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Sat, Jan 13, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

San Jose Sharks 4, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS192415418
OTT28222111541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Artem Zub · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:58OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Tim Stützle · Slap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:35SJSAnthony DuclairAssists: Alexander Barabanov, Mario Ferraro · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:53SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Anthony Duclair, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:20SJSKevin LabancAssists: Mario Ferraro, Mike Hoffman · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 7:11OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:59OTTDrake BathersonAssists: Artem Zub, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:56SJSFilip ZadinaAssists: Tomas Hertl, Mario Ferraro · Slap, 0.12 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:55OTTVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Artem Zub, Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:30OTTRidly Greig: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:02OTTDrake Batherson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 14:36SJSAnthony Duclair: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:51SJSJan Rutta: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stützle won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSOTT
18Shots on goal41
2.3Expected goals3.1
41Shot attempts84
23Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
38Hits26
26Blocked shots15
6Giveaways13
7Takeaways9

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. Bailey – Kunin – Barabanov8:50

    xG 0.27–0.59 (32%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

  2. Granlund – Duclair – Eklund13:48

    xG 0.31–0.75 (30%)attempts 4–23goals 1–1

  3. Hoffman – Carpenter – Labanc7:49

    xG 0.14–0.63 (18%)attempts 3–15goals 1–1

  4. Hertl – Zetterlund – Zadina12:07

    xG 0.12–0.73 (14%)attempts 5–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRutta – Thrun14:14

    xG 1.02–0.40 (72%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. Ferraro – Rutta2:04

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Ferraro – Addison2:23

    xG 0.04–0.26 (14%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Tkachuk – Greig12:33

    xG 0.77–0.08 (91%)attempts 20–5goals 1–0

  2. Kubalik – Chartier – Joseph9:30

    xG 0.42–0.07 (86%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Batherson – Stützle12:53

    xG 1.08–0.92 (54%)attempts 28–10goals 3–3

  4. MacEwen – Kastelic – Kelly6:16

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub16:55

    xG 1.02–0.17 (86%)attempts 28–7goals 3–0

  2. Chabot – Chychrun16:34

    xG 1.09–1.03 (51%)attempts 28–13goals 1–3

  3. Hamonic – Brannstrom13:39

    xG 0.63–0.62 (50%)attempts 17–13goals 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.

OTT 3.1 xGSJS 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #65 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.48 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsSJS wins

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

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