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Fri, Nov 26, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 1, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS1801609133
VAN11526311632

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:32VANJeff TambelliniAssists: Alexander Edler, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:22SJSDany HeatleyAssists: Joe Thornton, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:36VANRaffi TorresGWGAssists: Jannik Hansen, Dan Hamhuis · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:24VANMikael SamuelssonAssists: Tanner Glass · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:00VANMikael SamuelssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:50VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.19 xG1–5
  7. P3 16:38VANKeith BallardUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–6
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 11:48SJSDan Boyle: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 15:27VANKeith Ballard: Hooking2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Marleau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
33Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals2.4
62Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won34
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
20Hits20
9Blocked shots21
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways6

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 – Couture16:56

    xG 0.63–0.30 (67%)attempts 25–6goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Heatley10:08

    xG 0.36–0.21 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Mitchell – McGinn5:42

    xG 0.02–0.25 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

  4. Thornton – Heatley – Setoguchi4:35

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Joslin2:48

    xG 0.02–0.02 (50%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  2. Huskins – Joslin2:06

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Braun14:13

    xG 0.18–0.26 (41%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows13:42

    xG 1.00–0.56 (64%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

  2. Kesler – Tambellini – Raymond9:15

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Malhotra – Samuelsson – Torres3:45

    xG 0.20–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Hansen – Raymond2:49

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler19:05

    xG 0.96–0.77 (56%)attempts 15–22goals 3–0

  2. Alberts – Rome14:17

    xG 0.15–0.13 (54%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Rome2:10

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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.

VAN 2.4 xGSJS 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #854 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

Simulated goal difference (VAN − 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).