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Fri, Apr 5, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Calgary Flames 1, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 77% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1100806124
SJS01708216241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:55CGYMikael BacklundPPAssists: Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:40SJSDan BoyleAssists: Logan Couture, Matt Tennyson · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:54SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Brent Burns, TJ Galiardi · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:28CGYTJ Brodie: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:49SJSLogan Couture: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:16CGYMikael Backlund: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 14:12SJSMatt Irwin: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:17CGYAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSJS
24Shots on goal41
0.9Expected goals2.2
45Shot attempts79
30Faceoffs won41
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
26Hits20
22Blocked shots13
14Giveaways15
9Takeaways9

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGlencross – Backlund – Cervenka10:23

    xG 0.20–0.11 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Hudler – Horak12:44

    xG 0.13–0.34 (28%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

  3. Begin – McGrattan – Jackman8:49

    xG 0.19–0.42 (32%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  4. Tanguay – Stajan – Stempniak9:51

    xG 0.13–0.42 (24%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Brodie4:35

    xG 0.06–0.02 (70%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Carson – Brodie3:52

    xG 0.03–0.03 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Butler3:21

    xG 0.02–0.04 (39%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Sheppard – Galiardi4:24

    xG 0.23–0.06 (81%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Couture – Wingels11:50

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Havlat – Pavelski – Sheppard4:03

    xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Burish – Desjardins8:37

    xG 0.18–0.17 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin8:23

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Braun4:33

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun6:45

    xG 0.11–0.10 (53%)attempts 6–9goals 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 2.2 xGCGY 0.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #412 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 77% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

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

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