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Sat, Mar 27, 2021·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 0, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0170908034
ARI0925213427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:49ARIClayton KellerGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:16ARIPhil KesselPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 14:03ARIPhil KesselAssists: Christian Dvorak, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–3
  4. P3 17:28ARIPhil KesselENAssists: Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.66 xG0–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:54ARIJakob Chychrun: Interference2 min
  2. P2 6:04SJSKurtis Gabriel: Charging2 min
  3. P2 6:04SJSKurtis Gabriel: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:04ARIJohn Hayden: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:04ARIJohn Hayden: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:46SJSRudolfs Balcers: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 19:42SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:48SJSRudolfs Balcers: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:02SJSKurtis Gabriel: Interference5 min
  10. P3 7:02SJSKurtis Gabriel: Game misconduct10 min
  11. P3 11:56SJSRadim Simek: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P3 14:03SJSJohn Leonard: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
34Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals3.6
61Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won24
1Power plays6
29Penalty minutes6
35Hits30
14Blocked shots11
10Giveaways5
4Takeaways5

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Balcers – Leonard7:08

    xG 0.44–0.30 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Kane – Labanc10:17

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Meier – Gambrell7:01

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Gabriel – Donato – Suomela4:39

    xG 0.04–0.11 (26%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Knyzhov13:23

    xG 0.78–0.27 (74%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Simek2:50

    xG 0.30–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Ferraro11:54

    xG 0.43–0.33 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Larsson – Keller8:09

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Hayden – Schmaltz – Caggiula5:31

    xG 0.11–0.19 (38%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Hunt – Crouse6:17

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Fischer – Garland8:36

    xG 0.22–0.52 (29%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun13:29

    xG 1.05–0.55 (65%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin11:41

    xG 0.23–0.55 (29%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Oesterle10:11

    xG 0.03–0.38 (8%)attempts 5–10goals 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 3.6 xGSJS 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #837 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 72% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).