Tue, Jan 6, 2015·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
San Jose Sharks 4, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 08 | 16 | 210 | 12 | 426 |
| MIN | 210 | 06 | 112 | 03 | 331 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 15:21MINJason ZuckerAssists: Jason Pominville · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
- P1 17:22MINJared SpurgeonAssists: Jason Zucker, Jason Pominville · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
- P2 10:54SJSMelker KarlssonAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
- P3 6:21SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Logan Couture · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
- P3 7:35SJSTommy WingelsAssists: James Sheppard, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
- P3 12:12MINJason ZuckerAssists: Charlie Coyle · Deflected, 0.15 xG3–3
- OT 3:09SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicGWGAssists: Justin Braun · Slap, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
- P1 9:47SJSBarclay Goodrow: Closing hand on puck2 min
- P1 18:00MINJustin Falk: Hooking2 min
- P2 1:55SJSMatt Tennyson: Interference2 min
- P2 4:12MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
- P2 11:01MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
- P2 11:01SJSLogan Couture: Embellishment2 min
- P2 13:09MINThomas Vanek: Hooking2 min
- P3 17:58MINThomas Vanek: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Couture
- 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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestPavelski – Couture – Karlsson7:22
xG 0.38–0.08 (83%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0
- Marleau – Wingels – Goodrow7:34
xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1
- Sheppard – Nieto – Hertl4:34
xG 0.11–0.06 (67%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBurns – Vlasic12:19
xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0
- Irwin – Tennyson9:55
xG 0.28–0.09 (76%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0
- Braun – Dillon10:09
xG 0.22–0.63 (26%)attempts 8–11goals 2–3
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestKoivu – Pominville – Zucker9:54
xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0
- Vanek – Brodziak – Niederreiter7:45
xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0
- Sutter – Carter – Haula4:30
xG 0.04–0.15 (20%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0
- Cooke – Coyle – Fontaine7:34
xG 0.05–0.18 (23%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestScandella – Spurgeon7:21
xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 7–6goals 2–1
- Falk – Folin7:59
xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0
- Suter – Brodin13:06
xG 0.41–0.54 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1
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.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it SJS. 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 58% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − SJS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).