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Tue, Nov 5, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Chicago Blackhawks 2, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 86% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0305213221
SJS01421226432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:39SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Timo Meier, Joe Thornton · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:05SJSEvander KaneSHAssists: Brenden Dillon, Mario Ferraro · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:39SJSTomas HertlGWGAssists: Barclay Goodrow · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 16:58CHIBrandon SaadAssists: Jonathan Toews, Andrew Shaw · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:06CHIDuncan KeithAssists: Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:34SJSTimo MeierENAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:25SJSNoah Gregor: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:52CHIDuncan Keith: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:27CHIBrandon Saad: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:16SJSTimo Meier: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 6:32CHIAndrew Shaw: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 9:02SJSMarcus Sorensen: High sticking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISJS
21Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals4.3
38Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won23
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits30
16Blocked shots10
11Giveaways10
13Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestShaw – Carpenter – Caggiula3:41

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Kubalik – Kampf – Dach5:26

    xG 0.02–0.07 (25%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Strome – DeBrincat11:04

    xG 0.09–0.26 (26%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Saad – Nylander5:39

    xG 0.02–1.27 (2%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Keith – Boqvist7:00

    xG 0.23–0.28 (46%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Seabrook – de Haan7:33

    xG 0.13–0.29 (31%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Gustafsson8:15

    xG 0.04–1.19 (3%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGoodrow – Hertl – Meier6:35

    xG 1.21–0.31 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Sorensen8:45

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Kane – Labanc6:48

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Gregor – Radil – Bergmann3:24

    xG 0.14–0.19 (44%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Ferraro8:17

    xG 1.43–0.02 (99%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Karlsson9:53

    xG 0.30–0.23 (56%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Simek10:46

    xG 0.09–0.31 (22%)attempts 8–9goals 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 4.3 xGCHI 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #415 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 86% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

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

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