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Thu, Mar 30, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vegas Golden Knights 3, San Jose Sharks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 59% of the time.

SJS winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VGK151411700326
SJS261501311425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16SJSMario FerraroAssists: Henry Thrun, Thomas Bordeleau · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:31SJSOskar LindblomAssists: Mario Ferraro, Henry Thrun · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:55VGKNicolas HagueAssists: Ben Hutton · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:08VGKIvan BarbashevPPAssists: Nicolas Roy, Jack Eichel · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:47SJSTomas HertlAssists: Martin Kaut, Jacob Peterson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:07VGKMichael AmadioAssists: Chandler Stephenson, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:50SJSLogan CoutureGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:24VGKKeegan Kolesar: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:13SJSTomas Hertl: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:42VGKKeegan Kolesar: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 0:26SJSErik Karlsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:49VGKNicolas Roy: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:22SJSJacob MacDonald: 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKSJS
26Shots on goal25
2.8Expected goals2.3
54Shot attempts56
18Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits23
13Blocked shots15
12Giveaways7
8Takeaways12

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchessault – Barbashev – Eichel13:41

    xG 1.06–0.48 (69%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Stephenson – Amadio2:22

    xG 0.30–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Kessel – Stephenson – Amadio8:11

    xG 0.20–0.11 (64%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Karlsson – Cotter – Dorofeyev8:12

    xG 0.33–0.54 (38%)attempts 3–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Pietrangelo17:21

    xG 0.88–0.43 (67%)attempts 21–13goals 0–1

  2. McNabb – Whitecloud13:21

    xG 0.66–0.58 (53%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

  3. Hutton – Hague15:49

    xG 0.40–0.61 (40%)attempts 7–19goals 2–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestLabanc – Gregor – Sturm8:09

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Lindblom – Lorentz – Viel3:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Zetterlund – Bordeleau6:20

    xG 0.26–0.34 (44%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Hertl – Peterson – Kaut12:33

    xG 0.57–0.80 (41%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSimek – Thrun10:52

    xG 0.39–0.04 (90%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Thrun4:17

    xG 0.10–0.21 (33%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. MacDonald – Ferraro11:15

    xG 0.46–0.67 (41%)attempts 13–9goals 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.

SJS 2.3 xGVGK 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #245 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 59% of the time.

SJS winsVGK wins

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

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