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Sat, Feb 25, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 4, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 66% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0828210426
VAN01411606136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:31SJSTomas HertlAssists: Chris Tierney, Joel Ward · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:02VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:04SJSPatrick MarleauGWGAssists: David Schlemko, Chris Tierney · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:31SJSMikkel BoedkerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:20SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 6:39SJSPatrick Marleau: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 13:58SJSMicheal Haley: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 2:08VANJoseph LaBate: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 2:08SJSBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 13:44VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← SJS attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tierney won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
26Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts68
31Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
7Hits13
23Blocked shots15
5Giveaways11
4Takeaways7

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. bestWard – Hertl – Tierney13:45

    xG 0.52–0.27 (66%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Labanc12:03

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson10:11

    xG 0.20–0.40 (34%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Couture – Boedker11:27

    xG 0.27–0.52 (35%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Schlemko2:13

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Schlemko – Dillon12:24

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  3. Burns – Dillon2:35

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Hansen – Horvat13:20

    xG 0.61–0.15 (80%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – LaBate – Megna7:31

    xG 0.32–0.15 (69%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows14:35

    xG 0.70–0.64 (52%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

  4. Sutter – Boucher – Megna2:48

    xG 0.03–0.15 (18%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Larsen15:29

    xG 0.74–0.45 (62%)attempts 24–14goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – McEneny10:52

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Biega3:30

    xG 0.18–0.15 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGSJS 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #799 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 66% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

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

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