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Wed, Apr 3, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Minnesota Wild 2, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 58% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0629018233
SJS210111112433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34SJSMartin HavlatAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:19SJSDan BoylePPUnassisted · Backhand, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:33MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Zach Parise, Jonas Brodin · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:58MINDany HeatleyAssists: Justin Falk · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:42SJSJoe ThorntonGWGAssists: Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:55SJSTJ GaliardiPPAssists: Martin Havlat, Scott Gomez · Backhand, 0.40 xG2–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:55MINKyle Brodziak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:02MINClayton Stoner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 0:50MINClayton Stoner: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 5:34MINCal Clutterbuck: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:13SJSPatrick Marleau: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 6:13MINJustin Falk: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 8:20MINRyan Suter: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 19:06SJSJames Sheppard: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 0:00MINDany Heatley: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Slashing5 min
  11. P3 0:00SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 0:00SJSBrad Stuart: Hooking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINSJS
33Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.2
65Shot attempts55
28Faceoffs won36
1Power plays5
14Penalty minutes21
38Hits21
10Blocked shots22
5Giveaways13
4Takeaways9

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle7:39

    xG 0.55–0.06 (90%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Mitchell3:09

    xG 0.07–0.03 (68%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Bouchard – Clutterbuck – Coyle2:20

    xG 0.02–0.12 (16%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Bouchard – Mitchell – Clutterbuck3:35

    xG 0.02–0.14 (13%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin16:31

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  2. Suter – Spurgeon2:20

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Falk9:27

    xG 0.29–0.33 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGomez – Burish – Desjardins7:16

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Sheppard – Galiardi12:10

    xG 0.37–0.48 (43%)attempts 10–20goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Couture – Wingels12:17

    xG 0.42–0.65 (39%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin10:33

    xG 0.52–0.23 (69%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Tennyson11:12

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun15:56

    xG 0.33–0.94 (26%)attempts 9–23goals 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.

SJS 3.2 xGMIN 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #275 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 58% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

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

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