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Thu, Apr 13, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

San Jose Sharks 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 67% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS11411203229
EDM21324119536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16EDMMattias JanmarkAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Stuart Skinner · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:56EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:44SJSNoah GregorAssists: Thomas Bordeleau, Steven Lorentz · Snap, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:02EDMEvan BouchardGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Kailer Yamamoto · Snap, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:04EDMMattias JanmarkSHAssists: Derek Ryan · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–4
  6. P2 18:48SJSSteven LorentzPPAssists: Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:55EDMEvander KaneAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Cody Ceci · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:27SJSKevin Labanc: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:01EDMWarren Foegele: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:52SJSTomas Hertl: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:45EDMEvander Kane: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:49EDMKlim Kostin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:18EDMEvander Kane: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 6:12SJSErik Karlsson: Hooking2 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 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSEDM
29Shots on goal36
3.5Expected goals4.7
49Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
10Hits15
15Blocked shots10
8Giveaways14
7Takeaways6

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. bestLorentz – Gregor – Bordeleau6:40

    xG 1.03–0.17 (86%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Couture – Hertl – Peterson9:16

    xG 0.51–0.29 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Labanc – Svechnikov – Robins8:38

    xG 0.11–0.61 (15%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenning – Ferraro11:33

    xG 0.92–0.83 (53%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Thrun8:16

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Simek – Knyzhov7:00

    xG 0.22–0.41 (35%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestFoegele – Ryan – McLeod8:52

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid7:38

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – Janmark – Kostin9:12

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto7:01

    xG 0.36–0.87 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse11:59

    xG 1.17–0.68 (63%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais12:20

    xG 0.67–0.19 (78%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard11:32

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

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.

EDM 4.7 xGSJS 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 52/100 · #714 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50EDM 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 67% of the time.

EDM winsSJS wins

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

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