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Sat, Dec 3, 2022·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

San Jose Sharks 2, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS210012015237
OTT11421629539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:26SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Alexander Barabanov, Timo Meier · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:25OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:03SJSTomas HertlAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kevin Labanc · Snap, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:22OTTClaude GirouxUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:40OTTTim StützlePPGWGAssists: Drake Batherson, Alex DeBrincat · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:18OTTThomas ChabotPPAssists: Mathieu Joseph, Claude Giroux · Slap, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:45OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Tyler Motte · Slap, 0.17 xG2–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:56OTTBrady Tkachuk: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:39SJSOskar Lindblom: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:56SJSJonah Gadjovich: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:56OTTMark Kastelic: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:28OTTDrake Batherson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:48SJSRadim Simek: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 19:45SJSKevin Labanc: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:47SJSJonah Gadjovich: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 6:13SJSKevin Labanc: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 9:14OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P3 12:54OTTAlex DeBrincat: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 12:54SJSTomas Hertl: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 13:28OTTThomas Chabot: Tripping2 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 SOG0OTT
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSOTT
37Shots on goal39
3.6Expected goals3.7
58Shot attempts73
23Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
17Penalty minutes15
24Hits25
21Blocked shots11
16Giveaways14
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 – Lorentz – Gadjovich6:25

    xG 0.36–0.03 (93%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Labanc – Meier12:12

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov7:45

    xG 0.21–0.20 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Kunin – Gregor8:40

    xG 0.24–0.68 (26%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSimek – Cicek9:26

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Megna14:14

    xG 0.52–0.49 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Cicek2:05

    xG 0.00–0.01 (14%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Stützle8:36

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto12:28

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Watson – Kastelic – Kelly4:36

    xG 0.03–0.27 (9%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Joseph – Gambrell7:56

    xG 0.21–0.49 (30%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Brannstrom12:14

    xG 0.73–0.27 (73%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Chabot – Zaitsev16:22

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Sanderson12:07

    xG 0.19–0.83 (18%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

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.

OTT 3.7 xGSJS 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #628 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 51% of the time.

OTT winsSJS wins

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

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