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Thu, Nov 9, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 2, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 82% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM014110117241
SJS161814318

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:35SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Tomas Hertl, William Eklund · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:56EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:05SJSTomas HertlAssists: Fabian Zetterlund, Nikita Okhotiuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:53SJSFilip ZadinaGWGAssists: Nico Sturm, Ryan Carpenter · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:34EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:13SJSNikita Okhotiuk: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:12SJSNico Sturm: Boarding2 min
  3. P3 5:43EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 7:15SJSWilliam Eklund: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 10:47EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min
  6. P3 17:48SJSMikael Granlund: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% 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
41Shots on goal18
3.8Expected goals1.7
92Shot attempts43
25Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
21Hits20
12Blocked shots35
9Giveaways8
6Takeaways9

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. bestHyman – Draisaitl – McDavid6:20

    xG 0.76–0.34 (69%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele – Holloway3:56

    xG 0.19–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – McDavid – McLeod6:51

    xG 0.30–0.16 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Kane – Nugent-Hopkins4:54

    xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard17:25

    xG 1.71–0.45 (79%)attempts 34–12goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais9:42

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Ceci – Nurse14:51

    xG 0.41–0.66 (38%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Zetterlund – Eklund13:13

    xG 0.53–0.29 (65%)attempts 17–18goals 2–0

  2. Carpenter – Labanc – Smith2:29

    xG 0.09–0.01 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Granlund – Duclair – Kunin5:48

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Granlund – Duclair – Labanc5:34

    xG 0.27–0.51 (34%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Burroughs9:28

    xG 0.74–0.53 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Rutta – Okhotiuk13:34

    xG 0.40–0.43 (48%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Ferraro – Rutta2:12

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 1.7 xGEDM 3.8 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 35/100 · #879 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 82% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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