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Thu, Nov 10, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

San Jose Sharks 4, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS11118210429
FLA2110607224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:09FLAJason DemersAssists: Jared McCann · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:26FLAJason DemersAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:18SJSBrent BurnsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:53SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joel Ward · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:53SJSTommy WingelsGWGAssists: Chris Tierney · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:03SJSLogan CoutureENAssists: Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.65 xG4–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 5:45FLAJason Demers: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:11FLAAaron Ekblad: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:16SJSJoel Ward: Holding2 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 SOG0FLA
44% to win56% to win
← SJS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSFLA
29Shots on goal24
2.9Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts45
33Faceoffs won25
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
16Hits25
12Blocked shots11
10Giveaways6
6Takeaways4

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. bestCouture – Boedker – Donskoi5:03

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Hertl – Labanc4:10

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Boedker – Hertl7:54

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Donskoi – Labanc8:33

    xG 0.25–0.27 (48%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun19:06

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Dillon16:04

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Burns15:53

    xG 0.65–1.13 (36%)attempts 13–15goals 2–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – McCann – Malgin10:18

    xG 0.62–0.18 (78%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Barkov2:33

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Marchessault – Barkov12:33

    xG 0.46–0.41 (53%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  4. MacKenzie – Harper – McKegg10:28

    xG 0.02–0.27 (7%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Demers15:38

    xG 1.10–0.74 (60%)attempts 16–15goals 2–1

  2. Petrovic – Pysyk14:14

    xG 0.58–0.36 (62%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  3. Demers – Matheson2:30

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

FLA 2.1 xGSJS 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #397 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 64% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).