Tue, Dec 9, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Edmonton Oilers 2, San Jose Sharks 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 51% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDM | 28 | 011 | 08 | 227 |
| SJS | 28 | 28 | 18 | 524 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 4:33SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Justin Braun · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
- P1 5:29SJSBarclay GoodrowAssists: Melker Karlsson, James Sheppard · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–2
- P1 12:08EDMJordan EberleAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
- P1 16:15EDMDavid PerronAssists: Teddy Purcell · Snap, 0.14 xG2–2
- P2 6:14SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Scott Hannan, Tommy Wingels · Deflected, 0.06 xG2–3
- P2 7:35SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–4
- P3 14:31SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau · Slap, 0.01 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
- P1 7:33SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
- P1 16:01SJSAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min
- P1 16:01EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Fighting5 min
- P2 7:28EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
- P2 12:10SJSMelker Karlsson: Holding2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Arcobello
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestPerron – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins3:13
xG 0.42–0.04 (92%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0
- Purcell – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins4:06
xG 0.17–0.01 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1
- Eberle – Yakupov – Draisaitl14:07
xG 0.52–0.43 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1
- Pitlick – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins5:24
xG 0.15–0.07 (67%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestFerence – Petry12:54
xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1
- Schultz – Klefbom4:17
xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0
- Petry – Klefbom2:32
xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestSheppard – Goodrow – Karlsson10:12
xG 0.58–0.05 (93%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0
- Brown – Desjardins – Scott5:19
xG 0.12–0.03 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0
- Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl13:14
xG 0.31–0.62 (33%)attempts 12–13goals 1–2
- Marleau – Couture – Wingels15:35
xG 0.36–0.72 (33%)attempts 16–22goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestHannan – Mueller9:16
xG 0.90–0.33 (73%)attempts 14–5goals 1–1
- Braun – Mueller5:19
xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0
- Vlasic – Braun6:07
xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.
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 51% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SJS − EDM), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).