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Tue, Jan 17, 2012·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Calgary Flames 1, San Jose Sharks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 61% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0611108030128
SJS04010114032231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:07CGYChris ButlerAssists: Jarome Iginla, Mikael Backlund · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:44SJSTorrey MitchellAssists: Michal Handzus, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
  2. 2. CGY Jarome Iginla stopped
  3. 3. SJS Michal Handzus scored
  4. 4. CGY Michael Cammalleri stopped
  5. 5. SJS Brent Burns scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:30CGYCurtis Glencross: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 15:30CGYTJ Brodie: Boarding2 min
  3. OT 5:00CGYMichael Cammalleri: Roughing2 min
  4. OT 5:00SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSJS
28Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals2.8
68Shot attempts69
22Faceoffs won32
0Power plays2
6Penalty minutes2
24Hits25
20Blocked shots26
5Giveaways16
8Takeaways6

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKostopoulos – Stempniak – Jones6:20

    xG 0.42–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Cammalleri – Backlund14:47

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  3. Stempniak – Jones – Bouma5:27

    xG 0.20–0.34 (37%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Glencross – Comeau5:55

    xG 0.02–0.25 (9%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Butler19:48

    xG 0.74–0.50 (60%)attempts 21–16goals 1–0

  2. Sarich – Brodie13:24

    xG 0.74–0.73 (50%)attempts 16–19goals 0–1

  3. Bouwmeester – Babchuk2:45

    xG 0.02–0.18 (9%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Mitchell – McGinn8:36

    xG 0.72–0.21 (78%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Ferriero – Couture13:39

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Mitchell – Wingels4:19

    xG 0.14–0.13 (53%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Winchester – Murray – McLaren4:10

    xG 0.14–0.16 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Burns16:17

    xG 1.32–0.49 (73%)attempts 22–17goals 1–0

  2. Braun – Demers12:37

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Vlasic20:50

    xG 0.24–0.68 (26%)attempts 12–26goals 0–1

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 xGCGY 2.2 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #709 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 61% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

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

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