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Fri, May 7, 2021·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Arizona Coyotes 5, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 50% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI06213315534
SJS1919010228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:47SJSErik KarlssonAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:30SJSTimo MeierAssists: Ivan Chekhovich · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:59ARIVictor SoderstromAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:14ARIConor GarlandPPAssists: Jakob Chychrun · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:53ARIPhil KesselGWGAssists: Christian Dvorak, Alex Goligoski · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:57ARIMichael BuntingAssists: Conor Garland · Snap, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:59ARIJan JenikENAssists: Derick Brassard, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.70 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:13ARILane Pederson: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:45ARIMichael Chaput: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:29SJSBrent Burns: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:28SJSTomas Hertl: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 18:29ARIChristian Fischer: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARISJS
34Shots on goal28
3.7Expected goals3.7
52Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits11
11Blocked shots8
5Giveaways9
7Takeaways11

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBunting – Garland – Pederson10:52

    xG 0.84–0.38 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – Dvorak – Keller12:34

    xG 0.88–0.45 (66%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Brassard – Garland – Jenik2:32

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  4. Brassard – Fischer – Jenik8:13

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Lyubushkin14:11

    xG 0.74–0.36 (67%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Soderstrom12:53

    xG 0.72–0.38 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Demers9:38

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestLabanc – Meier – Gambrell2:06

    xG 0.20–0.04 (83%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Meier – Balcers7:09

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Balcers – Gregor2:29

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Gregor – Gambrell – Chekhovich2:39

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burns – Karlsson3:24

    xG 0.07–0.11 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Ferraro14:36

    xG 0.56–0.65 (46%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Knyzhov2:10

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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 3.7 xGARI 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #247 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 50% of the time.

SJS winsARI wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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