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Wed, Mar 30, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

San Jose Sharks 2, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS111112018241
ARI1419311524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:15SJSScott ReedyPPAssists: John Leonard, Ryan Merkley · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:46ARINick RitchieAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Anton Stralman · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:33ARIJan JenikAssists: Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:07SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Slap, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:11ARIJan JenikGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:02ARIBarrett HaytonAssists: Travis Boyd · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:14ARINick SchmaltzENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.42 xG2–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 8:31SJSBrent Burns: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:18ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  3. P3 11:32ARIJan Jenik: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Schmaltz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
41Shots on goal24
4.1Expected goals3.1
74Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
33Hits20
8Blocked shots18
13Giveaways12
9Takeaways16

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. bestCouture – Balcers – Gregor12:18

    xG 0.74–0.19 (80%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Bonino – Chmelevski – Leonard10:33

    xG 0.77–0.25 (75%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Pederson – Viel – Reedy7:36

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Hertl – Meier – Barabanov13:24

    xG 1.30–1.32 (50%)attempts 22–16goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Megna15:42

    xG 1.27–0.79 (62%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  2. Karlsson – Meloche15:17

    xG 0.72–0.68 (52%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Merkley11:42

    xG 0.59–0.55 (52%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Schmaltz – Keller11:45

    xG 0.94–0.67 (58%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Carcone – Hayton – Maccelli4:55

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Hayton – Maccelli2:50

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Beagle – Galchenyuk3:12

    xG 0.12–0.15 (44%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stralman – Dineen15:56

    xG 0.48–0.57 (46%)attempts 10–18goals 2–1

  2. Capobianco – Kolyachonok13:27

    xG 0.68–1.04 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo16:05

    xG 0.81–1.34 (38%)attempts 14–21goals 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.

ARI 3.1 xGSJS 4.1 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 55/100 · #659 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 65% 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).