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Tue, Jan 11, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Detroit Red Wings 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 82% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DET06161601219
SJS11201411311340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:24SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Jonathan Dahlen, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:38DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Moritz Seider · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:48DETNick LeddyAssists: Filip Hronek, Tyler Bertuzzi · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:18SJSJeffrey VielAssists: Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:00SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Jonathan Dahlen · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:39SJSJeffrey Viel: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:39DETGivani Smith: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:23SJSJonathan Dahlen: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 11:11DETMarc Staal: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 14:02DETRobby Fabbri: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:58DETSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 17:39SJSMario Ferraro: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:59SJSTomas Hertl: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rasmussen won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETSJS
19Shots on goal40
2.1Expected goals4.2
32Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
28Hits20
15Blocked shots6
10Giveaways9
10Takeaways13

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Namestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen7:50

    xG 0.17–0.18 (48%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Smith – Veleno2:50

    xG 0.07–0.23 (24%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Suter – Zadina4:06

    xG 0.18–0.41 (31%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Fabbri – Raymond13:26

    xG 0.31–1.34 (19%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Lindstrom2:53

    xG 0.17–0.02 (88%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Hronek15:07

    xG 0.68–0.87 (44%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Leddy – Lindstrom2:14

    xG 0.12–0.36 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Dahlen – Gregor10:26

    xG 1.36–0.19 (88%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Meier – Barabanov14:05

    xG 1.29–0.27 (83%)attempts 20–4goals 0–1

  3. Merkley – Viel – Raska5:02

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  4. Cogliano – Nieto – Weatherby7:20

    xG 0.15–0.22 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Merkley10:32

    xG 0.81–0.15 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Karlsson – Megna16:48

    xG 0.98–0.49 (67%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Ferraro19:14

    xG 1.11–1.09 (50%)attempts 23–14goals 1–0

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 xGDET 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #609 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 82% of the time.

SJS winsDET wins

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

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