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Tue, Oct 8, 2019·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

San Jose Sharks 2, Nashville Predators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 69% of the time.

NSH winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS07118110235
NSH191739525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:16NSHRoman JosiAssists: Colton Sissons, Ryan Ellis · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:25NSHRoman JosiPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:12SJSEvander KanePPAssists: Logan Couture, Brent Burns · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:51NSHKyle TurrisGWGAssists: Rocco Grimaldi · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:24NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:37SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Lean Bergmann, Dylan Gambrell · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:19NSHDante FabbroENAssists: Ryan Johansen · Wrist, 0.47 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:00NSHAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 14:00SJSTrevor Carrick: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:02SJSEvander Kane: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:57NSHMikael Granlund: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:12SJSJoe Thornton: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 9:40SJSBrenden Dillon: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:06NSHMatt Duchene: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:00SJSBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  9. P2 19:52NSHRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 12:09SJSEvander Kane: 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 SOG0NSH
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNSH
35Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals3.2
65Shot attempts48
32Faceoffs won33
3Power plays5
15Penalty minutes11
9Hits12
9Blocked shots16
9Giveaways14
5Takeaways13

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 – Karlsson – Radil8:59

    xG 0.41–0.17 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Goodrow – Hertl11:18

    xG 0.25–0.22 (52%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Labanc – Meier7:51

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 6–8goals 0–2

  4. Brodzinski – Gambrell – Bergmann7:26

    xG 0.18–0.41 (31%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Dillon7:11

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Ferraro8:03

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Carrick2:18

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Watson – Sissons11:53

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg8:49

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  3. Smith – Johansen – Arvidsson7:17

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi7:26

    xG 0.36–0.39 (47%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Ellis11:09

    xG 0.67–0.26 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Ekholm – Fabbro14:22

    xG 0.28–0.52 (35%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Irwin11:46

    xG 0.18–0.47 (28%)attempts 5–17goals 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.

NSH 3.2 xGSJS 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #548 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 69% of the time.

NSH winsSJS wins

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

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