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Wed, Nov 22, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 3, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 58% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS1131617326
ARI0901018127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:42SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:56SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Justin Braun · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:23ARIBrendan PerliniAssists: Derek Stepan, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:12SJSJoel WardENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.58 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:49SJSLogan Couture: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 12:10SJSBrent Burns: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:20SJSJoel Ward: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 0:39ARIDerek Stepan: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
26Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals2.0
46Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won33
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits18
16Blocked shots11
5Giveaways5
3Takeaways3

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 – Meier12:06

    xG 0.55–0.23 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Couture – Donskoi – Hertl11:39

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Ward – Carpenter – Labanc2:50

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Boedker – Tierney – O'Regan3:54

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Ryan16:41

    xG 0.57–0.34 (63%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun16:59

    xG 0.40–0.23 (63%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Dillon3:44

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRinaldo – Cousins – Martinook7:25

    xG 0.13–0.07 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Rieder – Perlini11:38

    xG 0.07–0.20 (27%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Fischer – Keller10:10

    xG 0.17–0.48 (26%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  4. Duclair – Domi – Dvorak11:03

    xG 0.02–0.35 (7%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Connauton10:55

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson2:09

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson18:58

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 15–12goals 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.

ARI 2.0 xGSJS 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #1046 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 58% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

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

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