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Mon, Feb 2, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM116212112002540
SJS112012311021437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:50SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton · Deflected, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:03EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Oscar Klefbom · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:22EDMJordan EberleAssists: Justin Schultz, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:39EDMDerek RoyAssists: Nail Yakupov · Slap, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 2:19SJSScott HannanAssists: Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:49SJSMatt TennysonAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Matt Nieto · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:28SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.30 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:23EDMJustin SchultzAssists: Teddy Purcell, Anton Lander · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  2. 2. EDM Derek Roy stopped
  3. 3. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  4. 4. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  5. 5. SJS Joe Thornton stopped
  6. 6. EDM Teddy Purcell stopped
  7. 7. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
  8. 8. EDM Nail Yakupov stopped
  9. 9. SJS Brent Burns scored
  10. 10. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  11. 11. SJS Melker Karlsson stopped
  12. 12. EDM Matt Fraser stopped
  13. 13. SJS Tomas Hertl stopped
  14. 14. EDM Keith Aulie stopped
  15. 15. SJS Barclay Goodrow stopped
  16. 16. EDM Justin Schultz stopped
  17. 17. SJS Matt Tennyson stopped
  18. 18. EDM Anton Lander stopped
  19. 19. SJS Tyler Kennedy stopped
  20. 20. EDM Oscar Klefbom stopped
  21. 21. SJS James Sheppard stopped
  22. 22. EDM Boyd Gordon stopped
  23. 23. SJS Matt Nieto stopped
  24. 24. EDM Jeff Petry stopped
  25. 25. SJS Matt Irwin stopped
  26. 26. EDM Rob Klinkhammer scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:59SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:43EDMAndrew Ference: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:51EDMJeff Petry: Roughing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSJS
40Shots on goal37
3.6Expected goals5.1
71Shot attempts74
33Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
26Hits34
14Blocked shots16
16Giveaways19
11Takeaways12

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins7:30

    xG 0.85–0.41 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Roy – Purcell – Lander2:55

    xG 0.79–0.41 (66%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  3. Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov5:10

    xG 0.08–0.23 (27%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Gordon – Klinkhammer11:24

    xG 0.49–0.70 (41%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Klefbom15:57

    xG 1.44–0.44 (77%)attempts 26–10goals 2–0

  2. Fayne – Schultz2:11

    xG 0.64–0.71 (47%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Klefbom3:17

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Karlsson14:20

    xG 1.96–0.30 (87%)attempts 26–8goals 2–0

  2. Sheppard – Goodrow – Hertl9:08

    xG 1.31–0.42 (76%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Sheppard – Hertl4:48

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Kennedy – Desjardins – Scott4:16

    xG 0.01–0.39 (3%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Irwin15:12

    xG 1.70–0.64 (73%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Vlasic17:43

    xG 1.62–1.05 (61%)attempts 20–18goals 1–2

  3. Dillon – Tennyson19:43

    xG 0.90–1.44 (39%)attempts 23–23goals 1–2

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 5.1 xGEDM 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #37 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.73 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 71% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
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+5
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+7

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