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Mon, Jan 21, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

San Jose Sharks 2, Florida Panthers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0721408229
FLA1617417630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:21FLAAaron EkbladAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:21SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Brent Burns, Timo Meier · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:07FLAMike MathesonAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Frank Vatrano · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:20SJSTimo MeierAssists: Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski · Tip-in, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:27FLAKeith YandlePPGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:36FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.26 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:22FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Aleksander Barkov · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:22FLANick BjugstadPPAssists: Jayce Hawryluk, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:28FLAAaron Ekblad: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 19:26SJSTimo Meier: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:26FLAMark Pysyk: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:24SJSEvander Kane: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:19FLAMark Pysyk: Interference2 min
  6. P3 1:56SJSEvander Kane: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:02SJSBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:02FLAJoshua Brown: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 19:14SJSEvander Kane: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 19:14SJSEvander Kane: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSFLA
29Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals2.7
61Shot attempts52
34Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
25Penalty minutes11
23Hits25
12Blocked shots14
11Giveaways19
10Takeaways12

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. Goodrow – Labanc – Radil10:01

    xG 0.10–0.06 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Donskoi – Hertl10:14

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – Sorensen – Karlsson10:17

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Couture – Meier11:56

    xG 0.56–0.68 (45%)attempts 15–13goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeed – Ryan10:34

    xG 0.48–0.12 (80%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Heed3:28

    xG 0.18–0.04 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Simek9:17

    xG 0.36–0.28 (57%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Malgin – Borgstrom6:14

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Hawryluk – Malgin – Borgstrom3:54

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – McCann – Hawryluk3:32

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Hoffman – Trocheck – Huberdeau6:02

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad17:58

    xG 0.92–0.65 (58%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

  2. Pysyk – Matheson14:28

    xG 0.49–0.64 (44%)attempts 16–15goals 2–1

  3. Brown – McCoshen11:09

    xG 0.03–0.24 (11%)attempts 3–14goals 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.

FLA 2.7 xGSJS 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #521 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

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

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