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Thu, Feb 11, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Calgary Flames 6, San Jose Sharks 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 88% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY490417022622
SJS112211216031542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:12CGYSam BennettUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:18CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:45SJSTommy WingelsAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P1 12:46CGYSean MonahanAssists: Jiri Hudler, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P1 13:26CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Sam Bennett, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
  6. P2 0:48SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Brent Burns, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–2
  7. P2 11:17SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture · Tip-in, 0.27 xG4–3
  8. P3 2:46SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Logan Couture, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–4
  9. P3 5:55SJSDylan DeMeloPPAssists: Joel Ward, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–5
  10. P3 8:08CGYKris RussellPPAssists: Sam Bennett, Micheal Ferland · Wrist, 0.26 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Logan Couture scored
  2. 2. CGY Joe Colborne scored
  3. 3. SJS Joonas Donskoi stopped
  4. 4. CGY Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  5. 5. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  6. 6. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  7. 7. SJS Patrick Marleau stopped
  8. 8. CGY Jiri Hudler scored
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 4:48SJSLogan Couture: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:18SJSJustin Braun: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:08CGYMicheal Ferland: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:20CGYTJ Brodie: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:07CGYMichael Frolik: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:59CGYMikael Backlund: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 9:59CGYSam Bennett: Bench2 min
  8. P2 19:02SJSBrent Burns: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 4:13CGYSam Bennett: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 6:22SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 8:35SJSJoe Thornton: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 13:20CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 17:00CGYSam Bennett: Elbowing2 min
  14. P3 17:00CGYMark Giordano: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSJS
22Shots on goal42
2.2Expected goals5.2
40Shot attempts83
34Faceoffs won32
5Power plays9
18Penalty minutes10
36Hits11
23Blocked shots13
16Giveaways11
11Takeaways13

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. bestHudler – Gaudreau – Monahan9:37

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Bennett9:17

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 6–9goals 2–0

  3. Colborne – Ferland – Granlund6:32

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Stajan – Jones – Bouma3:41

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Brodie2:14

    xG 0.06–0.03 (62%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie13:56

    xG 0.47–0.46 (51%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Hamilton10:20

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Wingels – Donskoi7:39

    xG 0.73–0.01 (98%)attempts 14–2goals 2–0

  2. Zubrus – Tierney – Karlsson4:55

    xG 0.11–0.04 (70%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Ward – Nieto7:25

    xG 0.58–0.56 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Marleau – Ward – Karlsson2:27

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns11:04

    xG 1.09–0.16 (87%)attempts 20–5goals 1–1

  2. DeMelo – Tennyson7:37

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Vlasic – Braun13:08

    xG 0.38–0.45 (46%)attempts 11–10goals 0–2

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 5.2 xGCGY 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 100/100 · #2 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.38 · 10 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 88% 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).