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Sun, Oct 28, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 4, Anaheim Ducks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 77% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS11921501015449
ANA181911300330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:34SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Brent Burns, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:16ANAJosh MansonAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Adam Henrique · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:13SJSRourke ChartierAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:10SJSTimo MeierAssists: Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:59ANAPontus AbergAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Andy Welinski · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:36ANAPontus AbergUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:12SJSTimo MeierGWGAssists: Joonas Donskoi · Backhand, 0.22 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:06ANAJosh Manson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 10:54SJSMarcus Sorensen: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 10:54ANAJoseph Blandisi: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 4:02SJSJoe Pavelski: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 9:34ANABrandon Montour: 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
49Shots on goal30
4.4Expected goals2.6
83Shot attempts51
29Faceoffs won35
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits27
10Blocked shots16
8Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

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. bestCouture – Hertl – Meier12:53

    xG 0.75–0.50 (60%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  2. Donskoi – Sorensen – Suomela10:33

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Kane – Labanc9:18

    xG 0.45–0.33 (58%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Karlsson – Chartier6:35

    xG 0.20–0.11 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Dillon14:48

    xG 1.03–0.19 (84%)attempts 22–6goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun15:33

    xG 1.09–0.44 (71%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Karlsson2:02

    xG 0.06–0.00 (97%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Silfverberg – Lundeström4:27

    xG 0.38–0.05 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Aberg6:51

    xG 0.41–0.15 (73%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Sherwood5:36

    xG 0.45–0.27 (62%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Blandisi – Steel – Sherwood4:11

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Montour14:35

    xG 0.89–0.58 (61%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Larsson5:41

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Welinski3:33

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGSJS 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #247 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 77% of the time.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

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