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Thu, Jan 31, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM0111916020228
SJS07211013072338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:32SJSLogan CoutureUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:11SJSJoe PavelskiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:56EDMSam GagnerAssists: Mark Fistric, Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:51EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Michal Handzus scored
  2. 2. EDM Sam Gagner stopped
  3. 3. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  4. 4. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  5. 5. SJS Dan Boyle scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:03SJSAdam Burish: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 17:19EDMNail Yakupov: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 12:54EDMJeff Petry: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:04SJSScott Gomez: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 4:24SJSRyane Clowe: Interference2 min
  6. P3 6:00EDMTeemu Hartikainen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 11:37EDMJeff Petry: Cross checking2 min
  8. OT 3:45EDMSam Gagner: Hooking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSJS
28Shots on goal38
2.0Expected goals4.4
47Shot attempts76
20Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits18
19Blocked shots13
9Giveaways15
2Takeaways6

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:42

    xG 0.89–0.44 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Smyth – Belanger – Petrell9:14

    xG 0.25–0.03 (89%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Hordichuk – Hartikainen – Lander2:27

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov9:11

    xG 0.28–0.61 (31%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry14:18

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Whitney – Fistric10:09

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – Schultz11:54

    xG 0.76–0.73 (51%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGomez – Clowe – Couture5:55

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski11:52

    xG 0.62–0.45 (58%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Clowe – Sheppard – Couture3:04

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

  4. Burish – Desjardins – Sheppard4:28

    xG 0.04–0.17 (20%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin13:27

    xG 0.93–0.32 (74%)attempts 21–8goals 1–2

  2. Murray – Braun10:51

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Vlasic16:07

    xG 0.28–0.74 (27%)attempts 9–16goals 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 4.4 xGEDM 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #175 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 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 84% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

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

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