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Sat, Mar 2, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Nashville Predators 1, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 81% of the time.

SJS winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NSH060617119
SJS11611409239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:47SJSDan BoylePPAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:12SJSJoe PavelskiPPGWGAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.40 xG0–2
  3. P3 14:30NSHGabriel BourqueSHAssists: Nick Spaling · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:38NSHScott Hannan: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:28NSHKevin Klein: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:28SJSJames Sheppard: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 8:56NSHRyan Ellis: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:08NSHPaul Gaustad: Slashing2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHSJS
19Shots on goal39
1.1Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
26Hits23
18Blocked shots26
9Giveaways14
7Takeaways9

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. Gaustad – Clune – Kostitsyn2:35

    xG 0.06–0.01 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Hornqvist – Bourque9:40

    xG 0.39–0.39 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Fisher – Erat – Wilson13:23

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  4. Kostitsyn – Spaling – Smith3:09

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Blum11:16

    xG 0.43–0.19 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Blum – Ellis2:00

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Ellis13:55

    xG 0.11–0.27 (29%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Pavelski – Kennedy12:46

    xG 0.80–0.36 (69%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  2. Handzus – Burish – Desjardins5:57

    xG 0.40–0.09 (82%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Clowe – Couture6:15

    xG 0.22–0.05 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Desjardins – Sheppard2:00

    xG 0.17–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin17:57

    xG 0.75–0.14 (84%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Braun12:52

    xG 0.70–0.44 (62%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Vlasic20:00

    xG 0.33–0.12 (73%)attempts 21–9goals 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 2.7 xGNSH 1.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #626 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 81% of the time.

SJS winsNSH wins

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

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