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Thu, Dec 28, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Edmonton Oilers 5, San Jose Sharks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 58% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM41211008530
SJS0701206025

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:00EDMRyan McLeodGWGAssists: Zach Hyman, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:15EDMZach HymanAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:55EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Connor Brown · Slap, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P1 17:32EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Warren Foegele, Ryan McLeod · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–0
  5. P2 9:07EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Cody Ceci, Darnell Nurse · Tip-in, 0.04 xG5–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 3:05SJSMario Ferraro: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 3:21EDMZach Hyman: Interference2 min
  3. P3 1:42EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 16:31EDMLeon Draisaitl: High sticking2 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 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMSJS
30Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.6
59Shot attempts53
22Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
11Hits19
12Blocked shots15
7Giveaways6
7Takeaways11

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 – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid12:32

    xG 1.27–0.33 (79%)attempts 18–6goals 2–0

  2. Brown – Erne – Hamblin9:12

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Draisaitl – Foegele – McLeod11:15

    xG 0.72–0.82 (47%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Janmark – Ryan9:37

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard17:48

    xG 1.59–0.57 (73%)attempts 25–9goals 3–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais15:10

    xG 0.39–0.52 (43%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse14:22

    xG 0.57–0.88 (39%)attempts 15–15goals 2–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKunin – Studnicka – Eklund3:25

    xG 0.31–0.04 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Zadina – Eklund9:06

    xG 0.66–0.47 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  3. Bailey – Carpenter – Barabanov7:34

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Granlund – Zetterlund4:29

    xG 0.11–0.06 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAddison – Okhotiuk13:43

    xG 0.67–0.29 (70%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Burroughs – Ferraro16:06

    xG 0.92–1.21 (43%)attempts 14–22goals 0–4

  3. Rutta – Thrun15:17

    xG 0.40–0.93 (30%)attempts 7–16goals 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 2.6 xGEDM 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1273 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 58% of the time.

SJS winsEDM wins

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

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