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Sat, Jan 13, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Arizona Coyotes 5, San Jose Sharks 6 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 87% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI39052700521
SJS31611111314644

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:53SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:01ARIDerek StepanAssists: Brendan Perlini, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:59SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:16ARIAlex GoligoskiAssists: Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P1 13:37SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P1 14:01ARIChristian FischerAssists: Kevin Connauton · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P2 17:07SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Aaron Dell · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 3:31ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Christian Dvorak, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. P3 6:22ARIJosh ArchibaldAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Christian Dvorak · Snap, 0.05 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:44SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Brent Burns, Chris Tierney · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–5
  11. OT 2:42SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.33 xG5–6
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 10:51ARIDerek Stepan: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:30SJSKevin Labanc: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISJS
21Shots on goal44
1.7Expected goals4.2
47Shot attempts86
27Faceoffs won37
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
27Hits12
21Blocked shots17
4Giveaways8
8Takeaways12

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Panik – Perlini13:36

    xG 0.65–0.48 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 2–1

  2. Rieder – Domi – Fischer10:08

    xG 0.43–0.62 (41%)attempts 7–17goals 1–1

  3. Archibald – Dvorak – Keller10:34

    xG 0.11–0.44 (20%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  4. Richardson – Rinaldo – Martinook12:33

    xG 0.18–0.51 (26%)attempts 5–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson8:35

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun13:31

    xG 0.59–0.38 (60%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

  3. Hjalmarsson – Chychrun3:43

    xG 0.03–0.03 (44%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Hertl – Labanc12:19

    xG 0.77–0.32 (71%)attempts 19–5goals 0–1

  2. Boedker – Donskoi – Tierney13:27

    xG 0.55–0.11 (83%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Meier14:55

    xG 0.66–0.71 (48%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  4. Sorensen – Goodrow – Karlsson4:39

    xG 0.02–0.14 (14%)attempts 3–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun18:27

    xG 0.83–0.21 (80%)attempts 25–13goals 1–2

  2. Burns – Dillon11:00

    xG 0.73–0.31 (70%)attempts 20–6goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Ryan7:29

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 12–7goals 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.

SJS 4.2 xGARI 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #12 of 1271 this seasonSwing 3.36 · 11 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +53 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 87% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

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

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