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Tue, Jan 31, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Chicago Blackhawks 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 82% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0711008125
SJS01011128329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:06SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:53CHIDennis RasmussenAssists: Richard Panik, Brent Seabrook · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:57SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.37 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:14SJSJoe PavelskiENAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.63 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:20CHIArtemi Panarin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:21SJSRyan Carpenter: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:09CHIRyan Hartman: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:22SJSBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:33CHIArtem Anisimov: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:54SJSBrent Burns: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
44% to win56% to win
← CHI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISJS
25Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.9
56Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won19
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
11Hits25
22Blocked shots21
26Giveaways16
6Takeaways21

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestAnisimov – Kane – Schmaltz3:56

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Kane – Panarin2:44

    xG 0.10–0.01 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Desjardins – Panik – Rasmussen9:18

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  4. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin6:26

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook3:56

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Forsling2:05

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Seabrook3:39

    xG 0.27–0.34 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Hertl11:30

    xG 0.66–0.20 (77%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  2. Marleau – Couture – Boedker9:12

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Ward – Tierney – Labanc9:19

    xG 0.19–0.09 (69%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Carpenter – Karlsson – Meier5:17

    xG 0.20–0.34 (38%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns15:49

    xG 1.14–0.40 (74%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun14:51

    xG 0.51–0.31 (62%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Schlemko – Dillon12:25

    xG 0.34–0.32 (51%)attempts 15–10goals 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 xGCHI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #733 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 82% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

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

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