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Sat, Apr 6, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 63% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1121909230
SJS21011228530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:56COLTyson JostAssists: Samuel Girard, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:25SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:15SJSEvander KaneAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Brenden Dillon · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:29COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Samuel Girard · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:57SJSKevin LabancGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Marcus Sorensen · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:38SJSGustav NyquistAssists: Evander Kane, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:15SJSMicheal HaleyENAssists: Brent Burns, Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 12:28COLTyson Barrie: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 1:40COLCarl Soderberg: Interference2 min
  3. P3 6:09SJSJustin Braun: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 12:19SJSErik Karlsson: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
30Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals3.5
62Shot attempts58
17Faceoffs won38
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
6Hits15
16Blocked shots20
9Giveaways12
11Takeaways13

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Brassard – Calvert – Nieto8:29

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  2. Soderberg – Wilson – Compher8:30

    xG 0.33–0.32 (51%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Landeskog – Kerfoot – MacKinnon13:14

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  4. Bourque – Andrighetto – Jost8:10

    xG 0.23–0.43 (35%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard12:19

    xG 0.49–0.26 (65%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Cole – Nemeth10:59

    xG 0.23–0.57 (28%)attempts 16–13goals 0–2

  3. Barrie – Zadorov15:55

    xG 0.20–0.91 (18%)attempts 9–19goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Kane – Hertl10:09

    xG 1.08–0.27 (80%)attempts 17–7goals 3–1

  2. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc11:20

    xG 0.50–0.11 (82%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Couture – Donskoi10:43

    xG 0.46–0.42 (53%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  4. Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson9:33

    xG 0.05–0.15 (26%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Dillon15:19

    xG 0.98–0.13 (88%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  2. Braun – Ryan11:43

    xG 0.45–0.42 (52%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Vlasic12:20

    xG 0.34–0.43 (44%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

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.

SJS 3.5 xGCOL 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #577 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 63% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

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

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