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Sun, Dec 23, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Arizona Coyotes 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 67% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI11111014011426
SJS11006214080338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:11SJSTim HeedPPAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:31ARIAlex GalchenyukAssists: Clayton Keller · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:21ARIAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Slap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:17SJSTomas HertlAssists: Justin Braun, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:06ARIConor GarlandAssists: Richard Panik, Jakob Chychrun · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:53SJSTomas HertlAssists: Evander Kane, Justin Braun · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  2. 2. ARI Alex Galchenyuk scored
  3. 3. SJS Tomas Hertl stopped
  4. 4. ARI Clayton Keller stopped
  5. 5. SJS Logan Couture stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:56SJSBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:33ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:47ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 9:43ARIConor Garland: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 9:43ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:43SJSBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 10:24SJSKevin Labanc: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 10:55SJSJoe Pavelski: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 17:07ARIBrad Richardson: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 10:04SJSTimo Meier: Cross checking2 min
  11. OT 1:28ARIConor Garland: Too many men on the ice2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackSJS 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.

ARISJS
26Shots on goal38
1.9Expected goals2.8
45Shot attempts74
24Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
19Hits16
28Blocked shots12
10Giveaways10
11Takeaways12

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. Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Fischer8:45

    xG 0.17–0.20 (47%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Panik – Keller8:06

    xG 0.06–0.09 (39%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Kempe – Crouse – Garland7:20

    xG 0.25–0.59 (30%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Archibald – Cousins12:57

    xG 0.17–0.70 (20%)attempts 6–22goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson17:20

    xG 0.57–0.78 (42%)attempts 12–19goals 1–1

  2. Oesterle – Lyubushkin10:48

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun15:53

    xG 0.31–0.55 (36%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Hertl – Labanc4:38

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 15–0goals 2–0

  2. Couture – Meier – Radil5:12

    xG 0.49–0.11 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Hertl – Meier7:03

    xG 0.20–0.06 (77%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Karlsson – Radil5:10

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Heed2:50

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun13:19

    xG 0.60–0.47 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

  3. Burns – Simek13:52

    xG 0.24–0.21 (53%)attempts 15–10goals 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.

SJS 2.8 xGARI 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 86/100 · #194 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 67% 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).