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Mon, Mar 25, 2013·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 5, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 67% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS21012128539
ANA0819210327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:46SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Martin Havlat, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:10SJSJoe PavelskiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:34SJSMartin HavlatAssists: Matt Irwin, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–0
  4. P2 8:16ANAEmerson EtemAssists: Ben Lovejoy, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:58ANAFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:04SJSJames SheppardGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:20ANACorey PerryAssists: Bobby Ryan · Tip-in, 0.31 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:32SJSDan BoyleENAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.47 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:31ANABen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:46ANALuca Sbisa: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:47SJSJustin Braun: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:21ANABen Lovejoy: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:28SJSPatrick Marleau: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 3:30ANALuca Sbisa: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:15ANACorey Perry: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0ANA
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
39Shots on goal27
3.7Expected goals2.6
59Shot attempts59
39Faceoffs won40
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
30Hits34
20Blocked shots12
11Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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. Pavelski – Sheppard – Galiardi11:51

    xG 0.75–0.82 (48%)attempts 14–14goals 1–2

  2. Marleau – Couture – Wingels11:25

    xG 0.35–0.62 (36%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Gomez – Burish – Desjardins6:27

    xG 0.02–0.32 (6%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin6:46

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Braun13:24

    xG 0.67–0.68 (50%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  3. Vlasic – Demers11:05

    xG 0.72–1.04 (41%)attempts 14–16goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan5:10

    xG 1.05–0.25 (81%)attempts 15–5goals 2–1

  2. Selanne – Holland – Etem2:47

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Steckel – Staubitz – Etem3:33

    xG 0.09–0.05 (66%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – Ryan2:43

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Beauchemin13:23

    xG 1.02–0.77 (57%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler12:38

    xG 0.56–0.33 (63%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  3. Sbisa – Fowler4:35

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGSJS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #169 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).