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Sun, Mar 10, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

San Jose Sharks 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS0101161903238
COL1151901117342

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:47COLMatt DuchenePPAssists: PA Parenteau, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:58COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Aaron Palushaj, John Mitchell · Tip-in, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:20SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Justin Braun, Ryane Clowe · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:35SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:59COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: PA Parenteau, Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:46SJSAdam Burish: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:02SJSScott Gomez: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:08COLShane O'Brien: Interference2 min
  4. P2 7:47COLPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:46COLErik Johnson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:38SJSPatrick Marleau: Interference2 min
  7. P3 6:31SJSTommy Wingels: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 7:00COLRyan O'Reilly: Interference2 min
  9. P3 9:06COLRyan O'Byrne: 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 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Marleau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCOL
38Shots on goal42
2.8Expected goals2.2
66Shot attempts68
47Faceoffs won32
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
9Hits19
14Blocked shots12
3Giveaways3
6Takeaways12

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. bestMarleau – Pavelski – Kennedy3:10

    xG 0.21–0.00 (98%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Gomez – Clowe – Sheppard3:49

    xG 0.13–0.10 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Clowe – Pavelski7:37

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Gomez – Kennedy – Sheppard6:01

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin8:23

    xG 0.53–0.09 (85%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Irwin5:33

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Murray13:03

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Stastny – Landeskog9:38

    xG 0.69–0.47 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Palushaj – O'Reilly6:22

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Kobasew – Bordeleau – McLeod4:53

    xG 0.09–0.11 (46%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene12:23

    xG 0.23–0.43 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Wilson12:34

    xG 0.61–0.35 (63%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  2. O'Byrne – Hunwick13:49

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. Hejda – O'Brien12:16

    xG 0.18–0.52 (26%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

COL 2.2 xGSJS 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #201 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 61% of the time.

COL winsSJS wins

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

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