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Tue, Jan 14, 2020·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 3, Arizona Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 75% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0122818328
ARI19217314640

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:03ARIPhil KesselAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:01ARIPhil KesselPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:42SJSKevin LabancAssists: Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:55SJSTimo MeierAssists: Patrick Marleau, Antti Suomela · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:14ARITaylor HallAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:09ARILawson CrouseGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.28 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:51SJSEvander KanePPAssists: Kevin Labanc, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:20ARIConor GarlandENAssists: Taylor Hall, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.55 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:38ARITaylor HallENAssists: Lawson Crouse, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:37SJSEvander Kane: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:56SJSStefan Noesen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:35ARIJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:21ARIConor Garland: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 17:07ARIAdin Hill: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ARI
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
28Shots on goal40
2.7Expected goals4.3
63Shot attempts62
31Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits15
12Blocked shots20
5Giveaways7
2Takeaways7

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. bestNoesen – Karlsson – Kellman6:18

    xG 0.38–0.32 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Noesen – Kellman2:57

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Hertl – Labanc13:07

    xG 0.63–0.62 (50%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow8:56

    xG 0.27–0.57 (32%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Simek2:17

    xG 0.03–0.07 (29%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Dillon16:30

    xG 0.70–0.78 (47%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Karlsson2:53

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Dvorak – Garland13:01

    xG 1.14–0.37 (75%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – Stepan – Crouse12:14

    xG 0.90–0.40 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  3. Soderberg – Schmaltz – Keller11:51

    xG 0.60–0.64 (48%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

  4. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza5:23

    xG 0.10–0.26 (26%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun16:51

    xG 1.27–0.59 (68%)attempts 18–18goals 1–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – Oesterle12:03

    xG 0.93–0.59 (61%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  3. Hjalmarsson – Chychrun2:26

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

ARI 4.3 xGSJS 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #196 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.38 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 75% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

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

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