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Tue, Mar 5, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 50% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS171708082330
VAN0172709051238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:42SJSScott GomezAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Brad Stuart · Slap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:43SJSAdam BurishSHAssists: Brad Stuart · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:23VANHenrik SedinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:35VANJannik HansenAssists: Mason Raymond, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Chris Higgins scored
  2. 2. SJS Michal Handzus stopped
  3. 3. VAN Alexander Edler stopped
  4. 4. SJS Dan Boyle stopped
  5. 5. VAN Jannik Hansen stopped
  6. 6. SJS Logan Couture scored
  7. 7. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  8. 8. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:30VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:01VANDavid Booth: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:19SJSMichal Handzus: Holding2 min
  4. P2 14:36SJSRyane Clowe: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:54SJSBrad Stuart: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:26SJSJames Sheppard: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:47VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min
  8. OT 1:34SJSScott Gomez: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
30Shots on goal38
2.8Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts73
36Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits19
20Blocked shots10
3Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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. bestGomez – Kearns – Sheppard3:45

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Pavelski2:21

    xG 0.15–0.02 (89%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Clowe – Kennedy – Couture2:44

    xG 0.11–0.04 (72%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Pavelski – Kennedy4:01

    xG 0.05–0.07 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Vlasic15:46

    xG 0.45–0.38 (54%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Irwin16:17

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  3. Murray – Demers10:39

    xG 0.20–0.50 (28%)attempts 6–16goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows11:19

    xG 0.48–0.09 (84%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Lapierre – Booth – Kassian8:08

    xG 0.35–0.13 (72%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Hansen – Raymond8:28

    xG 0.28–0.31 (48%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Sestito – Weise – Schroeder6:27

    xG 0.02–0.30 (5%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev13:44

    xG 0.57–0.27 (68%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Garrison12:56

    xG 0.39–0.16 (70%)attempts 16–9goals 2–0

  3. Hamhuis – Tanev2:56

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

VAN 2.8 xGSJS 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #145 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 50% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

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

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