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Tue, Apr 2, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS212011012235
VAN1607310423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:28VANTanner PearsonAssists: Bo Horvat, Loui Eriksson · Snap, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:09SJSKevin LabancAssists: Brenden Dillon, Joe Thornton · Deflected, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:47SJSJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Tomas Hertl, Joe Thornton · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:18VANTanner PearsonAssists: Loui Eriksson, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:39VANMarkus GranlundGWGAssists: Tim Schaller, Alex Biega · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:30VANTroy StecherENAssists: Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:52VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:52SJSMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:34VANAdam Gaudette: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:23VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:03SJSJake Middleton: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:39VANMarkus Granlund: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 7:07SJSEvander Kane: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:34VANBo Horvat: 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 20:00Gaudette won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
35Shots on goal23
3.5Expected goals3.2
61Shot attempts46
20Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
20Hits14
12Blocked shots12
4Giveaways9
11Takeaways5

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 – Hertl2:54

    xG 0.50–0.25 (66%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  2. Haley – Nyquist – Goodrow2:24

    xG 0.16–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Haley – Donskoi – Goodrow5:04

    xG 0.20–0.06 (78%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Nyquist – Kane – Hertl7:50

    xG 0.16–0.44 (27%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBraun – Dillon15:38

    xG 0.74–0.38 (66%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Heed13:03

    xG 0.84–1.05 (44%)attempts 12–13goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Middleton11:56

    xG 0.87–1.14 (43%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Pearson – Horvat7:57

    xG 1.70–0.46 (79%)attempts 14–11goals 2–0

  2. Baertschi – Boeser – Pettersson6:58

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  3. Beagle – Granlund – Schaller7:43

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Eriksson – Pearson – Gaudette2:02

    xG 0.01–0.29 (4%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Biega13:35

    xG 1.60–0.92 (64%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  2. Edler – Hughes4:34

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Hutton2:53

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)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.

VAN 3.2 xGSJS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #570 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 55% 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).