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Tue, Nov 1, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 2, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS114010117241
ARI06313011330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:07SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Melker Karlsson, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:42ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Tobias Rieder, Luke Schenn · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:50ARILawson CrouseAssists: Kevin Connauton, Ryan White · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:59ARIJamie McGinnGWGAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:48SJSMikkel BoedkerAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Tomas Hertl · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:32ARIRyan White: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:32SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:51ARIKevin Connauton: Interference2 min
  4. P2 6:39SJSPatrick Marleau: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:22ARIBrad Richardson: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:36SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← SJS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
41Shots on goal30
3.7Expected goals2.4
86Shot attempts60
45Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
13Hits17
12Blocked shots27
5Giveaways8
2Takeaways9

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 – Boedker12:07

    xG 0.92–0.33 (73%)attempts 19–9goals 0–1

  2. Marleau – Couture – Donskoi3:44

    xG 0.39–0.27 (59%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Hertl – Karlsson7:48

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Haley – Wingels – Tierney4:55

    xG 0.12–0.14 (48%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Schlemko3:16

    xG 0.69–0.02 (97%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Dillon12:39

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun13:40

    xG 0.43–0.42 (50%)attempts 15–14goals 1–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Richardson – Rieder8:50

    xG 0.49–0.29 (63%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. White – Martinook – Crouse3:30

    xG 0.12–0.09 (56%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Vrbata – Martinook – Domi5:29

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Duclair – Strome10:23

    xG 0.34–0.41 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Connauton11:24

    xG 1.06–0.32 (77%)attempts 18–15goals 2–1

  2. Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson16:48

    xG 0.39–0.92 (30%)attempts 10–25goals 1–0

  3. Murphy – Chychrun17:17

    xG 0.44–1.14 (28%)attempts 21–19goals 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.

ARI 2.4 xGSJS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #863 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 70% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

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

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