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Thu, Mar 24, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 87% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS07112111230
EDM012215314541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:08SJSErik KarlssonAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Snap, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:34EDMKailer YamamotoPPAssists: Ryan McLeod, Duncan Keith · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:39EDMLeon DraisaitlUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:49EDMDerick BrassardGWGAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:18SJSTomas HertlAssists: Timo Meier, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:55EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman · Slap, 0.28 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:18EDMEvander KaneENAssists: Connor McDavid, Kailer Yamamoto · Snap, 0.77 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:55SJSJeffrey Viel: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:56EDMEvander Kane: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 3:13EDMMike Smith: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 13:40SJSNicolas Meloche: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSEDM
30Shots on goal41
2.6Expected goals5.5
53Shot attempts73
33Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
30Hits33
17Blocked shots15
11Giveaways8
9Takeaways9

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. Bonino – Balcers – Gregor2:34

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Meier – Barabanov13:42

    xG 0.56–0.73 (43%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  3. Couture – Gregor – Chmelevski7:00

    xG 0.14–0.35 (28%)attempts 1–15goals 0–0

  4. Viel – Gadjovich – Reedy6:03

    xG 0.19–0.43 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMegna – Meloche2:05

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Merkley3:54

    xG 0.54–0.18 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Megna15:44

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 17–18goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi11:39

    xG 1.16–0.09 (93%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Kane – McDavid – Yamamoto13:20

    xG 1.17–0.26 (82%)attempts 24–8goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Shore – Foegele5:36

    xG 0.33–0.43 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Draisaitl – McLeod10:21

    xG 0.32–0.72 (31%)attempts 9–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse16:59

    xG 1.43–0.74 (66%)attempts 21–18goals 2–2

  2. Barrie – Kulak17:32

    xG 0.95–0.32 (75%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Bouchard15:01

    xG 0.98–0.92 (52%)attempts 23–16goals 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.

EDM 5.5 xGSJS 2.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #673 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 87% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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