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Wed, Dec 5, 2018·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Carolina Hurricanes 1, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR017112011140
SJS292717523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44SJSBarclay GoodrowAssists: Kevin Labanc, Melker Karlsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:10SJSTomas HertlPPGWGAssists: Kevin Labanc, Logan Couture · Deflected, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:42SJSTimo MeierAssists: Radim Simek, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:02SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Timo Meier, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–4
  5. P2 18:31CARLucas WallmarkPPAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:43SJSMarcus SorensenAssists: Timo Meier, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:19CARJordan Staal: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 9:14CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 11:38SJSEvander Kane: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:25SJSEvander Kane: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:50CARBrock McGinn: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:50SJSMarcus Sorensen: Interference2 min
  7. P3 19:50SJSBrenden Dillon: Elbowing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSJS
40Shots on goal23
3.5Expected goals2.2
77Shot attempts41
36Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits17
10Blocked shots20
10Giveaways8
7Takeaways12

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Teravainen – Aho13:04

    xG 1.24–0.26 (83%)attempts 27–7goals 0–1

  2. Williams – Rask – McGinn11:21

    xG 0.70–0.35 (67%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov11:21

    xG 0.60–0.34 (64%)attempts 20–7goals 0–1

  4. Di Giuseppe – Foegele – Bishop8:58

    xG 0.11–0.23 (32%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – van Riemsdyk13:23

    xG 0.90–0.26 (77%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin17:39

    xG 1.40–0.89 (61%)attempts 28–18goals 0–2

  3. de Haan – Faulk18:01

    xG 0.38–0.33 (54%)attempts 24–5goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Karlsson – Labanc8:41

    xG 0.27–0.18 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Sorensen – Meier9:56

    xG 0.36–0.46 (44%)attempts 5–14goals 2–0

  3. Kane – Donskoi – Suomela12:05

    xG 0.17–0.49 (25%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Couture – Hertl12:02

    xG 0.46–1.05 (31%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Dillon14:00

    xG 0.79–0.36 (69%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun15:20

    xG 0.51–0.75 (40%)attempts 9–20goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Simek14:25

    xG 0.32–0.63 (33%)attempts 7–23goals 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 2.2 xGCAR 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1087 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 71% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

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

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