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Sat, Oct 12, 2013·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Ottawa Senators 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 91% of the time.

SJS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2801005223
SJS112114124350

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:55SJSTomas HertlAssists: Dan Boyle, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:21OTTZack SmithAssists: Chris Phillips, Colin Greening · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:31OTTBobby RyanPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Patrick Wiercioch · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:12SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:08SJSBrent BurnsGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Matt Nieto · Slap, 0.24 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:41SJSMatt Pelech: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 7:41OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:58SJSAndrew Desjardins: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:17SJSJames Sheppard: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:28SJSTyler Kennedy: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 13:28OTTCory Conacher: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 15:10OTTMilan Michalek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:56OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Interference2 min
  9. P3 5:07OTTJason Spezza: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 10:50OTTRobin Lehner: High sticking double minor4 min
  11. P3 16:08SJSJoe Pavelski: Holding the stick2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSJS
23Shots on goal50
1.7Expected goals4.8
48Shot attempts87
30Faceoffs won39
3Power plays5
17Penalty minutes13
24Hits24
15Blocked shots16
17Giveaways15
4Takeaways10

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Condra – Pageau5:21

    xG 0.10–0.01 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Greening – Condra – Pageau2:33

    xG 0.07–0.02 (74%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Ryan11:37

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  4. Greening – Smith – Da Costa6:33

    xG 0.06–0.43 (13%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Phillips – Gryba9:50

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 12–3goals 1–1

  2. Methot – Karlsson17:45

    xG 0.19–0.54 (26%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Karlsson2:35

    xG 0.00–0.43 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Sheppard – Wingels3:10

    xG 0.43–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Kennedy – Couture9:29

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Desjardins – Sheppard2:53

    xG 0.03–0.06 (30%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Wingels – Nieto6:30

    xG 0.06–0.13 (31%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun12:01

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Demers9:09

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Irwin8:47

    xG 0.08–0.10 (44%)attempts 5–14goals 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 4.8 xGOTT 1.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #588 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 91% of the time.

SJS winsOTT wins

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

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