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Sat, Feb 1, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Chicago Blackhawks 1, San Jose Sharks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 50% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI0801318011130
SJS011011114033239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 6:10SJSJoe PavelskiSHAssists: Scott Hannan · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:13CHIBrandon SaadPPAssists: Kris Versteeg, Marian Hossa · Slap, 0.12 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Joe Pavelski scored
  2. 2. CHI Jonathan Toews scored
  3. 3. SJS Patrick Marleau scored
  4. 4. CHI Patrick Sharp stopped
  5. 5. SJS Joe Thornton scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:39SJSPatrick Marleau: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:31CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:31SJSMike Brown: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:39CHIPatrick Kane: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 15:13SJSJustin Braun: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 3:08CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:43SJSBrad Stuart: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:32CHIPatrick Sharp: High sticking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISJS
30Shots on goal39
3.4Expected goals3.4
65Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
9Hits30
11Blocked shots21
20Giveaways15
9Takeaways12

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Kruger – Bollig7:41

    xG 0.79–0.02 (98%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Handzus – Shaw – Saad6:32

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Kane – Pirri8:44

    xG 0.27–0.26 (50%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Sharp – Toews12:12

    xG 0.20–0.53 (27%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook12:34

    xG 0.83–0.35 (70%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Hjalmarsson15:14

    xG 0.94–0.46 (67%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Leddy10:48

    xG 0.42–0.38 (53%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Havlat – Kearns – Hayes2:22

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

  2. Havlat – Kearns – Sheppard5:38

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Desjardins – Hayes2:36

    xG 0.02–0.12 (12%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Pavelski – Wingels10:22

    xG 0.41–0.92 (31%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Braun – Irwin6:37

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic7:32

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Stuart10:29

    xG 0.38–1.32 (22%)attempts 3–18goals 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 3.4 xGCHI 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #585 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 50% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).