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Thu, Nov 14, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS080911013230
VAN081200700135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:40VANKevin BieksaPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:55SJSTomas HertlAssists: Dan Boyle, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:38SJSDan BoylePPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:03VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:14VANDavid Booth: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:29SJSScott Hannan: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:10VANAlexandre Burrows: Interference2 min
  5. P2 11:50SJSJoe Pavelski: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 9:35SJSJoe Pavelski: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:35VANBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 14:54SJSAndrew Desjardins: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 14:54VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  10. OT 2:07VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
30Shots on goal35
2.2Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts71
37Faceoffs won39
4Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
12Hits16
21Blocked shots25
6Giveaways5
4Takeaways6

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. bestMarleau – Pavelski – Couture5:21

    xG 0.65–0.24 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Sheppard – McCarthy3:17

    xG 0.19–0.02 (91%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Sheppard – McCarthy2:02

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Havlat – Desjardins – Nieto3:44

    xG 0.04–0.03 (58%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Braun14:40

    xG 0.69–0.48 (59%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic16:10

    xG 0.66–0.47 (58%)attempts 24–11goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Demers12:44

    xG 0.04–0.83 (5%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Kesler14:26

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Booth – Kassian9:51

    xG 0.50–0.19 (73%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Burrows – Santorelli13:21

    xG 0.91–0.75 (55%)attempts 24–15goals 0–0

  4. Sestito – Dalpe – Welsh3:33

    xG 0.03–0.03 (51%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Stanton11:33

    xG 0.41–0.06 (88%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Garrison15:28

    xG 0.49–0.25 (66%)attempts 19–17goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Edler2:09

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 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 2.6 xGSJS 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #593 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% 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).