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Sat, Mar 28, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

San Jose Sharks 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 77% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS21507017052344
PHI170516001218

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38SJSMatt IrwinAssists: Chris Tierney, Tommy Wingels · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:44PHIMichael RafflAssists: Nicklas Grossmann, Jakub Voracek · Tip-in, 0.34 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:45SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Logan Couture, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:37PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Michael Del Zotto · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Jakub Voracek scored
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  4. 4. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  5. 5. PHI Matt Read stopped
  6. 6. SJS Melker Karlsson scored
  7. 7. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
  8. 8. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
  9. 9. PHI Vincent Lecavalier stopped
  10. 10. SJS Brent Burns scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:26PHINick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:06PHINicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:45SJSMatt Nieto: Interference2 min
  4. P2 13:57PHIRyan White: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 7:00SJSScott Hannan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:37PHIOliver Lauridsen: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 12:37SJSJohn Scott: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 15:43SJSJoe Thornton: Tripping2 min
  9. OT 2:30PHIBrayden Schenn: Boarding2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSPHI
44Shots on goal18
3.5Expected goals1.8
83Shot attempts47
38Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
16Penalty minutes18
17Hits37
21Blocked shots25
10Giveaways10
6Takeaways2

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. bestWingels – Nieto – Tierney11:21

    xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Karlsson12:13

    xG 0.52–0.17 (75%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Couture – Hertl10:30

    xG 0.80–0.51 (61%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  4. Scott – Smith – Goodrow6:50

    xG 0.08–0.27 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Dillon7:45

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Irwin5:25

    xG 0.40–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Hannan – Burns10:33

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl8:42

    xG 0.68–0.55 (55%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. White – Rinaldo – Cousins5:41

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare8:16

    xG 0.04–0.48 (7%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Read – Couturier11:58

    xG 0.04–0.87 (4%)attempts 3–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLauridsen – Alt6:33

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Grossmann – Manning16:22

    xG 0.76–0.74 (51%)attempts 14–20goals 1–0

  3. Del Zotto – Manning2:15

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

PHI 1.8 xGSJS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #440 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 77% of the time.

PHI winsSJS wins

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

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