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Sat, Dec 11, 2010·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Chicago Blackhawks 1, San Jose Sharks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI111080802129
SJS111090812230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:16SJSRyane CloweAssists: Jason Demers, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Deflected, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:23CHIJordan HendryAssists: Jake Dowell, John Scott · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:52SJSRyane CloweGWGAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Justin Braun · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:57CHIJack Skille: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:59SJSLogan Couture: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:55CHIJassen Cullimore: Holding2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← CHI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISJS
29Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.8
53Shot attempts67
42Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
23Hits17
20Blocked shots14
4Giveaways8
6Takeaways5

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSkille – Stalberg – Toews11:22

    xG 0.96–0.19 (83%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Kopecky – Sharp – Morin13:19

    xG 0.28–0.16 (63%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Bolland – Bickell – Brouwer11:40

    xG 0.01–0.88 (1%)attempts 3–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook17:22

    xG 0.94–0.51 (65%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Hjalmarsson17:05

    xG 0.71–0.78 (48%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

  3. Cullimore – Boynton7:17

    xG 0.02–0.17 (12%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestClowe – Ferriero – Couture14:29

    xG 0.86–0.01 (99%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Mayers – Nichol – McGinn7:12

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Mitchell – McCarthy5:41

    xG 0.18–0.19 (48%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Marleau – Pavelski – McCarthy7:48

    xG 0.06–0.25 (19%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wallin – Braun13:04

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Boyle – Murray18:16

    xG 0.40–0.43 (48%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Demers17:39

    xG 0.72–0.99 (42%)attempts 22–14goals 1–0

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.

SJS 2.8 xGCHI 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #929 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 57% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

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

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