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Wed, Jan 29, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 0, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 83% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS020022017059
EDM1709211327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:51EDMJustin SchultzGWGAssists: Nick Schultz, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:10EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:40EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:53EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:32EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:17EDMMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:17SJSMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 16:24SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:54EDMMartin Marincin: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:54SJSBrent Burns: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:02EDMAnton Belov: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 17:51SJSDan Boyle: High sticking2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Marleau won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSEDM
59Shots on goal27
5.0Expected goals2.5
100Shot attempts38
34Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
21Hits14
7Blocked shots22
12Giveaways23
12Takeaways13

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. bestMarleau – Havlat – Wingels5:41

    xG 0.72–0.15 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Marleau – Wingels – Nieto5:51

    xG 0.63–0.18 (77%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Desjardins – Kearns – Nieto3:03

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kearns – Hayes2:03

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers9:47

    xG 1.29–0.15 (90%)attempts 21–4goals 0–1

  2. Hannan – Boyle9:06

    xG 0.66–0.19 (78%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Braun8:51

    xG 0.48–0.04 (93%)attempts 17–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Hendricks – Gordon – Jones3:02

    xG 0.09–0.25 (27%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Smyth – Gordon – Jones2:50

    xG 0.02–0.18 (11%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Joensuu – Gazdic4:23

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – Jones – Perron4:09

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Larsen6:57

    xG 0.67–0.15 (81%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Belov7:00

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Larsen – Belov7:34

    xG 0.19–0.70 (22%)attempts 4–13goals 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.

EDM 2.5 xGSJS 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1145 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 83% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

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

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