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Fri, Dec 27, 2013·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 4, Phoenix Coyotes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS01227110032432
PHX111112112021337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:43PHXDavid MossUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:56SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:04PHXDavid MossAssists: David Schlemko, Mike Ribeiro · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:13SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Tommy Wingels, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:10SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:35PHXRadim VrbataPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHX Mikkel Boedker scored
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture scored
  3. 3. PHX Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. SJS Patrick Marleau scored
  5. 5. PHX Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:48SJSAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 7:48PHXKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:37PHXTim Kennedy: Elbowing2 min
  4. P1 19:42SJSBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:18PHXDerek Morris: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:13PHXDerek Morris: Interference2 min
  7. P3 11:50SJSTommy Wingels: Interference2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHX
32Shots on goal37
3.2Expected goals2.4
72Shot attempts64
31Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
22Hits32
16Blocked shots19
4Giveaways6
7Takeaways10

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. bestBrown – Desjardins – Sheppard7:33

    xG 0.59–0.15 (79%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Couture – Wingels11:56

    xG 0.58–0.57 (51%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – McCarthy – Nieto7:49

    xG 0.05–0.47 (9%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers7:09

    xG 0.25–0.03 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Braun8:00

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Irwin12:52

    xG 0.59–0.72 (45%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Klinkhammer – Boedker13:03

    xG 0.75–0.46 (62%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Korpikoski – Hanzal12:17

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Ribeiro – Moss – Kennedy9:48

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  4. Halpern – Chipchura – Szwarz2:46

    xG 0.02–0.56 (3%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Stone11:51

    xG 0.41–0.12 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy15:56

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Morris – Yandle19:42

    xG 0.68–1.11 (38%)attempts 20–28goals 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.

PHX 2.4 xGSJS 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 85/100 · #148 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.27 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 64% of the time.

PHX winsSJS wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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