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Sat, Nov 28, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Calgary Flames 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 68% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01007210227
SJS21121216529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:03SJSTommy WingelsAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Tomas Hertl · Tip-in, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:36SJSTomas HertlAssists: Brenden Dillon · Slap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:04SJSJoel WardPPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:54SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P3 9:42CGYMarkus GranlundAssists: TJ Brodie, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:07SJSMarc-Edouard VlasicAssists: Tommy Wingels, Matt Nieto · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:43CGYMicheal FerlandAssists: David Jones · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 1:39SJSPatrick Marleau: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:23SJSMirco Mueller: Charging2 min
  3. P2 8:16CGYDeryk Engelland: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:51CGYDennis Wideman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:01SJSMirco Mueller: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 9:01CGYJoe Colborne: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 11:40SJSBrenden Dillon: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSJS
27Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals3.2
67Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
27Hits15
10Blocked shots26
14Giveaways18
10Takeaways8

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Ferland – Monahan2:13

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Ferland – Granlund – Jooris6:26

    xG 0.23–0.14 (61%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Frolik – Colborne2:32

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Gaudreau – Monahan2:53

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie16:20

    xG 0.64–0.46 (58%)attempts 21–17goals 1–1

  2. Wideman – Hamilton2:05

    xG 0.17–0.08 (70%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Wideman12:54

    xG 0.38–0.59 (40%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestWingels – Nieto – Hertl11:50

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 18–12goals 3–1

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Karlsson12:03

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Ward – Donskoi11:16

    xG 0.36–0.37 (50%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Zubrus – Brown – Tierney8:54

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns17:47

    xG 0.90–0.27 (77%)attempts 25–16goals 0–1

  2. Vlasic – Dillon16:42

    xG 0.95–0.67 (59%)attempts 16–21goals 3–1

  3. Tennyson – Mueller10:18

    xG 0.38–0.34 (53%)attempts 7–11goals 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 3.2 xGCGY 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #972 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 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 68% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

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

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