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Tue, Mar 13, 2012·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 2, Calgary Flames 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 80% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS110081904231
CGY08290213322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:46CGYSven BaertschiAssists: Jarome Iginla, Roman Horak · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:27CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:22SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.29 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:20CGYMatt StajanGWGAssists: Blake Comeau · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:31SJSBenn Ferriero: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 5:06SJSRyane Clowe: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:32CGYMatt Stajan: Holding2 min
  4. P1 16:33SJSRyane Clowe: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 17:18CGYOlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 19:31CGYCurtis Glencross: Boarding5 min
  7. P1 19:31CGYCurtis Glencross: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P1 19:31SJSRyane Clowe: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 19:31CGYGuillaume Desbiens: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 16:21CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P2 19:50CGYCory Sarich: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Marleau won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
31Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals1.3
67Shot attempts39
32Faceoffs won23
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes28
13Hits15
8Blocked shots18
6Giveaways7
7Takeaways16

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 – Pavelski – Couture9:20

    xG 0.58–0.13 (82%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Clowe – Winnik8:24

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Winchester – Desjardins – Ferriero3:43

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Mitchell – Galiardi8:06

    xG 0.05–0.18 (21%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Burns10:43

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Braun – Demers9:42

    xG 0.16–0.01 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Vlasic12:47

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan9:03

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Moss – Comeau6:25

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Horak – Baertschi2:30

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Nemisz – Baertschi3:07

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Babchuk – Smith10:41

    xG 0.20–0.25 (44%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Bouwmeester13:20

    xG 0.22–0.34 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Giordano11:39

    xG 0.11–0.49 (19%)attempts 7–9goals 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.

CGY 1.3 xGSJS 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #471 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 80% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

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

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