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Tue, Jan 16, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 3, Arizona Coyotes 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS1121504011322
ARI01016112040232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:37SJSJoe ThorntonPPAssists: Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:34SJSMikkel BoedkerAssists: Brent Burns, Joakim Ryan · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:05ARIJordan MartinookAssists: Jason Demers, Brad Richardson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:10ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Nick Cousins, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Clayton Keller stopped
  2. 2. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  3. 3. ARI Brendan Perlini stopped
  4. 4. SJS Chris Tierney stopped
  5. 5. ARI Derek Stepan stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:21ARIChristian Dvorak: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:34ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:28SJSMikkel Boedker: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. OT 1:07SJSTomas Hertl: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
22Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals2.6
47Shot attempts77
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits25
29Blocked shots15
5Giveaways3
1Takeaways3

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. bestBoedker – Donskoi – Tierney10:20

    xG 0.39–0.21 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  2. Couture – Hertl – Karlsson2:33

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Meier13:38

    xG 0.29–0.50 (37%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

  4. Ward – Goodrow – Karlsson9:22

    xG 0.21–0.53 (29%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – DeMelo11:38

    xG 0.53–0.11 (83%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Ryan17:06

    xG 0.36–0.72 (33%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun18:53

    xG 0.36–0.90 (29%)attempts 11–28goals 0–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRieder – Domi – Fischer11:05

    xG 0.87–0.24 (79%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook10:52

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  3. Stepan – Panik – Perlini13:32

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  4. Archibald – Dvorak – Keller10:40

    xG 0.16–0.50 (24%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Schenn10:27

    xG 0.82–0.29 (74%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Demers – Ekman-Larsson16:32

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Chychrun16:18

    xG 0.59–0.56 (51%)attempts 17–14goals 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.

ARI 2.6 xGSJS 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #439 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% 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).