76–0.88 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Whitney – Potter9:43

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Schultz – Schultz14:50

    xG 0.45–0.68 (40%)attempts 13–12goals 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.

EDM 2.4 xGSJS 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 69/100 · #239 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 65% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).