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Thu, Apr 4, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 3, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

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

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS21211005327
EDM1811307228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:03EDMLeon DraisaitlSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:52SJSMarcus SorensenAssists: Joe Thornton, Jake Middleton · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:04SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:22EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Matt Benning, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:48SJSGustav NyquistGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Evander Kane · Deflected, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:43EDMZack Kassian: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:11SJSJoe Pavelski: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:22SJSKevin Labanc: Delaying game bench2 min
  4. P2 10:37EDMMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:37SJSTimo Meier: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 1:06SJSBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:17EDMColby Cave: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 0:00SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 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
27Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals2.1
41Shot attempts51
36Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
24Hits15
16Blocked shots7
15Giveaways9
17Takeaways13

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. bestPavelski – Couture – Meier10:00

    xG 0.93–0.08 (92%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Kane – Hertl9:36

    xG 0.41–0.28 (60%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  3. Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson7:07

    xG 0.10–0.19 (36%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc8:28

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Middleton8:15

    xG 0.75–0.23 (76%)attempts 10–6goals 2–0

  2. Braun – Dillon13:36

    xG 0.81–0.38 (68%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Vlasic6:04

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins9:00

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Rieder – Rattie – Cave5:51

    xG 0.13–0.08 (63%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Currie – Gambardella3:50

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Rattie – Draisaitl – McDavid4:51

    xG 0.16–0.47 (26%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning11:33

    xG 0.36–0.25 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 1–2

  2. Russell – Nurse16:54

    xG 0.62–1.22 (34%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom12:07

    xG 0.26–1.04 (20%)attempts 9–13goals 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 2.1 xGSJS 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #719 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 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.

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).