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Fri, Feb 17, 2012·RBC Center, Raleigh

San Jose Sharks 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 53% of the time.

CAR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS06013218237
CAR2701216325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:31CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:34CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:26SJSDan BoyleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:52SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Dominic Moore, Ryane Clowe · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:55CARJussi JokinenGWGAssists: Jamie McBain, Drayson Bowman · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:45SJSJamie McGinn: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:21SJSThomas Greiss: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:46CARJaroslav Spacek: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:46SJSTommy Wingels: Diving2 min
  5. P2 18:05CARJerome Samson: Tripping2 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCAR
37Shots on goal25
2.5Expected goals2.3
70Shot attempts44
39Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits24
10Blocked shots18
5Giveaways5
6Takeaways8

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. bestMoore – Clowe – Ferriero7:22

    xG 0.58–0.21 (73%)attempts 12–5goals 2–1

  2. McGinn – Couture – Wingels9:00

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Desjardins – Ferriero2:48

    xG 0.11–0.01 (89%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Mitchell – Desjardins3:38

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVandermeer – Braun6:51

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Burns2:35

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Vandermeer – Vlasic4:34

    xG 0.19–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Nodl – Sutter13:30

    xG 0.75–0.39 (66%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Tlusty – Samson11:40

    xG 0.38–0.22 (64%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Bowman – Skinner11:28

    xG 0.32–0.70 (31%)attempts 9–17goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Gleason13:23

    xG 0.73–0.23 (76%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – Faulk14:58

    xG 0.53–0.54 (49%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  3. Spacek – McBain11:17

    xG 0.28–0.65 (30%)attempts 8–18goals 1–2

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.

CAR 2.3 xGSJS 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #442 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 53% of the time.

CAR winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).