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Sun, Feb 24, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

San Jose Sharks 5, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS15316116537
DET2151305323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:46SJSTim HeedAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:39DETDarren HelmAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Mike Green · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:23DETGustav NyquistAssists: Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:00DETMike GreenAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Anthony Mantha · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:50SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Timo Meier, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:50SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:45SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Tomas Hertl · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:00SJSJoe PavelskiENAssists: Logan Couture · Backhand, 0.59 xG5–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:00SJSBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:14DETDylan Larkin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 14:20DETJonathan Ericsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 9:08DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  5. P3 12:39SJSJustin Braun: Tripping2 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against de la Rose
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDET
37Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals2.2
63Shot attempts35
33Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits27
9Blocked shots17
11Giveaways4
5Takeaways5

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. bestThornton – Labanc – Radil9:54

    xG 0.30–0.15 (66%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Goodrow – Karlsson3:14

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Couture – Meier14:16

    xG 0.80–0.88 (48%)attempts 21–12goals 1–1

  4. Kane – Donskoi – Hertl10:17

    xG 0.31–0.50 (38%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Simek12:49

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  2. Vlasic – Heed8:49

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  3. Braun – Dillon18:19

    xG 0.42–0.55 (43%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Bertuzzi – Larkin13:58

    xG 1.18–0.52 (69%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Athanasiou – Mantha10:08

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  3. Abdelkader – Helm – de la Rose2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. de la Rose – Rasmussen – Zadina4:02

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeKeyser – Hronek14:35

    xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Daley – Ericsson11:58

    xG 0.45–0.27 (63%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Kronwall – Green14:17

    xG 0.49–0.54 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

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.

DET 2.2 xGSJS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #269 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 65% of the time.

DET winsSJS wins

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

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