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Mon, Apr 15, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 4, Phoenix Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 80% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01032417441
PHX01207016035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:50SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Jason Demers, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:38SJSTommy WingelsUnassisted · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:01SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Raffi Torres, Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:33SJSMatt IrwinPPAssists: Dan Boyle, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.46 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:52PHXKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:52SJSRaffi Torres: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 13:16PHXKyle Chipchura: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:24SJSTJ Galiardi: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 13:10SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Holding2 min
  6. P3 17:54PHXMartin Hanzal: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 19:25SJSJoe Pavelski: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHX
41Shots on goal35
3.7Expected goals1.8
65Shot attempts68
44Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits35
13Blocked shots12
6Giveaways2
4Takeaways2

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 – Havlat – Couture13:31

    xG 1.69–0.47 (78%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  2. Torres – Pavelski – Wingels10:40

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  3. Gomez – Burish – Desjardins9:31

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun12:20

    xG 1.40–0.15 (90%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Irwin7:13

    xG 0.41–0.19 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Demers12:19

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Moss – Bolduc – Chipchura2:51

    xG 0.12–0.12 (51%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Vermette – Boedker2:21

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Vrbata – Hanzal10:25

    xG 0.16–0.45 (26%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Conner – Boedker8:10

    xG 0.09–0.48 (15%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Stone7:10

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  2. Morris – Yandle16:22

    xG 0.55–0.49 (53%)attempts 21–15goals 0–1

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson13:43

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

PHX 1.8 xGSJS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #674 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 80% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

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

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