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Tue, Mar 18, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Florida Panthers 3, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 85% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0831402324
SJS010115129254

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:02SJSMartin HavlatPPAssists: Brent Burns, Matt Nieto · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:23FLABrandon PirriUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:40FLAQuinton HowdenAssists: Brandon Pirri, Jimmy Hayes · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:45FLAScottie UpshallGWGAssists: Joey Crabb, Nick Bjugstad · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:57SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:25FLANick Bjugstad: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 4:17SJSJoe Pavelski: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:29SJSAdam Burish: Holding2 min
  4. P2 2:32FLAJimmy Hayes: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:05FLAEd Jovanovski: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 8:08FLAQuinton Howden: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 10:32FLADylan Olsen: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:41FLAQuinton Howden: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASJS
24Shots on goal54
2.3Expected goals4.8
40Shot attempts99
34Faceoffs won46
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
21Hits7
24Blocked shots9
14Giveaways20
8Takeaways14

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Crabb – Trocheck9:44

    xG 0.68–0.21 (77%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  2. Gomez – Barch – Wilson3:34

    xG 0.16–0.08 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Pirri – Howden9:36

    xG 0.87–1.16 (43%)attempts 11–20goals 2–0

  4. Boyes – Upshall – Bjugstad11:35

    xG 0.32–1.62 (16%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert16:26

    xG 0.92–0.86 (52%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  2. Robak – Kulikov13:50

    xG 0.34–0.76 (31%)attempts 9–21goals 0–1

  3. Jovanovski – Olsen9:00

    xG 0.22–1.41 (14%)attempts 6–20goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHavlat – Sheppard – Wingels8:42

    xG 1.00–0.20 (83%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Couture – Nieto11:13

    xG 1.17–0.57 (67%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Burish – Kennedy – Desjardins4:57

    xG 0.20–0.35 (36%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Irwin7:50

    xG 1.04–0.17 (86%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Boyle7:53

    xG 0.96–0.56 (63%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Vlasic – Braun2:35

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 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 4.8 xGFLA 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #711 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50SJS 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 85% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).