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Sat, Nov 19, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

San Jose Sharks 4, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 54% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS110218110438
DAL01407110131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58SJSBrent BurnsPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:23SJSLogan CouturePPGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:52SJSBrad WinchesterAssists: Andrew Desjardins · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:34SJSJamie McGinnAssists: Michal Handzus, Martin Havlat · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–0
  5. P3 6:22DALMike RibeiroAssists: Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
Penalties (25)
  1. P1 4:29DALNicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:14SJSDouglas Murray: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 14:55DALToby Petersen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:55DALBrenden Morrow: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:13SJSJim Vandermeer: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:13DALKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 4:15SJSJamie McGinn: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 4:15DALEric Nystrom: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 10:09SJSMartin Havlat: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P2 10:09DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 10:18SJSPatrick Marleau: Hooking2 min
  12. P2 10:18DALSteve Ott: Diving2 min
  13. P2 10:18SJSRyane Clowe: Misconduct10 min
  14. P2 10:18DALVernon Fiddler: Misconduct10 min
  15. P2 15:56DALMike Ribeiro: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 8:44SJSBrad Winchester: Hooking2 min
  17. P3 16:08DALSteve Ott: Misconduct10 min
  18. P3 16:08SJSDan Boyle: Misconduct10 min
  19. P3 18:16DALKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  20. P3 18:16SJSRyane Clowe: Fighting5 min
  21. P3 18:16DALKrys Barch: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  22. P3 18:31SJSAndrew Murray: Tripping2 min
  23. P3 18:48DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  24. P3 18:48SJSTorrey Mitchell: Roughing2 min
  25. P3 18:48DALJamie Benn: Elbowing2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSDAL
38Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals2.6
60Shot attempts66
35Faceoffs won32
5Power plays2
47Penalty minutes53
17Hits53
13Blocked shots9
5Giveaways11
7Takeaways11

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. bestWinchester – Murray – Desjardins8:23

    xG 0.61–0.06 (92%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Clowe – Mitchell5:50

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – Pavelski – Couture8:31

    xG 0.22–0.09 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Havlat – Clowe3:00

    xG 0.22–0.09 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Demers2:22

    xG 0.38–0.14 (72%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Vlasic12:39

    xG 0.45–0.26 (63%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Vandermeer – Demers9:53

    xG 0.55–0.42 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBarch – Petersen – Wandell4:51

    xG 0.22–0.08 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom7:42

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 8–1goals 0–1

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ryder2:04

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Ott – Benn10:26

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Grossmann14:41

    xG 0.60–0.46 (57%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Souray – Robidas14:45

    xG 0.28–0.69 (29%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Fistric – Pardy12:54

    xG 0.37–0.83 (31%)attempts 14–16goals 0–2

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.

DAL 2.6 xGSJS 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1020 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50DAL 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 54% of the time.

DAL winsSJS wins

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

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