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Mon, Mar 24, 2014·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 1, Calgary Flames 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS11804010020134
CGY0811205021227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:11SJSJames SheppardAssists: Matt Nieto, Dan Boyle · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:00CGYJoe ColborneAssists: Tyler Wotherspoon, Curtis Glencross · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Joe Colborne stopped
  2. 2. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
  3. 3. CGY Jiri Hudler stopped
  4. 4. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  5. 5. CGY Michael Cammalleri scored
  6. 6. SJS James Sheppard stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:57SJSJoe Thornton: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:56CGYJoe Colborne: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:58SJSDan Boyle: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:09CGYLadislav Smid: Interference2 min
  5. P3 0:10SJSJoe Thornton: 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 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
34Shots on goal27
3.2Expected goals2.5
69Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
7Hits14
14Blocked shots17
2Giveaways12
5Takeaways6

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 – Couture – Nieto4:03

    xG 0.69–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Havlat – Pavelski – Wingels4:44

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Kennedy – Nieto4:00

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Havlat – Sheppard – Wingels4:50

    xG 0.06–0.02 (75%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin9:37

    xG 1.28–0.45 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  2. Stuart – Braun8:31

    xG 0.25–0.02 (91%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Demers15:05

    xG 0.63–0.76 (45%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGrattan – Westgarth – Bouma4:23

    xG 0.45–0.14 (77%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Hudler – Glencross12:29

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Byron – Backlund13:57

    xG 0.16–0.33 (32%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  4. Colborne – Agostino – Monahan9:10

    xG 0.38–0.79 (33%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Wotherspoon14:51

    xG 0.78–0.54 (59%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie15:33

    xG 0.54–0.41 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Butler14:28

    xG 0.45–1.47 (24%)attempts 6–26goals 0–1

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.

CGY 2.5 xGSJS 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #928 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 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 62% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

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

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