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Sat, Dec 8, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 5, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 76% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS21411227533
ARI072815320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:36SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brenden Dillon, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:26SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:10SJSEvander KaneUnassisted · Backhand, 0.00 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:55ARINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:43ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Jakob Chychrun · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:45ARIRichard PanikAssists: Brad Richardson · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:13SJSLukas RadilGWGAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Justin Braun · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:09SJSTomas HertlENAssists: Logan Couture, Timo Meier · Wrist, 0.70 xG5–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 6:30SJSKevin Labanc: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:07ARIAlex Galchenyuk: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
33Shots on goal20
3.1Expected goals1.7
67Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won24
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
19Hits30
14Blocked shots23
16Giveaways13
8Takeaways7

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. bestGoodrow – Karlsson – Radil8:49

    xG 0.40–0.02 (95%)attempts 15–2goals 1–0

  2. Couture – Hertl – Meier14:05

    xG 0.68–0.39 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc10:07

    xG 0.54–0.29 (65%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi14:18

    xG 0.18–0.47 (28%)attempts 12–17goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Simek15:17

    xG 0.98–0.41 (71%)attempts 21–15goals 1–2

  2. Burns – Karlsson3:03

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun14:34

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Panik – Cousins13:16

    xG 0.67–0.16 (81%)attempts 16–11goals 2–1

  2. Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Keller14:03

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse9:16

    xG 0.06–0.27 (17%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Fischer – Garland9:15

    xG 0.11–0.36 (24%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Ekman-Larsson2:05

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Chychrun15:34

    xG 0.43–0.36 (55%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

  3. Goligoski – Connauton2:54

    xG 0.02–0.02 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 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 1.7 xGSJS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 89/100 · #154 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 76% 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).