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Fri, Nov 23, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vancouver Canucks 0, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 66% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN080803019
SJS2120527424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:54SJSLogan CouturePPGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:50SJSTimo MeierPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Deflected, 0.50 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:43SJSErik KarlssonPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Kevin Labanc · Snap, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 9:35SJSMelker KarlssonAssists: Erik Karlsson, Brenden Dillon · Deflected, 0.06 xG0–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:12VANAntoine Roussel: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 10:48VANAntoine Roussel: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:04VANDerrick Pouliot: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:16SJSBrenden Dillon: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:07SJSEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:00SJSLukas Radil: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 2:54VANSam Gagner: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:20SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:20VANAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:20VANAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 19:20VANAntoine Roussel: Misconduct10 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kane won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSJS
19Shots on goal24
2.2Expected goals3.0
47Shot attempts48
14Faceoffs won28
3Power plays6
24Penalty minutes8
26Hits20
16Blocked shots16
4Giveaways10
7Takeaways14

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. bestGagner – Schaller – Horvat3:30

    xG 0.63–0.16 (80%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Granlund – Motte – Virtanen2:21

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Goldobin – Pettersson8:51

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Granlund – Motte4:09

    xG 0.01–0.07 (13%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPouliot – Stecher12:59

    xG 0.58–0.38 (61%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Tanev14:35

    xG 0.23–0.37 (38%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Hutton15:45

    xG 0.53–0.97 (35%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Karlsson – Radil8:54

    xG 0.52–0.47 (53%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi11:30

    xG 0.31–0.31 (49%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Hertl – Meier9:22

    xG 0.15–0.27 (36%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc9:35

    xG 0.38–0.64 (37%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Heed6:19

    xG 0.60–0.08 (89%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Dillon2:40

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Karlsson3:44

    xG 0.02–0.18 (8%)attempts 4–2goals 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 3.0 xGVAN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1212 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 66% 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).