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Thu, Nov 7, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Minnesota Wild 5, San Jose Sharks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 51% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN01021036526
SJS41227012631

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:52SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Evander Kane, Marcus Sorensen · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:55SJSTimo MeierAssists: Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:40SJSMarcus SorensenAssists: Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P1 18:32SJSRadim SimekAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Slap, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P2 15:51MINLuke KuninAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P2 17:04SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Logan Couture, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P2 17:59MINEric StaalAssists: Ryan Hartman · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–5
  8. P2 19:15SJSEvander KanePPGWGAssists: Logan Couture, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–6
  9. P3 8:07MINBrad HuntAssists: Luke Kunin · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–6
  10. P3 9:21MINRyan DonatoAssists: Eric Staal, Kevin Fiala · Slap, 0.18 xG4–6
  11. P3 15:25MINJason ZuckerAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Eric Staal · Slap, 0.11 xG5–6
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 11:42SJSDylan Gambrell: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:54MINJordan Greenway: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:54SJSBrent Burns: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:09SJSTimo Meier: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:09MINRyan Hartman: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 7:25SJSBrenden Dillon: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 13:06SJSTimo Meier: Holding2 min
  8. P2 14:06SJSDylan Gambrell: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 14:06MINMathew Dumba: Fighting5 min · PPG
  10. P2 16:37MINEric Staal: High sticking2 min
  11. P2 19:05MINJordan Greenway: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  12. P3 10:09SJSEvander Kane: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 10:09MINRyan Hartman: Slashing5 min
  14. P3 10:09MINRyan Hartman: Game misconduct10 min
  15. P3 10:43MINRyan Donato: Too many men on the ice2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eriksson Ek won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINSJS
26Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals2.9
62Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
30Penalty minutes17
23Hits28
8Blocked shots21
5Giveaways15
9Takeaways10

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestGreenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin6:09

    xG 0.41–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Hartman – Donato – Kunin3:00

    xG 0.27–0.16 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek3:45

    xG 0.26–0.16 (61%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Zuccarello – Fiala3:57

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Dumba2:32

    xG 0.37–0.06 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Brodin – Soucy2:44

    xG 0.05–0.03 (59%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon13:54

    xG 0.52–0.55 (49%)attempts 18–8goals 2–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Kane – Labanc8:42

    xG 0.38–0.18 (68%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Hertl – Meier7:05

    xG 0.70–0.55 (56%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  3. Gregor – Gambrell – Bergmann6:43

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Marleau – Sorensen10:24

    xG 0.37–0.41 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Simek12:59

    xG 0.79–0.27 (74%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Karlsson11:24

    xG 0.44–0.53 (46%)attempts 9–5goals 3–0

  3. Dillon – Ferraro6:59

    xG 0.26–0.46 (36%)attempts 5–10goals 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.

SJS 2.9 xGMIN 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #138 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 51% of the time.

SJS winsMIN wins

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

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