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2014-12-20 · SAP Center at San Jose

2 – 3Final/OT

SJS beat STL 3–2 in overtime. SJS also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 1.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored on the power play at 19:39 of the third, moving SJS’s win probability from 4% to 51%.

Shots on goal
20 – 30
Expected goals
1.5 – 3.1
xG share
SJS 68%
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.

STL goalSJS goal

Expected goals

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

STLSJS

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
Andrew Desjardins
1 G, 0 A · 6:42 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.89
+1.00
SJS
1 G, 0 A · 26:07 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +0.76
+0.99
SJS
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
1 G, 0 A · 25:22 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.87
+0.96

Rough nights

SJS
Antti Niemi
63:10 TOI
GSAx −0.86
−0.86
SJS
0 G, 0 A · 18:15 TOI
Finishing −0.41
−0.48
STL
Alexander Steen
0 G, 0 A · 19:39 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Penalties −0.18
−0.27

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSTL–SJSWin prob.
P2 10:47 SJSAndrew Desjardins
from Justin Braun, Tye McGinn
0–153% → 74%
P2 14:29 STLPatrik Berglund
from Alex Pietrangelo, Dmitrij Jaskin
1–125% → 47%
P2 17:21 STLSteve Ott
from Maxim Lapierre, Ian Cole
2–147% → 71%
P3 19:39 SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicPP
from Joe Thornton, Melker Karlsson
2–24% → 51%
OT 4:22 SJSBrent BurnsPP
from Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture
2–354% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

STL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Steve Ott C13:461+0.63−0.14+0.81−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Patrik Berglund C16:101+0.58−0.12+0.71−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D14:101+0.06+0.06+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitrij Jaskin R14:541+0.05+0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Paul Stastny C15:39+0.04+0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Joakim Lindstrom C12:35+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Barret Jackman D20:24+0.01+0.02−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
T.J. Oshie R18:06−0.09+0.01−0.13+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Chris Butler D18:51−0.11−0.08−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Vladimir Tarasenko R18:12−0.13−0.03−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Reaves R7:42−0.18−0.17−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
David Backes R19:39−0.18−0.03−0.15+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Pietrangelo D25:041−0.20−0.18−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jay Bouwmeester D26:03−0.21−0.22−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jori Lehtera C18:31−0.22−0.03−0.09+0.01+0.02−0.18+0.05
Kevin Shattenkirk D24:12−0.24−0.14−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Maxim Lapierre C9:261−0.26−0.18−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.06
Alexander Steen L19:39−0.27−0.06−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Allen G64:22−0.25

SJS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Andrew Desjardins L6:421+1.00+0.11+0.89−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.02
Brent Burns D26:071+0.99+0.20+0.76+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D25:221+0.96+0.08+0.87+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Thornton C21:081+0.14+0.10−0.00+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.03
Logan Couture C22:291+0.12+0.15−0.21+0.01+0.01+0.18−0.01
Scott Hannan D12:52+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Pavelski C22:511−0.02+0.17−0.45−0.00+0.03+0.18+0.05
Justin Braun D23:161−0.02+0.08−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Tennyson D15:00−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Barclay Goodrow C14:50−0.06+0.01−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Tommy Wingels C18:50−0.07+0.04−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
James Sheppard C16:25−0.07+0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04
Tye McGinn L7:151−0.10+0.04−0.14−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brenden Dillon D22:49−0.13+0.04−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
John Scott L5:27−0.19+0.07−0.25−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Melker Karlsson C15:181−0.24−0.11−0.09−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
Patrick Marleau C23:44−0.25+0.19−0.40−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.02
Tomas Hertl C18:15−0.48−0.03−0.41−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Antti Niemi G63:10−0.86

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.