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Sat, Oct 19, 2013·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Calgary Flames 3, San Jose Sharks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 98% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY081526319
SJS21321726636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:59SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Pavelski, Brad Stuart · Snap, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:07SJSScott HannanAssists: Joe Thornton, Tomas Hertl · Slap, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:01CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Sven Baertschi, Kris Russell · Slap, 0.31 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:57SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Patrick Marleau, Matt Irwin · Deflected, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:59SJSPatrick MarleauPPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.32 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:33CGYMikael BacklundSHAssists: Lee Stempniak, Dennis Wideman · Slap, 0.23 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:56CGYJiri HudlerAssists: Sean Monahan, Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 9:38SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Logan Couture, Jason Demers · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:38SJSLogan CoutureENAssists: Tommy Wingels, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Snap, 0.54 xG3–6
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 4:21CGYTJ Brodie: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 9:54SJSJames Sheppard: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:29CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:25CGYCurtis Glencross: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 13:39SJSJoe Pavelski: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 15:19SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 1:15SJSTommy Wingels: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 6:15SJSTommy Wingels: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 8:30CGYLee Stempniak: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P2 10:50CGYTim Jackman: Illegal check to head2 min
  11. P2 12:52CGYMikael Backlund: Interference2 min
  12. P2 16:59CGYShane O'Brien: High sticking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 1:08CGYLance Bouma: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 6:24SJSScott Hannan: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 8:56CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min · PPG
  16. P3 12:23CGYLee Stempniak: Boarding2 min
  17. P3 16:36CGYTJ Galiardi: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 16:36SJSMatt Irwin: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSJS
19Shots on goal36
1.8Expected goals6.8
48Shot attempts75
30Faceoffs won40
6Power plays9
20Penalty minutes14
18Hits14
23Blocked shots21
12Giveaways12
5Takeaways12

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. bestHudler – Baertschi – Monahan8:28

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Glencross – Colborne2:03

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Galiardi – Colborne – Bouma5:23

    xG 0.13–0.33 (28%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. McGrattan – Jackman – Street2:33

    xG 0.00–0.42 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. O'Brien – Butler6:42

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Butler – Brodie2:12

    xG 0.03–0.14 (16%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Russell9:23

    xG 0.15–0.92 (14%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Wingels – Nieto5:02

    xG 0.74–0.06 (92%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Desjardins – Sheppard2:57

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Kennedy – Couture8:12

    xG 0.05–0.08 (40%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Desjardins – Wingels – Nieto2:08

    xG 0.00–0.07 (1%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun9:43

    xG 0.87–0.08 (91%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Stuart6:38

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Irwin2:38

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 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 6.8 xGCGY 1.8 xG
02468P1P2P3EndxG

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 81/100 · #191 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 98% 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).