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Sun, Jan 27, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Vancouver Canucks 1, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0611305124
SJS2918110427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:43SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Brad Stuart · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:26SJSJoe PavelskiGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:05VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.40 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:27SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Dan Boyle, Logan Couture · Deflected, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:14SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Slap, 0.09 xG1–4
Penalties (25)
  1. P1 0:00SJSRyane Clowe: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 0:00VANAlexandre Burrows: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 5:48VANKevin Bieksa: Interference2 min
  4. P1 8:38VANZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 8:38SJSRyane Clowe: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 10:01SJSBrad Stuart: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 14:20VANKevin Bieksa: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P1 17:52SJSRyane Clowe: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P1 19:44SJSBrad Stuart: Interference2 min
  10. P2 1:33VANAlexandre Burrows: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 5:31SJSRyane Clowe: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 12:36VANMaxim Lapierre: Interference2 min · PPG
  13. P2 19:33SJSRyane Clowe: High sticking2 min
  14. P2 19:33SJSRyane Clowe: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  15. P2 19:33SJSRyane Clowe: Misconduct10 min
  16. P2 19:33SJSRyane Clowe: Game misconduct10 min
  17. P3 7:29VANMason Raymond: Interference2 min · PPG
  18. P3 9:16VANKevin Bieksa: Charging2 min
  19. P3 12:05SJSDouglas Murray: Fighting5 min
  20. P3 12:05VANAaron Volpatti: Fighting5 min
  21. P3 12:05SJSDouglas Murray: Elbowing2 min
  22. P3 16:26SJSAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min
  23. P3 16:26VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  24. P3 18:31VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 min
  25. P3 19:56VANKeith Ballard: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Higgins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSJS
24Shots on goal27
2.9Expected goals3.7
62Shot attempts47
20Faceoffs won42
7Power plays8
33Penalty minutes51
30Hits16
13Blocked shots21
8Giveaways12
7Takeaways8

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Burrows – Hansen5:42

    xG 0.83–0.04 (95%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Raymond – Weise – Schroeder6:09

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  3. Lapierre – Ebbett – Volpatti2:21

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Kassian6:58

    xG 0.09–0.17 (34%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Garrison6:13

    xG 0.66–0.15 (81%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Ballard – Tanev10:29

    xG 0.52–0.05 (92%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Edler8:17

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Pavelski6:28

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Gomez – Burish – Desjardins4:07

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Galiardi – Wingels6:09

    xG 0.04–0.14 (21%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Havlat – Clowe – Couture3:23

    xG 0.02–0.64 (3%)attempts 1–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Irwin2:42

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Vlasic11:35

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  3. Murray – Braun6:45

    xG 0.03–0.10 (23%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

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 3.7 xGVAN 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #536 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 64% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

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

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