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Thu, Jan 14, 2021·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 4, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 71% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS21301017052435
ARI0819219011337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:43SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Evander Kane, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:51SJSTomas HertlAssists: John Leonard, Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:46ARIConor GarlandPPAssists: Christian Dvorak, Jakob Chychrun · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:24SJSEvander KaneAssists: John Leonard, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:30ARIClayton KellerAssists: Conor Garland, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:56ARIPhil KesselAssists: Alex Goligoski, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.37 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Nick Schmaltz scored
  2. 2. SJS Ryan Donato scored
  3. 3. ARI Conor Garland stopped
  4. 4. SJS Logan Couture scored
  5. 5. ARI Clayton Keller stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:31ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:58ARIJakob Chychrun: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P1 17:29SJSBrent Burns: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 4:33SJSBrent Burns: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 15:05SJSJoel Kellman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:41SJSKevin Labanc: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:13ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 3:13ARIClayton Keller: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
35Shots on goal37
3.5Expected goals5.0
64Shot attempts74
29Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits21
22Blocked shots13
8Giveaways11
1Takeaways6

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. bestKane – Hertl – Leonard9:46

    xG 0.74–0.03 (96%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Nieto – Donato – Gregor8:49

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Sorensen – Kellman8:50

    xG 0.33–0.61 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Labanc – Meier9:25

    xG 0.25–0.58 (30%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Ferraro10:29

    xG 0.64–0.09 (88%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Ferraro4:36

    xG 0.18–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Meloche – Knyzhov4:21

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Pitlick – Keller11:36

    xG 1.15–0.32 (78%)attempts 21–6goals 0–1

  2. Larsson – Fischer – Crouse8:43

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

  3. Schmaltz – Garland – Hayton9:34

    xG 0.51–0.72 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Dvorak – Caggiula9:04

    xG 0.38–0.68 (36%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun14:52

    xG 0.98–0.56 (64%)attempts 15–7goals 1–1

  2. Hjalmarsson – Oesterle9:49

    xG 0.19–0.50 (27%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson10:06

    xG 0.42–0.93 (31%)attempts 14–15goals 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.

ARI 5.0 xGSJS 3.5 xG
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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 86/100 · #120 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +50 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 71% 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).