Utah Mammoth at San Jose Sharks
Recap
written from the game dataThe Utah Mammoth beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2. The Coyotes scored first and never trailed. The Coyotes led 3-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Clayton Keller's goal at 8:30 of the second period, which took the Coyotes' chances from 47% to 66%. Expected goals were close — ARI 2.9, SJS 2.9; shots on goal were ARI 30, SJS 31. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Sharks win a replay of these chances 51% of the time. Karel Vejmelka stopped 29 of 31 (.935), 0.9 goals saved above expected; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 of 30 (.833), 2.1 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Alexander Kerfoot (1 G, 2 A), 2. Clayton Keller (1 G, 2 A), 3. Sean Durzi (2 A).
Three stars
- ★A. Kerfoot1 G, 2 A

- ★★C. Keller1 G, 2 A

- ★★★S. Durzi2 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
7 goals2nd period
1-04:58
1-16:20
2-18:30
3-112:56
3rd period
3-20:26
4-27:45
5-212:50
Penalties
2nd
- 10:13
Liam O'Brien · Trippingdrawn by Filip Zadina2 min
- 16:53
Mikael Granlund · Holdingdrawn by Alexander Kerfoot2 min
3rd
- 6:44
Nikita Okhotiuk · Interferencedrawn by Logan Cooley2 min
- 13:29
Fabian Zetterlund · Trippingdrawn by Logan Cooley2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Clayton Keller, 2nd 8:30 — 47% → 66%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.95 G
- All situations
- 2 G2.9
- 2.44 G
- Even strength
- 2 G2.4
- 0.41 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.3
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.2
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 90 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.84 – 2.86
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 30
- Shots on goal
- 31
- 51%
- Faceoffs
- 49%
- 1/3
- Power play
- 0/1
- 2
- Penalty minutes
- 6
- 13
- Hits
- 11
- 18
- Blocked shots
- 18
- 10
- Giveaways
- 9
- 5
- Takeaways
- 2
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
