Tue, Mar 8, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton
San Jose Sharks 3, Edmonton Oilers 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 59% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 29 | 17 | 06 | 322 |
| EDM | 012 | 07 | 012 | 031 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:33SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Matt Nieto, Joonas Donskoi · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
- P1 15:50SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
- P2 14:03SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Paul Martin, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
- P1 15:40EDMJordan Eberle: Tripping2 min · PPG
- P2 2:00SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Cross checking2 min
- P3 16:11SJSRoman Polak: Interference2 min
- P3 18:20EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
- P3 18:20SJSRoman Polak: Fighting5 min
- P3 18:20EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
- P3 19:05SJSNick Spaling: Abuse of officials2 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 20:00Letestu won the faceoff against Ward
- 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.
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestCouture – Donskoi – Nieto12:45
xG 0.63–0.47 (57%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0
- Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl12:00
xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0
- Zubrus – Tierney – Karlsson10:44
xG 0.43–0.53 (45%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0
- Marleau – Ward – Spaling12:47
xG 0.09–0.66 (12%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMartin – Burns15:31
xG 0.73–0.65 (53%)attempts 18–19goals 2–0
- Polak – Vlasic2:34
xG 0.02–0.07 (24%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0
- Vlasic – Braun17:18
xG 0.28–0.33 (46%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0
Edmonton Oilers
Forward lines
- bestKorpikoski – Eberle – McDavid9:37
xG 0.33–0.12 (74%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0
- Cracknell – Lander – Kassian2:05
xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Hendricks – Korpikoski – Letestu2:39
xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0
- Hall – Yakupov – McDavid4:25
xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestClendening – Nurse15:03
xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0
- Sekera – Fayne14:11
xG 0.64–0.44 (60%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1
- Pardy – Reinhart14:54
xG 0.41–0.74 (35%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1
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.
EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 59% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (EDM − SJS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).