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Sat, Apr 9, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Arizona Coyotes 0, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 91% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0100703020
SJS01301118132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 7:29SJSJoe PavelskiPPGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 3:07SJSRoman Polak: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 5:14ARIConnor Murphy: Holding2 min
  3. P1 8:17ARIShane Doan: Instigator2 min
  4. P1 8:17SJSRoman Polak: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 8:17ARIShane Doan: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 8:17ARIShane Doan: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 8:17ARIShane Doan: Misconduct10 min
  8. P1 14:28ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 5:20SJSJoel Ward: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 6:33ARIBoyd Gordon: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 6:33ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 13:34SJSLogan Couture: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 17:46SJSTommy Wingels: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISJS
20Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals5.6
45Shot attempts69
29Faceoffs won19
4Power plays6
27Penalty minutes13
18Hits11
18Blocked shots13
14Giveaways19
11Takeaways13

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Gordon – Chipchura – Martinook4:58

    xG 0.39–0.53 (42%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  2. Tanguay – Vermette – Duclair7:34

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Tikhonov – Rieder – Dauphin5:12

    xG 0.03–0.32 (8%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Richardson – Domi6:44

    xG 0.12–0.81 (13%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Grossmann – Dahlbeck9:18

    xG 0.14–0.44 (24%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Connauton10:26

    xG 0.05–0.54 (8%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy15:17

    xG 0.24–1.15 (18%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Spaling – Hertl2:07

    xG 0.70–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Ward – Couture – Donskoi9:17

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl7:12

    xG 0.43–0.11 (79%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Spaling – Karlsson4:40

    xG 0.10–0.01 (91%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Dillon15:08

    xG 1.16–0.47 (71%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Braun10:11

    xG 0.45–0.09 (83%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Mueller2:12

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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.

SJS 5.6 xGARI 2.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1099 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 91% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

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

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