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Thu, Oct 10, 2019·United Center, Chicago

San Jose Sharks 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

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

CHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS211212111534
CHI2152708430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:07CHIDominik KubalikAssists: Brandon Saad · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:30SJSKevin LabancPPAssists: Evander Kane, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:22CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Olli Maatta, Dylan Strome · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:43SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Dylan Gambrell · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:27CHIAndrew ShawAssists: Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:00SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Dylan Gambrell · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:14CHIDylan StromeAssists: Patrick Kane, Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P2 17:46SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Timo Meier, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–4
  9. P3 4:47SJSBarclay GoodrowGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Melker Karlsson · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:21CHIRyan Carpenter: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:26CHIPatrick Kane: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:59SJSBrenden Dillon: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 19:21CHIAndrew Shaw: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 11:12SJSBrent Burns: Cross checking2 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 SOG0CHI
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Toews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCHI
34Shots on goal30
3.3Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts46
24Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
29Hits31
6Blocked shots18
11Giveaways12
8Takeaways7

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. bestMarleau – Couture – Meier12:55

    xG 0.94–0.46 (67%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Goodrow – Karlsson3:40

    xG 0.36–0.02 (95%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Goodrow – Labanc2:07

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  4. Kane – Hertl – Labanc5:10

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Dillon5:52

    xG 0.81–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 2–0

  2. Burns – Vlasic6:54

    xG 0.12–0.02 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Ferraro3:28

    xG 0.23–0.20 (54%)attempts 5–3goals 1–2

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestSaad – Kubalik – Kampf4:30

    xG 1.29–0.08 (94%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  2. Shaw – Strome – DeBrincat10:41

    xG 0.65–0.36 (64%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  3. Toews – Kane – Nylander5:53

    xG 0.06–0.23 (22%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Carpenter – Caggiula9:56

    xG 0.01–0.18 (5%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Koekkoek11:42

    xG 1.28–0.17 (89%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  2. Maatta – Gustafsson2:15

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  3. Keith – Murphy4:25

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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.

CHI 2.9 xGSJS 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #121 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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.

CHI winsSJS wins

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

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