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Tue, Apr 4, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vancouver Canucks 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN06014114134
SJS2100817325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:18SJSKevin LabancAssists: Melker Karlsson, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 0:30SJSJoel WardGWGAssists: Joonas Donskoi, David Schlemko · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:30VANChris TanevAssists: Brock Boeser, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:18SJSChris TierneyAssists: Brent Burns, Joonas Donskoi · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:37SJSJoel Ward: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:10SJSDavid Schlemko: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:19VANNikita Tryamkin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:26SJSPatrick Marleau: Hooking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSJS
34Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals2.5
71Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won33
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
18Hits14
15Blocked shots28
17Giveaways12
10Takeaways8

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Sedin – Sedin – Chaput2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser12:05

    xG 0.23–0.58 (28%)attempts 16–14goals 1–2

  3. Sutter – Chaput – Boucher8:24

    xG 0.18–0.54 (25%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  4. Shore – Megna – Molino9:45

    xG 0.08–0.47 (14%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hutton – Tryamkin14:31

    xG 0.27–0.70 (28%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

  2. Sbisa – Tanev14:02

    xG 0.09–0.76 (11%)attempts 11–20goals 1–1

  3. Edler – Stecher16:03

    xG 0.37–1.05 (26%)attempts 16–19goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Boedker – Hertl8:20

    xG 0.59–0.24 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Pavelski – Karlsson – Labanc8:52

    xG 0.46–0.16 (75%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Marleau – Ward – Donskoi9:13

    xG 0.58–0.31 (65%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Marleau – Pavelski – Karlsson2:45

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Dillon13:28

    xG 0.75–0.28 (73%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  2. Vlasic – Braun13:28

    xG 0.77–0.39 (67%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Burns15:26

    xG 0.70–0.41 (63%)attempts 20–17goals 2–0

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 2.5 xGVAN 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1020 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 60% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

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

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