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Sat, Feb 9, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 5, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

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

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS21217212531
EDM0511315223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:39SJSKevin LabancAssists: Joe Thornton, Marcus Sorensen · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:18SJSEvander KaneAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:10SJSKevin LabancPPGWGAssists: Timo Meier, Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 12:00EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Alex Chiasson · Wrap-around, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:36SJSKevin LabancAssists: Joe Thornton, Brenden Dillon · Snap, 0.13 xG4–1
  6. P3 4:24SJSTomas HertlUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–1
  7. P3 14:03EDMZack KassianAssists: Connor McDavid, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.20 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:33SJSBarclay Goodrow: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 14:33EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:48EDMZack Kassian: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:26EDMAdam Larsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:06EDMOscar Klefbom: Interference2 min
  6. P2 10:28SJSTimo Meier: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:51EDMLeon Draisaitl: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 17:06EDMMilan Lucic: Elbowing2 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
31Shots on goal23
3.5Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts47
37Faceoffs won25
5Power plays1
4Penalty minutes12
24Hits34
13Blocked shots13
13Giveaways9
6Takeaways6

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. bestKane – Donskoi – Hertl10:36

    xG 0.61–0.37 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Goodrow – Gambrell5:36

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Couture – Meier10:08

    xG 0.29–0.27 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc9:41

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 5–10goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Vlasic2:22

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Dillon13:50

    xG 0.36–0.35 (50%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Simek15:04

    xG 0.67–0.74 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Malone – Kassian4:00

    xG 0.43–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Draisaitl – McDavid5:34

    xG 0.24–0.01 (94%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira – Puljujarvi4:21

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid2:33

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Larsson – Klefbom16:13

    xG 0.59–0.66 (47%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Manning – Gravel8:45

    xG 0.60–0.73 (45%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  3. Russell – Nurse17:00

    xG 0.36–0.52 (41%)attempts 10–12goals 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 2.5 xGSJS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #749 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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.

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).