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Thu, Jan 2, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 1, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 69% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0716011124
SJS21721019536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:37SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:26SJSPatrick MarleauGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:18SJSBracken KearnsAssists: Andrew Desjardins, James Sheppard · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:45SJSLogan CoutureAssists: John McCarthy · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P2 15:39EDMNail YakupovAssists: Sam Gagner, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:44SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Matt Irwin · Slap, 0.04 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:14SJSMatt Nieto: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:52EDMDavid Perron: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:04EDMJeff Petry: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 1:38EDMNick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:20SJSFreddie Hamilton: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 9:08SJSDan Boyle: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSJS
24Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals2.4
47Shot attempts64
18Faceoffs won38
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
10Hits24
15Blocked shots12
10Giveaways9
5Takeaways12

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Joensuu – Gazdic – Lander9:59

    xG 0.13–0.13 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  2. Smyth – Hemsky – Gordon9:09

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Eberle – Yakupov11:43

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

  4. Perron – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins9:38

    xG 0.00–0.73 (0%)attempts 2–14goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. Marincin – Belov13:50

    xG 0.25–0.50 (33%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Petry12:27

    xG 0.26–0.57 (31%)attempts 9–17goals 0–3

  3. Ference – Schultz17:05

    xG 0.07–0.54 (11%)attempts 6–15goals 0–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Nieto10:20

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Desjardins – Kearns – Sheppard10:34

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Brown – McCarthy – Hamilton7:10

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Demers8:50

    xG 0.43–0.10 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers2:18

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Irwin10:55

    xG 0.34–0.39 (46%)attempts 16–11goals 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 2.4 xGEDM 1.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1008 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 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 69% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

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

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