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Thu, Jan 20, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS01012509021246
VAN1170908030137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:08VANHenrik SedinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Dan Hamhuis · Deflected, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:46SJSLogan CoutureUnassisted · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Mason Raymond stopped
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  3. 3. VAN Daniel Sedin stopped
  4. 4. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  5. 5. VAN Ryan Kesler stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:46SJSJason Demers: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:38SJSJamal Mayers: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:38VANTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:37SJSJohn McCarthy: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:25VANManny Malhotra: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:57SJSJoe Thornton: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 16:46SJSDany Heatley: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 18:10VANMikael Samuelsson: Roughing2 min
  9. OT 0:47SJSDan Boyle: Roughing2 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 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Malhotra
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
46Shots on goal37
3.7Expected goals3.0
76Shot attempts64
30Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
24Hits19
19Blocked shots17
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways11

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. bestThornton – Marleau – Pavelski10:01

    xG 0.91–0.14 (87%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Pavelski – Setoguchi4:02

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Setoguchi – Couture6:48

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  4. Wellwood – Eager – Ferriero2:41

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Murray18:27

    xG 1.11–0.30 (79%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Joslin12:45

    xG 0.85–0.54 (61%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  3. Wallin – Demers12:22

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows14:23

    xG 1.34–0.64 (68%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond4:29

    xG 0.06–0.11 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Samuelsson – Kesler – Shirokov6:26

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Tambellini – Glass – Raymond5:35

    xG 0.11–0.36 (23%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamhuis – Bieksa16:02

    xG 1.07–1.05 (50%)attempts 17–22goals 1–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Edler17:34

    xG 0.52–0.69 (43%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Ballard – Tanev10:32

    xG 0.40–0.71 (36%)attempts 10–16goals 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 3.0 xGSJS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 47/100 · #607 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 62% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

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

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