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Mon, Mar 20, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 4, Edmonton Oilers 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 90% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS113380803432
EDM11121811518552

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:48SJSAlexander BarabanovAssists: Tomas Hertl, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Slap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:08EDMNick BjugstadAssists: Warren Foegele, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:30EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:32SJSSteven LorentzAssists: Andrew Agozzino, Matt Benning · Bat, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:23SJSErik KarlssonAssists: Fabian Zetterlund, Logan Couture · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:48EDMMattias EkholmAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P2 14:23SJSErik KarlssonAssists: Alexander Barabanov, Martin Kaut · Slap, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 16:13EDMMattias EkholmAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.13 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:45EDMDarnell NurseGWGAssists: Kailer Yamamoto, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.44 xG4–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:24EDMEvander Kane: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:30SJSTomas Hertl: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:09EDMEvander Kane: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 6:11SJSDerrick Pouliot: Interference2 min
  5. P3 18:19SJSMario Ferraro: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0EDM
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSEDM
32Shots on goal52
3.7Expected goals7.6
47Shot attempts84
30Faceoffs won48
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
31Hits23
15Blocked shots11
21Giveaways19
14Takeaways7

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. bestAgozzino – Lindblom – Lorentz4:37

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  2. Couture – Labanc – Gregor2:50

    xG 0.07–0.05 (60%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Gregor – Zetterlund – Sturm6:19

    xG 0.16–0.51 (24%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

  4. Couture – Johnsson – Labanc8:47

    xG 0.27–0.64 (30%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Knyzhov11:07

    xG 0.43–0.52 (45%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  2. Karlsson – Pouliot15:09

    xG 0.71–1.80 (28%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  3. Benning – Ferraro14:45

    xG 0.14–1.25 (10%)attempts 5–21goals 0–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele2:49

    xG 0.69–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Yamamoto6:30

    xG 0.71–0.09 (89%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Yamamoto3:35

    xG 0.45–0.03 (95%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto3:04

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard15:00

    xG 1.32–0.48 (73%)attempts 20–11goals 3–1

  2. Ceci – Nurse15:05

    xG 1.04–0.80 (57%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  3. Kulak – Broberg11:11

    xG 0.79–0.75 (51%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

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.

EDM 7.6 xGSJS 3.7 xG
02468P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #49 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.87 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 90% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).