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Sat, Nov 16, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 3, San Jose Sharks 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 72% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DET0821114050328
SJS192505001419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:59SJSKevin LabancAssists: Logan Couture, Radim Simek · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:11SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Logan Couture, Kevin Labanc · Slap, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:24DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Robby Fabbri, Joe Hicketts · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:34DETTaro HiroseAssists: Brendan Perlini, Madison Bowey · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:32SJSErik KarlssonPPAssists: Kevin Labanc, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:46DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Robby Fabbri · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DET Frans Nielsen stopped
  2. 2. SJS Kevin Labanc scored
  3. 3. DET Andreas Athanasiou stopped
  4. 4. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  5. 5. DET Dylan Larkin stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:00DETRobby Fabbri: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:41DETAnthony Mantha: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 8:21SJSMelker Karlsson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:16DETJoe Hicketts: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:27SJSTimo Meier: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. OT 1:39SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
28Shots on goal19
2.8Expected goals1.7
50Shot attempts42
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits16
13Blocked shots13
7Giveaways13
8Takeaways14

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Athanasiou – Fabbri9:18

    xG 0.23–0.02 (91%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  2. Helm – Glendening – Erne8:38

    xG 0.16–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Perlini – Hirose6:31

    xG 0.11–0.17 (39%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin13:22

    xG 0.18–0.30 (38%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Biega11:50

    xG 0.54–0.20 (72%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Bowey – Cholowski17:15

    xG 0.56–0.31 (65%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. McIlrath – Hicketts17:03

    xG 0.22–0.25 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Kane – Labanc6:35

    xG 0.73–0.14 (84%)attempts 9–3goals 2–1

  2. Marleau – Couture – Labanc4:05

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Gambrell – Radil6:37

    xG 0.12–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Kane – Goodrow – Hertl3:39

    xG 0.01–0.04 (27%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Karlsson16:01

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Ferraro15:32

    xG 0.06–0.04 (61%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Simek15:42

    xG 0.42–0.91 (31%)attempts 12–18goals 0–3

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 1.7 xGDET 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #144 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 72% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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