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Mon, Nov 21, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Ottawa Senators 1, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

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

SJS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11308017138
SJS1332117531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:22SJSNoah GregorAssists: Luke Kunin, Matt Benning · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:14OTTTim StützleAssists: Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:18SJSTimo MeierGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:53SJSMatt NietoAssists: Matt Benning, Alexander Barabanov · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:56SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Luke Kunin, Logan Couture · Deflected, 0.25 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:01SJSLogan CoutureENAssists: Jaycob Megna, Luke Kunin · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:04OTTArtem Zub: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:08SJSKevin Labanc: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:22OTTMark Kastelic: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:22SJSNick Cicek: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:01OTTTravis Hamonic: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 11:05SJSErik Karlsson: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:48OTTBrady Tkachuk: Slashing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTSJS
38Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals3.6
64Shot attempts59
34Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
31Hits18
17Blocked shots16
9Giveaways4
10Takeaways14

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBatherson – Tkachuk – Stützle12:22

    xG 0.92–0.33 (74%)attempts 21–7goals 1–1

  2. Watson – Motte – Pinto3:05

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Giroux – DeBrincat – Pinto6:31

    xG 0.17–0.19 (48%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Gambrell – Kastelic – Kelly4:03

    xG 0.04–0.15 (19%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Zub14:11

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Sanderson – Zub2:55

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Sanderson12:00

    xG 0.57–0.72 (44%)attempts 16–15goals 1–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Labanc – Meier12:17

    xG 0.64–0.49 (57%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  2. Lindblom – Lorentz – Gadjovich6:11

    xG 0.24–0.10 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Bonino – Kunin – Gregor7:33

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov12:12

    xG 0.10–0.93 (10%)attempts 3–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Benning13:17

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Megna15:58

    xG 0.77–0.97 (44%)attempts 19–19goals 1–1

  3. Ferraro – Cicek10:07

    xG 0.03–0.44 (6%)attempts 1–11goals 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.

SJS 3.6 xGOTT 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 30/100 · #992 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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.

SJS winsOTT wins

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

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