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Sun, Nov 13, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

San Jose Sharks 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

MIN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS06010218032337
MIN1901216031230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:45MINFrederick GaudreauAssists: Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:37MINConnor DewarSHAssists: Mason Shaw · Snap, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:56SJSSteven LorentzAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Matt Benning · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:49SJSNico SturmAssists: Erik Karlsson, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Mats Zuccarello stopped
  2. 2. SJS Kevin Labanc stopped
  3. 3. MIN Kirill Kaprizov scored
  4. 4. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  5. 5. MIN Frederick Gaudreau stopped
  6. 6. SJS Nick Bonino scored
  7. 7. MIN Joel Eriksson Ek stopped
  8. 8. SJS Alexander Barabanov scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:57MINJoseph Cramarossa: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:01SJSKevin Labanc: Interference2 min
  3. P2 14:14SJSKevin Labanc: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:27MINCalen Addison: Holding2 min
  5. P3 16:56MINJoseph Cramarossa: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 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 SOG0MIN
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSMIN
37Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals2.6
68Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
12Hits22
12Blocked shots14
6Giveaways2
4Takeaways5

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. bestLindblom – Svechnikov – Lorentz5:43

    xG 0.45–0.10 (82%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Hertl – Labanc – Meier13:12

    xG 0.62–0.42 (59%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Kunin – Sturm8:28

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  4. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov9:53

    xG 0.43–0.47 (48%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenning – Ferraro6:48

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Benning8:51

    xG 0.70–0.50 (58%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Benning2:38

    xG 0.08–0.00 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestSteel – Shaw – Dewar2:13

    xG 0.29–0.04 (89%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Boldy9:26

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Shaw – Dewar – Rossi7:40

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Kaprizov12:00

    xG 0.53–0.75 (41%)attempts 11–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMerrill – Addison12:39

    xG 0.61–0.49 (56%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  2. Spurgeon – Middleton12:46

    xG 0.47–0.63 (43%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Dumba – Middleton2:33

    xG 0.07–0.28 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

MIN 2.6 xGSJS 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #414 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 62% of the time.

MIN winsSJS wins

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

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