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Fri, Oct 8, 2010·Ericsson Globe, StockholmNeutral site

San Jose Sharks 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS21001414328
CBJ21101209232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:11SJSTorrey MitchellAssists: Ryane Clowe, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:57SJSJoe ThorntonPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Antti Niemi · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:55CBJKristian HuseliusPPAssists: Nikita Filatov, Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:10CBJR.J. UmbergerAssists: Ethan Moreau, Samuel Pahlsson · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:15SJSLogan CouturePPGWGAssists: Ryane Clowe, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (21)
  1. P1 4:10SJSDany Heatley: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 6:03SJSNiclas Wallin: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 9:26CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 9:26SJSFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 10:25CBJDerek Dorsett: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 12:46CBJKristian Huselius: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 16:31SJSTorrey Mitchell: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 2:10SJSScott Nichol: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 2:10CBJDerek MacKenzie: Cross checking2 min
  10. P2 3:48SJSDany Heatley: Cross checking2 min
  11. P2 6:36CBJEthan Moreau: Charging2 min
  12. P2 8:38CBJJan Hejda: Hooking2 min
  13. P2 10:38SJSRyane Clowe: Slashing2 min
  14. P2 10:38CBJMike Commodore: Fighting5 min
  15. P2 10:38SJSRyane Clowe: Fighting5 min
  16. P2 13:07SJSDouglas Murray: Cross checking2 min
  17. P2 17:36CBJAnton Stralman: Hooking2 min
  18. P3 2:56SJSNiclas Wallin: Diving2 min
  19. P3 2:56CBJSamuel Pahlsson: Tripping2 min
  20. P3 6:13SJSJamie McGinn: Tripping2 min
  21. P3 8:26CBJMike Commodore: Boarding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Pahlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCBJ
28Shots on goal32
4.4Expected goals3.8
55Shot attempts65
24Faceoffs won32
6Power plays7
28Penalty minutes26
14Hits25
21Blocked shots14
6Giveaways3
4Takeaways4

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. bestClowe – Pavelski – Mitchell6:47

    xG 0.17–0.03 (85%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Heatley – Couture7:11

    xG 0.17–0.16 (51%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Setoguchi – McGinn5:49

    xG 0.03–0.53 (6%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHuskins – Demers7:00

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Murray10:08

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Wallin – Vlasic10:18

    xG 0.12–0.66 (15%)attempts 1–17goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMoreau – Pahlsson – Umberger7:34

    xG 0.53–0.09 (86%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Huselius – Vermette – Nash8:51

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Brassard – Voracek – Filatov7:14

    xG 0.02–0.18 (11%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Methot9:15

    xG 0.81–0.17 (83%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Commodore – Tyutin8:04

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  3. Hejda – Stralman10:49

    xG 0.26–0.26 (49%)attempts 8–4goals 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.

CBJ 3.8 xGSJS 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #379 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

CBJ winsSJS wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).