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Fri, Dec 23, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 75% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM05042900218
SJS0101131711331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:31SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:17EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:21SJSKevin LabancAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:45EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid, Eric Gryba · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:22SJSKevin LabancGWGAssists: Logan Couture, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 6:26SJSMicheal Haley: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 17:05SJSMikkel Boedker: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:21SJSBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:21EDMMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:21EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 2:34EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 2:34SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 4:07SJSJustin Braun: Holding2 min
  9. P2 6:23EDMTaylor Beck: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 12:22EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 12:22EDMZack Kassian: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 16:16SJSJoe Pavelski: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 13:28SJSJustin Braun: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 16:20SJSTimo Meier: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSJS
18Shots on goal31
1.5Expected goals2.7
48Shot attempts59
35Faceoffs won33
6Power plays4
18Penalty minutes22
24Hits17
13Blocked shots14
28Giveaways17
1Takeaways11

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. bestLucic – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins5:35

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  2. Maroon – Draisaitl – McDavid5:15

    xG 0.27–0.31 (47%)attempts 8–4goals 2–0

  3. Pouliot – Beck – Caggiula2:11

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian4:55

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Larsson2:59

    xG 0.05–0.06 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Davidson13:28

    xG 0.39–0.54 (42%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Russell8:55

    xG 0.16–0.36 (31%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Pavelski13:25

    xG 0.67–0.38 (64%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Donskoi – Tierney – Meier8:11

    xG 0.41–0.16 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Boedker – Labanc7:13

    xG 0.27–0.11 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 1–1

  4. Ward – Haley – Karlsson6:10

    xG 0.08–0.06 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – DeMelo11:32

    xG 0.60–0.07 (90%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun13:50

    xG 0.56–0.45 (55%)attempts 15–18goals 0–2

  3. Martin – Burns11:24

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGEDM 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 90/100 · #109 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 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 75% 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).