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Sat, Jan 25, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Minnesota Wild 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 67% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN17190402222
SJS0112100714332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:33MINMatt CookeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:16MINKeith BallardAssists: Mikael Granlund, Jason Pominville · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:12SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Joe Pavelski, Matt Irwin · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:01SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Tommy Wingels, Matt Irwin · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:30SJSJoe ThorntonGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:03MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 17:03SJSMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 5:35SJSMatt Irwin: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 1:57MINClayton Stoner: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 5:26MINNate Prosser: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 5:30SJSJason Demers: Interference2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINSJS
22Shots on goal32
1.3Expected goals2.1
45Shot attempts71
18Faceoffs won41
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
20Hits27
26Blocked shots11
13Giveaways8
7Takeaways8

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Parise – Coyle – Niederreiter14:13

    xG 0.40–0.37 (52%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Fontaine10:23

    xG 0.10–0.13 (43%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  3. Rupp – Mitchell – Haula4:41

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Pominville – Granlund13:24

    xG 0.20–0.58 (26%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stoner – Prosser2:02

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Scandella2:12

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Ballard – Stoner7:22

    xG 0.11–0.14 (45%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Nieto7:03

    xG 0.63–0.06 (92%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Kennedy – Desjardins – Hayes2:01

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Brown – McCarthy – Hayes2:55

    xG 0.04–0.08 (30%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Wingels – Nieto5:37

    xG 0.05–0.15 (26%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin10:53

    xG 0.62–0.20 (75%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers10:49

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Braun12:21

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

SJS 2.1 xGMIN 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #428 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 67% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

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

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