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Sat, Dec 10, 2016·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Carolina Hurricanes 3, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR111111111333
SJS2102406420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:12SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Joe Thornton, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:59CARLee StempniakPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 3:14SJSPaul MartinAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Melker Karlsson · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:02CARJoakim NordstromSHAssists: Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:18SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Brent Burns, Joel Ward · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:10SJSKevin LabancGWGAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:42CARDerek RyanPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:37SJSJoe Thornton: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:12CARDerek Ryan: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 3:27SJSBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:37SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 6:37CARJeff Skinner: Embellishment2 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
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Teravainen won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSJS
33Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals2.4
68Shot attempts44
32Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
12Hits23
10Blocked shots24
21Giveaways26
8Takeaways9

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. bestSkinner – Rask – Ryan4:24

    xG 0.74–0.12 (86%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Teravainen – Aho16:09

    xG 0.45–0.33 (57%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Nestrasil – Skinner – Ryan8:04

    xG 0.46–0.43 (52%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  4. Rask – Di Giuseppe – McGinn6:24

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce16:49

    xG 0.88–0.54 (62%)attempts 22–10goals 0–3

  2. Hainsey – Faulk16:35

    xG 0.93–0.66 (59%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  3. Tennyson – Hanifin10:46

    xG 0.39–0.29 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestWingels – Nieto – Karlsson4:28

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Wingels – Donskoi – Nieto4:05

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Boedker – Tierney – Karlsson5:47

    xG 0.10–0.03 (75%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  4. Ward – Couture – Labanc6:00

    xG 0.12–0.27 (30%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – DeMelo3:12

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Dillon5:57

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Braun2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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.

SJS 2.4 xGCAR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #499 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 62% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

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

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