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Sun, Nov 11, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Calgary Flames 1, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 70% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0818014130
SJS11211116329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:50SJSEvander KaneAssists: Joe Pavelski, Joonas Donskoi · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:28SJSJoonas DonskoiGWGAssists: Evander Kane, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:02CGYSean MonahanAssists: Mark Jankowski · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:08SJSJoe PavelskiENAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Snap, 0.74 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:07CGYJuuso Välimäki: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:37CGYMark Jankowski: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 3:17CGYSean Monahan: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:17SJSTimo Meier: Embellishment2 min
  5. P3 6:38CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:22SJSBrenden Dillon: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSJS
30Shots on goal29
2.4Expected goals3.6
54Shot attempts61
25Faceoffs won24
0Power plays3
8Penalty minutes2
18Hits21
16Blocked shots14
3Giveaways8
7Takeaways11

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Bennett – Ryan2:24

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Bennett – Tkachuk3:23

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Hathaway – Czarnik6:08

    xG 0.27–0.19 (58%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Neal – Backlund – Tkachuk4:08

    xG 0.04–0.16 (20%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Välimäki11:56

    xG 0.56–0.38 (60%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie19:00

    xG 0.76–0.74 (50%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Hanifin15:10

    xG 0.20–0.72 (22%)attempts 10–19goals 0–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Kane – Donskoi11:49

    xG 0.64–0.06 (91%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  2. Couture – Hertl – Meier11:48

    xG 0.57–0.27 (68%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Karlsson – Suomela7:11

    xG 0.04–0.31 (12%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Karlsson – Meier2:25

    xG 0.03–0.39 (6%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Karlsson2:14

    xG 0.18–0.02 (88%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Dillon13:22

    xG 0.77–0.65 (54%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Ryan13:43

    xG 0.61–0.53 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 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 3.6 xGCGY 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1053 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 70% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

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

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