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Wed, Mar 14, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS1101181913440
EDM113171602328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:39EDMDrake CaggiulaAssists: Zack Kassian, Jujhar Khaira · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:03SJSTomas HertlAssists: Logan Couture, Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:44EDMOscar KlefbomAssists: Connor McDavid, Pontus Aberg · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:01SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:26EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Connor McDavid · Deflected, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:05SJSBrenden DillonAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:40SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 9:43EDMDrake Caggiula: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P2 11:10SJSTimo Meier: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 19:10EDMPontus Aberg: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 9:38EDMZack Kassian: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% 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 goal28
3.5Expected goals2.7
66Shot attempts52
34Faceoffs won32
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
17Hits23
14Blocked shots12
5Giveaways13
10Takeaways14

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. bestFehr – Sorensen – Karlsson6:33

    xG 0.54–0.07 (89%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Boedker – Hertl11:59

    xG 0.66–0.20 (76%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi9:25

    xG 0.54–0.25 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – Karlsson – Meier2:39

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun18:03

    xG 1.06–0.54 (66%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

  2. Burns – Ryan15:32

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Vlasic2:05

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi11:54

    xG 0.89–0.48 (65%)attempts 15–13goals 0–2

  2. Kassian – Khaira – Caggiula10:57

    xG 0.31–0.51 (38%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  3. Cammalleri – Pakarinen – Strome8:51

    xG 0.24–0.52 (32%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Aberg – McDavid15:50

    xG 0.51–1.09 (32%)attempts 12–17goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Bear12:18

    xG 1.03–0.56 (65%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  2. Larsson – Klefbom2:41

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Russell11:34

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 5–10goals 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 2.7 xGSJS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 86/100 · #180 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 62% 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).