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Wed, Oct 16, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Carolina Hurricanes 2, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR116012110238
SJS3711114522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:36SJSEvander KaneAssists: Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:46CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:19SJSEvander KanePPAssists: Brent Burns, Kevin Labanc · Slap, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:43SJSEvander KanePPGWGAssists: Brent Burns, Tomas Hertl · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:37SJSBarclay GoodrowUnassisted · Snap, 0.26 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:41CARErik HaulaAssists: Brock McGinn, Ryan Dzingel · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:07SJSTomas HertlENAssists: Evander Kane, Logan Couture · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 16:26CARNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:37CARAndrei Svechnikov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:08CARJaccob Slavin: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:08SJSJoe Thornton: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 15:17SJSPatrick Marleau: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:32SJSBarclay Goodrow: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:28CARNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:12SJSKevin Labanc: Holding2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
45% to win55% to win
← CAR attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSJS
38Shots on goal22
2.8Expected goals3.4
59Shot attempts36
31Faceoffs won37
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
22Hits19
11Blocked shots13
7Giveaways5
7Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Dzingel – McGinn3:30

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Staal – McGinn – Svechnikov7:46

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Gibbons – Foegele – Wallmark9:43

    xG 0.40–0.28 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Niederreiter – Teravainen3:42

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin14:04

    xG 0.66–0.21 (76%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Edmundson – Fleury4:58

    xG 0.44–0.26 (62%)attempts 8–1goals 1–1

  3. Edmundson – Pesce7:33

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Hertl – Labanc9:42

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Gambrell – Radil6:14

    xG 0.08–0.19 (30%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow9:00

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 4–14goals 1–1

  4. Marleau – Couture – Meier11:30

    xG 0.10–0.48 (17%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Dillon14:58

    xG 0.90–0.61 (60%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Heed – Ferraro9:25

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Dillon2:28

    xG 0.03–0.04 (39%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

SJS 3.4 xGCAR 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #553 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 60% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

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

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

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