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Tue, Apr 12, 2022·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

San Jose Sharks 0, Nashville Predators 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 69% of the time.

NSH winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS05080903025
NSH01101501411141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 3:18NSHRyan JohansenGWGAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Filip Forsberg · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:03SJSJeffrey Viel: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:03NSHMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:17SJSTomas Hertl: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:17NSHMark Borowiecki: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 11:17NSHMark Borowiecki: Interference2 min
  6. P1 14:21SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 19:41SJSTimo Meier: High sticking2 min
  8. P1 19:41SJSTimo Meier: Roughing2 min
  9. P1 19:41NSHDante Fabbro: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 7:27SJSNicolas Meloche: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 7:27NSHNick Cousins: Fighting5 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 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bonino won the faceoff against Sissons
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNSH
25Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals3.3
44Shot attempts78
27Faceoffs won36
1Power plays2
18Penalty minutes16
30Hits37
19Blocked shots9
6Giveaways15
6Takeaways14

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. bestBonino – Nieto – Gregor3:48

    xG 0.10–0.03 (79%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Meier – Chmelevski3:06

    xG 0.09–0.14 (38%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Gregor – Chmelevski3:28

    xG 0.05–0.15 (23%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Dahlen – Viel – Reedy3:12

    xG 0.10–0.27 (27%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Ferraro4:14

    xG 0.22–0.12 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Ferraro9:45

    xG 0.56–0.47 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Karlsson3:15

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Granlund – Forsberg4:55

    xG 0.66–0.16 (81%)attempts 17–2goals 0–0

  2. Cousins – Kunin – Luff6:53

    xG 0.50–0.10 (83%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Granlund – Tolvanen8:27

    xG 0.55–0.30 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot12:30

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Fabbro15:20

    xG 1.29–0.44 (75%)attempts 33–12goals 0–0

  2. Ekholm – Carrier14:32

    xG 0.80–0.45 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Josi – Carrier2:38

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 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.

NSH 3.3 xGSJS 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1300 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 69% of the time.

NSH winsSJS wins

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

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