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Fri, Feb 22, 2013·United Center, Chicago

San Jose Sharks 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 52% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS1806013127
CHI011110113234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:45SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.39 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:40CHIViktor StalbergAssists: Patrick Kane, Johnny Oduya · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:24CHIBrandon SaadSHGWGAssists: Michal Rozsival, Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 1:53SJSMichal Handzus: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:53SJSTJ Galiardi: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 13:58CHIDave Bolland: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 18:07CHIMichal Rozsival: Holding2 min
  5. P3 0:27CHIBrent Seabrook: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 5:21CHIBryan Bickell: Interference2 min
  7. P3 19:51CHIAndrew Shaw: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 19:51SJSRyane Clowe: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:51SJSRyane Clowe: Game misconduct10 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 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCHI
27Shots on goal34
2.5Expected goals2.6
51Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
16Penalty minutes10
27Hits29
17Blocked shots15
6Giveaways7
6Takeaways13

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. bestHavlat – Clowe – Couture11:53

    xG 0.91–0.21 (81%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski9:47

    xG 0.66–0.14 (83%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Handzus – Kennedy – Wingels9:21

    xG 0.07–0.36 (17%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Burish – Desjardins – Galiardi5:15

    xG 0.01–0.44 (3%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Vlasic12:43

    xG 0.98–0.42 (70%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Burns14:15

    xG 0.60–0.29 (67%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Boyle – Stuart2:11

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHossa – Toews – Saad9:56

    xG 0.55–0.14 (79%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Bickell – Stalberg – Shaw7:07

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Carcillo – Frolik – Kruger4:56

    xG 0.09–0.04 (70%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Kane – Kruger3:48

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Leddy15:04

    xG 0.75–0.11 (88%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson14:32

    xG 0.27–0.62 (30%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  3. Keith – Seabrook13:49

    xG 0.39–1.08 (26%)attempts 12–18goals 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 2.6 xGSJS 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 44/100 · #407 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 52% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

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

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