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Thu, Mar 30, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS113014113240
EDM2110615322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:01SJSJannik HansenAssists: Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:22EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:28EDMConnor McDavidSHAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Drake Caggiula · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:51EDMPatrick MaroonGWGAssists: Kris Russell · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:59SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Jannik Hansen · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:26SJSBrenden Dillon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 16:36EDMZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:06EDMAnton Slepyshev: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 4:09EDMAdam Larsson: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:09SJSJannik Hansen: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:15SJSMelker Karlsson: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 14:36SJSJoe Thornton: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 19:51EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:51SJSJoe Pavelski: Roughing2 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 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← SJS attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSEDM
40Shots on goal22
2.5Expected goals2.8
77Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
21Hits14
20Blocked shots24
16Giveaways16
12Takeaways6

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. bestHaley – Tierney – Meier4:28

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Hansen – Boedker – Hertl7:45

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Karlsson12:23

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  4. Marleau – Ward – Donskoi4:28

    xG 0.15–0.16 (48%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Dillon13:03

    xG 0.70–0.55 (56%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun12:33

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  3. Martin – Burns14:49

    xG 0.49–0.65 (43%)attempts 18–20goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – McDavid12:59

    xG 0.94–0.44 (68%)attempts 18–16goals 2–1

  2. Letestu – Slepyshev – Caggiula7:16

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins9:57

    xG 0.26–0.26 (49%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. Pouliot – Desharnais – Kassian10:32

    xG 0.09–0.78 (11%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Russell13:59

    xG 0.74–0.39 (65%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

  2. Larsson – Klefbom13:28

    xG 0.50–0.65 (44%)attempts 14–17goals 1–1

  3. Benning – Nurse11:15

    xG 0.29–0.77 (27%)attempts 10–18goals 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.

EDM 2.8 xGSJS 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #829 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

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

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