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Sun, Feb 12, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark

San Jose Sharks 4, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 67% of the time.

NJD winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01937112438
NJD1301207122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:42NJDPA ParenteauAssists: Taylor Hall, Jacob Josefson · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:27SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Thornton, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:46SJSBrent BurnsGWGAssists: Kevin Labanc, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:22SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:36SJSTomas HertlENAssists: Justin Braun, Joel Ward · Wrist, 0.61 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:19SJSKevin Labanc: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 4:59NJDJacob Josefson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:10NJDJoseph Blandisi: Holding2 min
  4. P1 8:28NJDBen Lovejoy: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 14:42NJDSergey Kalinin: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 16:10SJSLogan Couture: Interference2 min
  7. P2 13:15NJDSeth Helgeson: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:15SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 14:43NJDAdam Henrique: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:47NJDPA Parenteau: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← SJS attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNJD
38Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals2.0
59Shot attempts43
25Faceoffs won25
6Power plays2
9Penalty minutes17
14Hits24
12Blocked shots9
5Giveaways5
7Takeaways5

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 – Labanc8:29

    xG 0.39–0.33 (55%)attempts 12–6goals 3–0

  2. Haley – Tierney – Karlsson7:11

    xG 0.16–0.14 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Couture – Boedker8:46

    xG 0.22–0.44 (33%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  4. Ward – Hertl – Meier10:45

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schlemko – Dillon11:40

    xG 0.36–0.51 (41%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Vlasic – Braun13:15

    xG 0.31–0.48 (39%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Burns15:08

    xG 0.29–0.85 (25%)attempts 14–19goals 2–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJosefson – Noesen – Zacha8:50

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Henrique – Wood7:14

    xG 0.23–0.15 (60%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Parenteau – Blandisi – Kalinin5:13

    xG 0.06–0.03 (67%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Zajac – Palmieri – Hall7:59

    xG 0.09–0.27 (25%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Lovejoy13:49

    xG 0.76–0.35 (68%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  2. Helgeson – Severson9:22

    xG 0.65–0.32 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Moore – Santini9:47

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

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.

NJD 2.0 xGSJS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #802 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 67% of the time.

NJD winsSJS wins

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

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