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Fri, Oct 16, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

San Jose Sharks 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 63% of the time.

NJD winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS11001309022234
NJD05012111041132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:01SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joel Ward, Tomas Hertl · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:22NJDAdam HenriquePPAssists: Damon Severson, Jordin Tootoo · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD Adam Henrique scored
  2. 2. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  3. 3. NJD Jacob Josefson stopped
  4. 4. SJS Brent Burns scored
  5. 5. NJD Michael Cammalleri stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:58SJSMike Brown: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:58NJDJordin Tootoo: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 13:42NJDAndy Greene: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 14:01SJSJoe Pavelski: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:54NJDJon Merrill: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 1:35SJSJustin Braun: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 2:52SJSBrenden Dillon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 4:36SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 15:28SJSTomas Hertl: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  10. OT 4:48SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 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 SOG0NJD
47% to win54% to win
← SJS attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNJD
34Shots on goal32
3.0Expected goals2.3
46Shot attempts47
37Faceoffs won22
1Power plays6
14Penalty minutes4
26Hits35
5Blocked shots7
2Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestThornton – Pavelski – Goldobin9:38

    xG 0.49–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Ward – Hertl11:40

    xG 0.31–0.06 (84%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Goodrow2:41

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Smith – Goodrow6:23

    xG 0.25–0.31 (44%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns18:19

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun11:44

    xG 0.62–0.44 (58%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Dillon2:36

    xG 0.07–0.02 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Gionta – Boucher11:46

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Henrique14:18

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Tlusty – Palmieri – Josefson9:34

    xG 0.04–0.17 (20%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – O'Neill – Kalinin5:36

    xG 0.11–0.39 (21%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Severson10:33

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  2. Greene – Larsson17:31

    xG 0.27–0.41 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Merrill14:51

    xG 0.30–0.93 (25%)attempts 10–16goals 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.

NJD 2.3 xGSJS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #618 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 63% of the time.

NJD winsSJS wins

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

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