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Thu, Mar 24, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 6, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM044929622
SJS2121905326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:47SJSTommy WingelsAssists: Roman Polak, Nick Spaling · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:41SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:39EDMLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Adam Clendening, Mark Letestu · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:18EDMTaylor HallUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:03EDMAdam ClendeningAssists: Patrick Maroon, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P2 12:26SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–3
  7. P2 18:04EDMPatrick MaroonGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:54EDMJordan EberleAssists: Patrick Maroon, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:54EDMTaylor HallENAssists: Andrej Sekera, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.65 xG6–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:11SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:11EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:05EDMZack Kassian: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  4. P1 14:19EDMLuke Gazdic: Holding2 min
  5. P2 11:45EDMPatrick Maroon: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:55EDMZack Kassian: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 14:55EDMZack Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  8. P2 14:55EDMZack Kassian: Game misconduct10 min
  9. P3 17:08SJSMelker Karlsson: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win54% to win
← EDM attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSJS
22Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won32
1Power plays4
33Penalty minutes7
26Hits27
14Blocked shots20
14Giveaways36
8Takeaways12

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. bestMaroon – Eberle – McDavid14:42

    xG 0.93–0.19 (83%)attempts 22–12goals 2–0

  2. Korpikoski – Letestu – Kassian2:43

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Korpikoski – Letestu – Pakarinen6:04

    xG 0.03–0.05 (37%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Letestu – Yakupov5:19

    xG 0.03–0.10 (22%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReinhart – Oesterle14:11

    xG 0.75–0.12 (86%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  2. Clendening – Nurse13:29

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 15–12goals 3–0

  3. Fayne – Reinhart2:22

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestSpaling – Haley – Wingels3:33

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Spaling – Wingels2:17

    xG 0.17–0.07 (73%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Ward – Tierney5:36

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–2

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl14:16

    xG 0.56–0.57 (50%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – DeMelo13:57

    xG 0.63–0.39 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 0–2

  2. Polak – Dillon14:48

    xG 0.10–0.03 (76%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Burns17:10

    xG 0.43–0.81 (35%)attempts 17–20goals 0–2

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 2.5 xGEDM 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 87/100 · #160 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 57% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).