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Sat, Mar 7, 2020·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Ottawa Senators 2, San Jose Sharks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT11401001311238
SJS116090502132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:33OTTNick PaulAssists: Anthony Duclair, Jayce Hawryluk · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:49SJSEvander KaneAssists: Brent Burns, Timo Meier · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:35OTTChris TierneyGWGAssists: Anthony Duclair, Thomas Chabot · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:41OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 17:11OTTJayce Hawryluk: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:32OTTBobby Ryan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 4:28SJSNikolai Knyzhov: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:58SJSRadim Simek: Penalty shot covering puck in crease0 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Paul
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSJS
38Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals4.2
61Shot attempts58
27Faceoffs won31
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
20Hits27
11Blocked shots12
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Paul – Hawryluk6:50

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Boedker – Peca – Sabourin5:30

    xG 0.53–0.48 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Tierney – Brown – Balcers5:43

    xG 0.21–0.25 (46%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – White – Tkachuk7:40

    xG 0.16–1.20 (12%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Chabot7:35

    xG 0.52–0.31 (63%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Wolanin3:02

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Reilly – Zaitsev8:24

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Sorensen – Meier8:27

    xG 1.47–0.69 (68%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Labanc – True – Suomela4:57

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman7:47

    xG 0.30–0.39 (43%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Kane – Gambrell7:35

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Knyzhov2:29

    xG 1.42–0.02 (98%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Simek – Knyzhov3:09

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Davidson3:01

    xG 0.33–0.40 (46%)attempts 6–3goals 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.

SJS 4.2 xGOTT 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #605 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 64% of the time.

SJS winsOTT wins

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

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