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Fri, Mar 22, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

San Jose Sharks 3, Anaheim Ducks 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

ANA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS091112600326
ANA18042811421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:58ANARickard RakellAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:29SJSKevin LabancAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Marcus Sorensen · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:41ANAAdam HenriquePPAssists: Troy Terry, Jakob Silfverberg · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:29SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Tip-in, 0.31 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:05ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Troy Terry · Snap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:20SJSJustin BraunAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:38ANAJakob SilfverbergGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:40ANAJosh Manson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:46ANANick Ritchie: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:39SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:34ANAKorbinian Holzer: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 1:05SJSJoakim Ryan: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:36ANADevin Shore: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 8:19ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  8. P3 14:14SJSMelker Karlsson: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grant won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSANA
26Shots on goal21
3.5Expected goals2.6
65Shot attempts47
21Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
23Hits33
8Blocked shots22
14Giveaways10
5Takeaways7

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. bestCouture – Nyquist – Meier9:59

    xG 0.63–0.49 (56%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Karlsson – Radil8:20

    xG 0.13–0.07 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Donskoi – Hertl9:15

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc9:11

    xG 0.38–0.54 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Heed7:22

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Vlasic2:18

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun7:16

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Sprong6:41

    xG 0.45–0.16 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Silfverberg – Rakell12:25

    xG 0.52–0.37 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Perry – Shore – Terry2:06

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Rowney – Jones2:04

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolzer – Megna11:20

    xG 0.52–0.29 (64%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm13:32

    xG 0.71–0.77 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Welinski15:14

    xG 0.49–0.70 (41%)attempts 12–21goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGSJS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANASJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #81 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.76 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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.

ANA winsSJS wins

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

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