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Sun, Oct 24, 2010·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 0, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0601209027
CGY41401006430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12CGYRene BourquePPGWGAssists: Niklas Hagman, Brendan Morrison · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:01CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Alex Tanguay, Ian White · Snap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:36CGYCraig ConroyAssists: Stefan Meyer, Tim Jackman · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P1 11:47CGYRene BourqueAssists: Alex Tanguay, Matt Stajan · Slap, 0.05 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:31SJSJoe Pavelski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:36SJSRyane Clowe: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:36CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:00SJSTorrey Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 2:36SJSAntero Niittymaki: Delaying game2 min
  6. P2 8:53SJSDany Heatley: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 13:50CGYOlli Jokinen: Interference2 min
  8. P2 17:09SJSNiclas Wallin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 19:43CGYCurtis Glencross: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 4:50SJSDany Heatley: Tripping2 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 SOG0CGY
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
27Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals2.4
55Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won25
2Power plays6
17Penalty minutes9
4Hits13
10Blocked shots18
8Giveaways11
5Takeaways7

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. bestMayers – Nichol – McCarthy3:29

    xG 0.30–0.08 (80%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – McGinn – Couture3:37

    xG 0.06–0.03 (69%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Clowe – McGinn – Couture2:18

    xG 0.06–0.10 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Heatley – Setoguchi3:10

    xG 0.08–0.22 (27%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHuskins – Demers11:52

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Wallin – Vlasic15:31

    xG 0.28–0.36 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  3. Boyle – Murray12:34

    xG 0.15–0.58 (21%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrison – Glencross – Backlund9:59

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Conroy – Jackman – Meyer7:10

    xG 0.42–0.35 (55%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Jokinen – Hagman – Bourque10:51

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan9:38

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhite – Giordano15:28

    xG 0.55–0.42 (57%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Regehr – Bouwmeester12:22

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Sarich – Mikkelson9:50

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

CGY 2.4 xGSJS 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1207 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.48 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).