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2014-12-02 · SAP Center at San Jose

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SJS beat PHI 2–1. SJS also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Matt Nieto scored at 19:48 of the third, moving SJS’s win probability from 51% to 97%. Antti Niemi saved 1.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 27
Expected goals
2.3 – 2.9
xG share
SJS 56%
Home-ice start
SJS 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

PHI goalSJS goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

PHISJS

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

SJS
Antti Niemi
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.50
+1.50
SJS
Matt Nieto
1 G, 0 A · 17:22 TOI
On-ice +0.26 · Finishing +0.61
+0.83
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 16:06 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing +0.84
+0.76

Rough nights

PHI
Wayne Simmonds
0 G, 0 A · 16:29 TOI
On-ice −0.32 · Finishing −0.42
−0.73
PHI
Nicklas Grossmann
0 G, 0 A · 19:12 TOI
On-ice −0.22 · Finishing −0.27 · Penalties −0.18
−0.62
PHI
Braydon Coburn
0 G, 0 A · 23:48 TOI
On-ice −0.35 · Finishing −0.21
−0.57

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalPHI–SJSWin prob.
P1 6:00 PHISean CouturierPP
from Scott Laughton, Andrew MacDonald
1–047% → 63%
P2 17:44 SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic
from Tommy Wingels, Logan Couture
1–129% → 53%
P3 19:48 SJSMatt Nieto
from Patrick Marleau
1–251% → 97%

Every player

Show both lineups

PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Sean Couturier C16:061+0.76−0.08+0.84+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Andrew MacDonald D19:251+0.12+0.14−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Chris VandeVelde C9:55+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.01
Matt Read R16:09−0.05−0.12−0.08−0.02−0.01+0.18+0.00
Claude Giroux R20:55−0.09+0.05−0.15+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zac Rinaldo C11:05−0.10−0.08−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Schenn D12:51−0.10+0.02−0.11−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
R.J. Umberger C12:12−0.12−0.00−0.11−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jakub Voracek R18:12−0.13+0.04−0.22+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Raffl L18:32−0.15−0.01−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Streit D19:58−0.19−0.05−0.10−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Schultz D21:06−0.25−0.25+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L11:34−0.32+0.04−0.34−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.02
Scott Laughton C15:371−0.36−0.41−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.18+0.01
Brayden Schenn C15:01−0.43−0.33−0.13+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.01
Braydon Coburn D23:48−0.57−0.35−0.21−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nicklas Grossmann D19:12−0.62−0.22−0.27−0.01+0.05−0.18+0.00
Wayne Simmonds R16:29−0.73−0.32−0.42−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Steve Mason G59:53+0.35

SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matt Nieto L17:221+0.83+0.26+0.61−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D23:211+0.72−0.10+0.81−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brent Burns D22:27+0.18+0.22−0.09+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D19:35+0.15+0.28−0.10−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Thornton C19:16+0.15+0.17−0.06+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.01
Matt Irwin D14:44+0.09+0.12−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Hannan D14:39+0.08+0.17−0.09+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tommy Wingels C16:231+0.08+0.13−0.05−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Pavelski C21:05+0.06+0.19−0.16+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
John Scott L6:36+0.02+0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Brown R6:01+0.02+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Tomas Hertl C16:08+0.00+0.11−0.28+0.00−0.02+0.18+0.01
Tye McGinn L17:18−0.07−0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Couture C13:061−0.07+0.02−0.08−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Patrick Marleau C17:091−0.15+0.17−0.30−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.01
Andrew Desjardins L12:17−0.16+0.01−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.04
Justin Braun D24:28−0.23−0.03−0.02−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.00
James Sheppard C14:23−0.25+0.05−0.14−0.02+0.01−0.18+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Antti Niemi G60:00+1.50

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.