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Thu, Dec 11, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Minnesota Wild 1, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 86% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN050915119
SJS0911417230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:51SJSBrent BurnsPPAssists: Justin Braun, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:03MINChristian FolinUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:48SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:29MINNino Niederreiter: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 14:54SJSBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 6:05MINRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:05SJSTye McGinn: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:56MINNate Prosser: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:31SJSMelker Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:23MINKyle Brodziak: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← MIN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sheppard won the faceoff against Haula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINSJS
19Shots on goal30
1.1Expected goals3.2
53Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits29
16Blocked shots23
15Giveaways19
9Takeaways12

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. Brodziak – Carter – Fontaine8:44

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Vanek – Parise – Granlund9:33

    xG 0.22–0.34 (39%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Koivu – Pominville – Zucker9:16

    xG 0.19–0.48 (29%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  4. Haula – Coyle – Niederreiter8:46

    xG 0.07–0.45 (13%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Falk – Prosser6:23

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Brodin2:25

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Prosser – Brodin2:08

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Hertl9:30

    xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Sheppard – Goodrow – Karlsson11:40

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Couture – Wingels10:00

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. Desjardins – McGinn – Tierney8:12

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Dillon12:58

    xG 0.72–0.19 (79%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Mueller13:17

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  3. Hannan – Burns2:08

    xG 0.07–0.03 (67%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.2 xGMIN 1.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #756 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 86% 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).