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Sun, Jan 20, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0931416429
CGY11604012132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:21CGYLee StempniakPPAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:52SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:05SJSMartin HavlatGWGAssists: Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.51 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:10SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Dan Boyle, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:00SJSDan BoylePPAssists: Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski · Slap, 0.21 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:56SJSMartin Havlat: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:38CGYJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:35SJSAdam Burish: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:33CGYSven Baertschi: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:45CGYChris Butler: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:52SJSMartin Havlat: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 16:13CGYMatt Stajan: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 18:36CGYCurtis Glencross: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 18:36CGYSven Baertschi: Holding2 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 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Iginla won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
29Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts58
42Faceoffs won27
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
22Hits17
12Blocked shots15
10Giveaways7
7Takeaways7

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 – Pavelski10:07

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Havlat – Clowe – Couture11:53

    xG 0.90–0.91 (50%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Burish – Desjardins – McLaren5:33

    xG 0.05–0.38 (11%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Galiardi – Wingels12:05

    xG 0.09–0.57 (14%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Boyle – Irwin15:19

    xG 0.42–0.41 (51%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Stuart – Vlasic14:13

    xG 0.73–0.93 (44%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  3. Murray – Braun14:02

    xG 0.27–0.88 (23%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Backlund – Baertschi9:39

    xG 0.55–0.10 (85%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Tanguay – Glencross14:11

    xG 1.07–0.66 (62%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  3. Stajan – Stempniak – Horak13:31

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. Begin – Jackman – Comeau5:14

    xG 0.06–0.20 (22%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Butler15:40

    xG 1.29–0.67 (66%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  2. Sarich – Smith13:07

    xG 0.59–0.15 (80%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Giordano15:59

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 11–12goals 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 2.7 xGSJS 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #473 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

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

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