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Sat, Feb 2, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Arizona Coyotes 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI0811411100233
SJS0102140912335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:56ARIConor GarlandUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:09SJSKevin LabancAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:53SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Timo Meier, Logan Couture · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:10ARIJosh ArchibaldAssists: Mario Kempe, Lawson Crouse · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:14SJSBrent BurnsGWGAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:53SJSBrenden Dillon: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:30ARIIlya Lyubushkin: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:55ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:16SJSTim Heed: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:47SJSJustin Braun: Holding2 min
  6. P3 1:46SJSBrent Burns: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 3:07SJSKevin Labanc: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISJS
33Shots on goal35
4.1Expected goals2.8
59Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won27
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
24Hits26
17Blocked shots11
10Giveaways13
9Takeaways7

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. bestStepan – Panik – Hinostroza10:23

    xG 0.62–0.18 (78%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Galchenyuk – Keller11:22

    xG 0.67–0.45 (60%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Weal – Fischer – Garland6:42

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  4. Kempe – Archibald – Crouse9:26

    xG 0.29–0.50 (37%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson13:30

    xG 0.43–0.13 (76%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Oesterle15:18

    xG 0.64–0.57 (53%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Connauton – Lyubushkin9:07

    xG 0.58–0.56 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 2–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Sorensen – Labanc6:53

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Couture – Meier9:35

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Kane – Donskoi – Hertl10:47

    xG 0.37–0.68 (35%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Karlsson – Radil6:55

    xG 0.01–1.02 (1%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burns – Simek12:26

    xG 0.60–0.58 (51%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Burns – Dillon2:11

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Dillon12:05

    xG 0.47–0.55 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

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 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 65/100 · #440 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 71% 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).