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Mon, Feb 11, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 7, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS3103519724
VAN1901315227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:04SJSTimo MeierAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski · Snap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:22SJSEvander KaneAssists: Logan Couture, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:48SJSMelker KarlssonGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Barclay Goodrow · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P1 19:53VANBo HorvatAssists: Elias Pettersson, Troy Stecher · Snap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:36SJSEvander KaneAssists: Melker Karlsson, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P2 11:00SJSTomas HertlAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–1
  7. P2 17:30SJSKevin LabancAssists: Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.26 xG6–1
  8. P3 12:06VANDerrick PouliotAssists: Zack MacEwen, Nikolay Goldobin · Snap, 0.23 xG6–2
  9. P3 14:05SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Brenden Dillon, Tim Heed · Deflected, 0.08 xG7–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:41SJSEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 15:41SJSEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:41VANTroy Stecher: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:51VANChris Tanev: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 0:45SJSJustin Braun: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 1:38VANBrock Boeser: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 8:43VANErik Gudbranson: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
24Shots on goal27
2.7Expected goals2.5
51Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits17
11Blocked shots13
3Giveaways2
5Takeaways4

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. bestGoodrow – Karlsson – Radil9:20

    xG 0.49–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Donskoi – Hertl10:58

    xG 0.44–0.31 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Couture – Meier10:51

    xG 0.51–0.41 (55%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc10:30

    xG 0.42–1.33 (24%)attempts 5–16goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Dillon13:49

    xG 0.94–0.64 (60%)attempts 16–14goals 2–1

  2. Burns – Dillon2:19

    xG 0.26–0.14 (66%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Vlasic – Heed12:24

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Horvat – Virtanen6:29

    xG 0.35–0.15 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  2. Granlund – Goldobin – MacEwen3:33

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Roussel – Horvat – MacEwen2:00

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

  4. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson12:29

    xG 0.50–0.78 (39%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Pouliot14:35

    xG 0.93–0.28 (77%)attempts 10–11goals 1–2

  2. Hutton – Stecher15:51

    xG 0.87–0.92 (49%)attempts 26–14goals 1–3

  3. Tanev – Gudbranson13:41

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

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.

VAN 2.5 xGSJS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 41/100 · #748 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

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

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