Skip to content
Ice Lab

Thu, Feb 7, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 5, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 50% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS310110110530
CGY112114012238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:36CGYMark JankowskiAssists: Mark Giordano, TJ Brodie · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:39SJSEvander KaneAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:42SJSBrent BurnsSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:04SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Radim Simek, Joonas Donskoi · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:27SJSEvander KaneAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.31 xG4–1
  6. P2 17:42CGYTJ BrodiePPAssists: Derek Ryan, James Neal · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:37SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Evander Kane, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.16 xG5–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:44SJSKevin Labanc: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:55CGYDalton Prout: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:47SJSTomas Hertl: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 6:33SJSBrent Burns: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:19SJSTim Heed: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:42SJSBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 10:10CGYMike Smith: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:35SJSMartin Jones: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:45SJSEvander Kane: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 16:55CGYMark Giordano: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
30Shots on goal38
3.5Expected goals3.5
53Shot attempts73
26Faceoffs won35
3Power plays7
14Penalty minutes6
13Hits17
20Blocked shots12
11Giveaways20
8Takeaways9

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. bestKane – Donskoi – Hertl11:21

    xG 1.23–0.41 (75%)attempts 18–13goals 2–0

  2. Pavelski – Couture – Meier11:52

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc8:00

    xG 0.26–0.37 (42%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Karlsson – Gambrell4:33

    xG 0.03–0.15 (19%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Dillon11:47

    xG 0.73–0.19 (79%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Simek11:25

    xG 0.79–0.32 (71%)attempts 16–10goals 2–1

  3. Vlasic – Heed8:05

    xG 0.31–0.18 (63%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Mangiapane2:44

    xG 0.23–0.06 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Jankowski – Bennett9:08

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan5:08

    xG 0.08–0.08 (48%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:04

    xG 0.22–0.59 (27%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProut – Andersson9:56

    xG 0.41–0.29 (59%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin15:14

    xG 0.57–0.92 (38%)attempts 19–18goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie14:08

    xG 0.23–0.69 (25%)attempts 14–11goals 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.

CGY 3.5 xGSJS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #606 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 50% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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