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Sun, Oct 27, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

San Jose Sharks 5, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 68% of the time.

OTT winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS31201126529
OTT117112011240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:16SJSTomas HertlAssists: James Sheppard, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:35SJSAndrew DesjardinsAssists: Brad Stuart · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:07OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Kyle Turris, Cory Conacher · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:15SJSTommy WingelsSHGWGAssists: Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.46 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:09OTTMarc MethotAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:29SJSJames SheppardAssists: Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:59SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Justin Braun, Tommy Wingels · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:17SJSMike Brown: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:54OTTJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:21SJSMike Brown: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 11:16OTTJoe Corvo: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 11:37OTTChris Neil: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 13:17SJSMatt Irwin: Broken 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSOTT
29Shots on goal40
2.8Expected goals1.8
53Shot attempts69
34Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
14Hits27
16Blocked shots12
2Giveaways11
2Takeaways5

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. bestThornton – Sheppard – Hertl10:32

    xG 0.73–0.03 (96%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  2. Pavelski – McCarthy – Wingels5:16

    xG 0.35–0.03 (93%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Brown – Desjardins – McCarthy2:45

    xG 0.16–0.04 (79%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Pavelski – Wingels – Hamilton2:44

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Demers7:23

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Irwin5:23

    xG 0.22–0.12 (64%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Hannan – Stuart8:18

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Smith – Zibanejad11:00

    xG 0.51–0.14 (78%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Conacher7:10

    xG 0.38–0.03 (94%)attempts 14–1goals 1–0

  3. Ryan – Condra – Turris2:04

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Grant2:00

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson17:44

    xG 0.66–0.52 (56%)attempts 29–12goals 1–1

  2. Phillips – Cowen3:22

    xG 0.16–0.09 (64%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Wiercioch8:52

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 6–7goals 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.

OTT 1.8 xGSJS 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #528 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 68% of the time.

OTT winsSJS wins

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

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