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Sat, Apr 8, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 6, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 79% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM21129215635
SJS1100706123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:46EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:03SJSTomas HertlAssists: Jacob Peterson · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:16EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:05EDMZach HymanAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Evan Bouchard · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:53EDMDerek RyanSHAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.28 xG4–1
  6. P3 9:48EDMPhilip BrobergAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.21 xG5–1
  7. P3 14:36EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.16 xG6–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:20EDMMattias Janmark: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 17:13SJSRadim Simek: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:41EDMNick Bjugstad: Roughing2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSJS
35Shots on goal23
4.1Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts58
20Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
21Hits24
19Blocked shots9
6Giveaways12
12Takeaways8

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – Foegele – Ryan2:17

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid10:02

    xG 0.82–0.59 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele – Ryan2:20

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Foegele – Ryan – Yamamoto2:45

    xG 0.04–0.06 (39%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard14:12

    xG 1.71–0.54 (76%)attempts 24–14goals 4–0

  2. Nurse – Desharnais4:24

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Desharnais – Broberg3:35

    xG 0.01–0.02 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Couture – Gregor – Bordeleau8:37

    xG 0.29–0.62 (32%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Hertl – Labanc – Peterson11:48

    xG 0.72–1.09 (40%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Svechnikov – Zetterlund – Sturm12:17

    xG 0.25–0.71 (26%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ferraro – Thrun3:31

    xG 0.20–0.17 (54%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Benning2:43

    xG 0.04–0.10 (29%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Benning – Thrun2:28

    xG 0.02–0.12 (12%)attempts 1–3goals 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 2.2 xGEDM 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #1031 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 79% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

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

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