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Fri, Feb 15, 2013·United Center, Chicago

San Jose Sharks 1, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 75% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0818012128
CHI19217111437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:16CHIDave BollandAssists: Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:05CHIMarcus KrugerGWGAssists: Jamal Mayers, Niklas Hjalmarsson · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:03SJSTim KennedyAssists: Logan Couture, Brad Stuart · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:40CHIAndrew ShawPPAssists: Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:28CHINiklas HjalmarssonAssists: Marcus Kruger, Jamal Mayers · Slap, 0.02 xG1–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 11:40CHISheldon Brookbank: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:58SJSJoe Thornton: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 15:31CHIJonathan Toews: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:31SJSJoe Thornton: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:31CHIJonathan Toews: Boarding2 min
  6. P1 15:31CHIJonathan Toews: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P1 18:55SJSPatrick Marleau: Interference2 min
  8. P2 9:09SJSDouglas Murray: Closing hand on puck2 min
  9. P2 13:15SJSJason Demers: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 11:22SJSAdam Burish: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 15:51CHISheldon Brookbank: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 19:25CHIViktor Stalberg: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 19:25SJSAdam Burish: Cross checking2 min
  14. P3 19:25CHIAndrew Shaw: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 19:25SJSDouglas Murray: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCHI
28Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals4.5
53Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won27
4Power plays5
19Penalty minutes17
24Hits18
9Blocked shots15
3Giveaways9
6Takeaways11

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. bestHandzus – Burish – Galiardi2:41

    xG 0.66–0.22 (75%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Handzus – Gomez – Wingels4:54

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Gomez – Havlat – Pavelski3:00

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Havlat – Burish – Galiardi5:18

    xG 0.51–0.45 (54%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Stuart13:26

    xG 1.30–0.63 (67%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Burns6:15

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Demers7:45

    xG 0.46–0.51 (47%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestMayers – Frolik – Kruger5:28

    xG 0.46–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  2. Hossa – Toews – Saad10:02

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  3. Sharp – Bolland – Kane9:49

    xG 0.50–0.65 (43%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw7:48

    xG 0.09–0.51 (15%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson13:24

    xG 0.90–0.32 (74%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Keith – Seabrook13:45

    xG 0.58–0.85 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Brookbank – Leddy12:42

    xG 0.15–0.79 (16%)attempts 4–13goals 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.

CHI 4.5 xGSJS 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #530 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.98 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 75% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

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

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