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Sun, Nov 17, 2013·United Center, Chicago

San Jose Sharks 1, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 67% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0915010124
CHI1918310527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:34CHIBrandon PirriAssists: Patrick Kane, Kris Versteeg · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:16SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Justin Braun · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:08CHIPatrick SharpGWGAssists: Marcus Kruger, Brandon Saad · Slap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:39CHIJonathan ToewsAssists: Ben Smith, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.40 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:10CHIKris VersteegAssists: Brandon Saad, Brandon Pirri · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:49CHIPatrick SharpUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:07SJSAndrew Desjardins: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:30CHIBrandon Bollig: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 1:44CHISheldon Brookbank: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 18:49SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCHI
24Shots on goal27
1.9Expected goals2.8
47Shot attempts54
23Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
30Hits26
17Blocked shots14
5Giveaways6
5Takeaways10

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 – Desjardins – Nieto8:37

    xG 0.28–0.09 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Kennedy – McCarthy6:32

    xG 0.35–0.22 (61%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Marleau – Sheppard – Couture6:35

    xG 0.52–0.45 (54%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  4. Marleau – Pavelski – Kennedy2:42

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Vlasic17:32

    xG 0.83–0.21 (80%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Braun15:41

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  3. Hannan – Demers16:03

    xG 0.54–0.88 (38%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestVersteeg – Kane – Pirri10:36

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Sharp – Toews – Saad12:12

    xG 0.29–0.23 (55%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig10:55

    xG 0.09–0.80 (10%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Hjalmarsson14:16

    xG 0.83–0.70 (54%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Rozsival – Leddy11:31

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  3. Keith – Seabrook14:36

    xG 0.59–0.61 (49%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGSJS 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #774 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 67% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

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

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