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Fri, Oct 26, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

San Jose Sharks 3, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 73% of the time.

CAR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS2111505020323
CAR08316011061441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:37SJSAntti SuomelaAssists: Evander Kane, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:16SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:12CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Micheal Ferland, Teuvo Teravainen · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:47SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Logan Couture, Kevin Labanc · Snap, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:07CARBrock McGinnUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:14CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Sebastian Aho · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Justin Williams stopped
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  3. 3. CAR Brock McGinn scored
  4. 4. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  5. 5. CAR Sebastian Aho stopped
  6. 6. SJS Joonas Donskoi stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:02CARTeuvo Teravainen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:28SJSMelker Karlsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:28CARLucas Wallmark: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:08CARMicheal Ferland: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 7:09SJSErik Karlsson: Slashing2 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 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCAR
23Shots on goal41
3.6Expected goals5.3
51Shot attempts80
27Faceoffs won43
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits30
16Blocked shots12
10Giveaways13
18Takeaways31

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 – Hertl – Meier7:40

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  2. Couture – Kane – Donskoi5:11

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Karlsson – Gambrell4:49

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Donskoi – Sorensen – Suomela7:12

    xG 0.33–0.48 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Karlsson5:20

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Karlsson3:12

    xG 0.22–0.13 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Vlasic2:11

    xG 0.11–0.10 (53%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Staal – Foegele13:54

    xG 0.78–0.35 (69%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Martinook – McGinn – Wallmark2:50

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov7:25

    xG 0.68–0.33 (67%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Zykov – Roy6:07

    xG 0.25–0.27 (47%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Faulk16:03

    xG 1.19–0.34 (78%)attempts 22–11goals 1–0

  2. Pesce – van Riemsdyk15:30

    xG 0.64–0.33 (66%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Slavin16:20

    xG 1.15–1.34 (46%)attempts 25–21goals 1–1

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.

CAR 5.3 xGSJS 3.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #355 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 73% of the time.

CAR winsSJS wins

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

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