Sat, Mar 23, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
San Jose Sharks 0, Minnesota Wild 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 53% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 06 | 08 | 019 | 033 |
| MIN | 010 | 19 | 15 | 224 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 12:10MINZach PariseGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
- P3 1:17MINJared SpurgeonPPAssists: Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
Penalties (9)
- P1 12:59MINZenon Konopka: Interference2 min
- P1 14:21SJSBrent Burns: High sticking double minor4 min
- P2 2:32MINTom Gilbert: Interference2 min
- P2 10:10SJSJames Sheppard: Interference2 min
- P2 14:26MINCharlie Coyle: Interference2 min
- P2 15:34MINTorrey Mitchell: Fighting5 min
- P2 15:34SJSTommy Wingels: Fighting5 min
- P2 0:00SJSDan Boyle: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P3 3:04MINCal Clutterbuck: Holding2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Koivu
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestHavlat – Pavelski – Couture3:38
xG 0.19–0.10 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Burish – Desjardins – Sheppard5:18
xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0
- Marleau – Pavelski – Couture6:36
xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0
- Gomez – Galiardi – Wingels6:47
xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestStuart – Murray8:11
xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0
- Vlasic – Demers8:03
xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0
- Boyle – Irwin7:36
xG 0.26–0.42 (38%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestCullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi9:48
xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0
- Heatley – Brodziak – Clutterbuck9:11
xG 0.04–0.13 (25%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0
- Konopka – Mitchell – Zucker5:02
xG 0.06–0.16 (27%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0
- Koivu – Parise – Coyle10:31
xG 0.19–0.36 (35%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestSuter – Brodin16:34
xG 0.79–0.48 (62%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0
- Stoner – Spurgeon12:37
xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0
- Gilbert – Falk12:30
xG 0.07–0.35 (17%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it SJS. Dots are goals.
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 53% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − SJS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).