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Thu, Jan 16, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

San Jose Sharks 3, Florida Panthers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 75% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS02117211339
FLA0801105024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:09SJSJoe ThorntonGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:44SJSMatt NietoAssists: Tyler Kennedy, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:46SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brent Burns, Brad Stuart · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:55FLAAleksander Barkov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:26FLAMarcel Goc: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 13:53SJSTommy Wingels: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. P2 4:44SJSBrad Stuart: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 9:12SJSBracken Kearns: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 10:57FLAScottie Upshall: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 13:44FLAScottie Upshall: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Marleau won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSFLA
39Shots on goal24
3.1Expected goals1.7
58Shot attempts45
22Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits40
14Blocked shots6
3Giveaways5
5Takeaways7

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. bestKennedy – Desjardins – Kearns8:20

    xG 0.46–0.19 (71%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Wingels – Nieto10:38

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Sheppard – McCarthy – Hayes8:12

    xG 0.12–0.08 (61%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Braun10:53

    xG 0.55–0.12 (82%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Irwin11:08

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Demers9:38

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Upshall – Bjugstad12:08

    xG 0.58–0.51 (53%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  2. Boyes – Bergenheim – Barkov13:07

    xG 0.28–0.30 (49%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Matthias – Hayes – Shore6:58

    xG 0.16–0.44 (27%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Goc – Huberdeau8:04

    xG 0.23–0.74 (24%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeaver – Kulikov12:21

    xG 0.56–0.36 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Campbell – Kulikov2:04

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Gudbranson2:00

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

FLA 1.7 xGSJS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1096 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 75% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

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

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