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Sat, Jan 7, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 3, San Jose Sharks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1909217335
SJS315010310635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:49DETThomas VanekAssists: Frans Nielsen, Andreas Athanasiou · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:59SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Tommy Wingels, Mirco Mueller · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:29SJSMirco MuellerAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Joel Ward · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:31SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joel Ward, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:50SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Timo Meier · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 4:11SJSMikkel BoedkerAssists: Brent Burns, Paul Martin · Deflected, 0.20 xG1–5
  7. P3 4:43DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Drew Miller, Luke Glendening · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:31SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Dylan DeMelo · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–6
  9. P3 13:46DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Frans Nielsen, Thomas Vanek · Slap, 0.22 xG3–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 1:23DETFrans Nielsen: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 8:59DETLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 17:56SJSDylan DeMelo: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
35Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals3.2
64Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
18Hits20
18Blocked shots14
15Giveaways23
3Takeaways10

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Tatar – Mantha14:02

    xG 1.09–0.38 (74%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou12:34

    xG 0.92–0.34 (73%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  3. Ott – Miller – Glendening7:26

    xG 0.11–0.62 (15%)attempts 4–7goals 0–2

  4. Nyquist – Sheahan – Larkin12:55

    xG 0.12–0.82 (13%)attempts 13–19goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestOuellet – Sproul4:12

    xG 0.85–0.17 (84%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Jensen – DeKeyser7:58

    xG 0.51–0.28 (64%)attempts 9–4goals 0–2

  3. Ericsson – Marchenko4:26

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Ward – Tierney12:34

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Couture – Donskoi – Labanc11:27

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Boedker – Wingels – Karlsson9:57

    xG 0.63–0.50 (56%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Meier13:13

    xG 0.75–0.80 (49%)attempts 21–14goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – DeMelo2:40

    xG 0.20–0.15 (58%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Braun – Dillon14:42

    xG 0.47–0.43 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Burns17:34

    xG 1.20–1.20 (50%)attempts 23–21goals 2–1

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 3.2 xGDET 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #550 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 52% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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