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Thu, Nov 5, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Florida Panthers 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 76% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA111111011233
SJS211211110532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:37SJSBrent BurnsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:26SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:54FLAVincent TrocheckUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:46SJSPatrick MarleauGWGAssists: Joel Ward, Tomas Hertl · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:06FLABrandon PirriPPAssists: Brian Campbell, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:00SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Nikolay Goldobin, Tommy Wingels · Snap, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:54SJSChris TierneyENAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.70 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:48FLAShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:48SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 10:47FLADmitry Kulikov: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:26SJSJoonas Donskoi: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 1:33SJSTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:56FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 12:20SJSBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 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
47% to win54% to win
← FLA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASJS
33Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals3.9
64Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
25Hits17
13Blocked shots18
13Giveaways11
11Takeaways9

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. bestJokinen – Smith – Trocheck11:39

    xG 0.48–0.23 (67%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Wilson7:25

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Bjugstad – Huberdeau10:23

    xG 0.28–0.82 (25%)attempts 10–14goals 0–3

  4. Pirri – Howden – Grimaldi10:01

    xG 0.25–0.86 (23%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad13:10

    xG 0.68–0.51 (57%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Gudbranson14:24

    xG 0.31–0.70 (31%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Petrovic12:17

    xG 0.31–1.04 (23%)attempts 13–12goals 0–3

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Donskoi13:03

    xG 1.36–0.27 (83%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Marleau – Ward – Hertl13:33

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Wingels – Tierney – Goldobin9:06

    xG 0.50–0.37 (58%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  4. Haley – Lerg – Nieto6:21

    xG 0.10–0.31 (23%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns13:52

    xG 1.40–0.33 (81%)attempts 18–11goals 2–1

  2. Vlasic – Braun13:58

    xG 0.83–0.29 (74%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Dillon2:24

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.9 xGFLA 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 52/100 · #567 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 76% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

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

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