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Tue, Feb 12, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

San Jose Sharks 0, Nashville Predators 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

NSH winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS013060303025
NSH0301101011125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 2:08NSHColin WilsonGWGAssists: Ryan Ellis, David Legwand · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:20SJSJustin Braun: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:48NSHMartin Erat: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 2:47SJSJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 6:31NSHMartin Erat: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 10:05SJSPatrick Marleau: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:05NSHMartin Erat: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:24NSHNick Spaling: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 18:41NSHColin Wilson: Tripping2 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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spaling won the faceoff against Handzus
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNSH
25Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals1.5
55Shot attempts48
22Faceoffs won35
6Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
12Hits17
14Blocked shots18
3Giveaways8
5Takeaways10

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. bestHavlat – Burish – Galiardi8:20

    xG 0.52–0.29 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Handzus – Sheppard – Wingels9:37

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski9:07

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Clowe – Kennedy – Couture9:32

    xG 0.08–0.32 (21%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Stuart15:08

    xG 0.56–0.22 (71%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers12:32

    xG 0.35–0.17 (67%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun2:24

    xG 0.05–0.09 (33%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Gaustad – Clune – Halischuk4:16

    xG 0.13–0.09 (59%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Wilson – Bourque7:34

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Yip – Spaling – Smith6:47

    xG 0.04–0.19 (17%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Fisher – Erat – Kostitsyn9:32

    xG 0.09–0.40 (18%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Klein – Josi14:17

    xG 0.35–0.32 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Blum – Ellis13:43

    xG 0.32–0.41 (44%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Weber14:04

    xG 0.17–0.47 (27%)attempts 7–14goals 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.

NSH 1.5 xGSJS 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #570 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 60% of the time.

NSH winsSJS wins

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

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