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Sat, Oct 24, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Carolina Hurricanes 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR07212015234
SJS262817521

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:21SJSJoel WardAssists: Patrick Marleau, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:32SJSJoel WardAssists: Brent Burns · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:09CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Nathan Gerbe, Victor Rask · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:08SJSJoe PavelskiGWGAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:09SJSTommy WingelsAssists: Chris Tierney, Paul Martin · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P2 10:43CARRiley NashAssists: Noah Hanifin, Kris Versteeg · Wrap-around, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:03SJSJoel WardENAssists: Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:13SJSJoe Thornton: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:10SJSBarclay Goodrow: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:39SJSBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 5:20CARKris Versteeg: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win54% to win
← CAR attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSJS
34Shots on goal21
2.9Expected goals3.5
65Shot attempts38
20Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
18Hits17
6Blocked shots24
12Giveaways18
2Takeaways4

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestVersteeg – Nash – Skinner13:09

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 20–2goals 1–0

  2. McClement – Malone – McGinn7:24

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Gerbe – Staal – Terry11:50

    xG 0.29–0.23 (56%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Rask – Lindholm10:52

    xG 0.31–0.87 (26%)attempts 10–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Hanifin12:41

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Liles – Faulk9:27

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Pesce6:23

    xG 0.05–0.16 (23%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Nieto12:26

    xG 0.51–0.14 (78%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Ward – Hertl14:12

    xG 1.13–0.84 (57%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  3. Wingels – Goodrow – Tierney12:37

    xG 0.61–0.40 (60%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  4. Brown – McCarthy – Lerg6:50

    xG 0.00–0.41 (0%)attempts 0–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Tennyson13:22

    xG 0.85–0.25 (77%)attempts 4–16goals 2–1

  2. Vlasic – Braun15:59

    xG 0.77–0.55 (58%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Burns17:03

    xG 0.53–0.78 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 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 3.5 xGCAR 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 52/100 · #571 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 60% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
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-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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