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Tue, Jan 10, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

San Jose Sharks 4, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS112111210433
ARI21008011229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:39SJSKevin LabancAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:29ARIBarrett HaytonAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakob Chychrun · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:21ARIChristian FischerAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakob Chychrun · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:59SJSNico SturmAssists: Nick Bonino, Oskar Lindblom · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:09SJSMatt NietoGWGAssists: Logan Couture, Alexander Barabanov · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:10SJSJaycob MegnaAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kevin Labanc · Slap, 0.03 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:38SJSKevin Labanc: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:21SJSMichael Eyssimont: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:21ARIJoshua Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:56ARIPatrik Nemeth: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:32ARIJack McBain: Interference2 min
  6. P2 14:03SJSMatt Nieto: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:26SJSJaycob Megna: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 10:27SJSNick Bonino: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bjugstad won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSARI
33Shots on goal29
3.2Expected goals2.1
54Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
25Hits31
18Blocked shots16
11Giveaways13
12Takeaways9

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 – Eyssimont – Sturm6:39

    xG 0.57–0.10 (85%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Lindblom – Lorentz – Gadjovich7:43

    xG 0.20–0.13 (62%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov9:35

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  4. Hertl – Labanc – Meier8:17

    xG 0.43–0.48 (47%)attempts 10–12goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Harrington8:53

    xG 1.56–0.17 (90%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Megna13:39

    xG 0.62–0.35 (64%)attempts 16–8goals 3–1

  3. Benning – Ferraro11:17

    xG 0.14–0.29 (33%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Fischer – McBain2:31

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton11:30

    xG 0.41–0.23 (63%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – Guenther10:48

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

  4. Boyd – Ritchie – Fischer4:57

    xG 0.15–0.65 (19%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Brown – Moser4:44

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  2. Välimäki – Moser5:02

    xG 0.12–0.16 (44%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  3. Gostisbehere – Chychrun15:28

    xG 0.68–0.83 (45%)attempts 24–17goals 2–0

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 2.1 xGSJS 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 50/100 · #743 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 70% of the time.

ARI winsSJS wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).