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Thu, Dec 5, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

San Jose Sharks 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 50% of the time.

CAR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS1919010020230
CAR191905061329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:50CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Warren Foegele, Jordan Staal · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:16SJSMarcus SorensenAssists: Joe Thornton, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:12CARJake GardinerAssists: Warren Foegele, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:42SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Erik Karlsson, Brenden Dillon · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Dougie Hamilton stopped
  2. 2. SJS Kevin Labanc stopped
  3. 3. CAR Nino Niederreiter stopped
  4. 4. SJS Erik Karlsson stopped
  5. 5. CAR Andrei Svechnikov scored
  6. 6. SJS Logan Couture stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:38CARBrett Pesce: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:44SJSBrent Burns: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:50SJSJoe Thornton: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 12:50SJSJoe Thornton: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:50CARPetr Mrazek: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 4:16CARAndrei Svechnikov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 8:19SJSErik Karlsson: Tripping2 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goodrow won the faceoff against Wallmark
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCAR
30Shots on goal29
3.4Expected goals3.6
58Shot attempts52
40Faceoffs won20
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits21
10Blocked shots16
13Giveaways10
5Takeaways7

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. bestThornton – Sorensen – Labanc9:59

    xG 0.83–0.31 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Hertl – Meier12:25

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 12–7goals 0–2

  3. Karlsson – Gregor – Gambrell5:18

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Kane – Goodrow12:58

    xG 0.41–0.68 (38%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Karlsson18:27

    xG 1.27–0.48 (72%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Ferraro13:13

    xG 0.66–0.72 (48%)attempts 10–12goals 1–2

  3. Dillon – Simek10:52

    xG 0.15–0.52 (22%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Foegele – Svechnikov13:03

    xG 0.78–0.18 (81%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

  2. Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho12:37

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Gibbons – Dzingel – Bishop2:25

    xG 0.04–0.18 (17%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  4. Gibbons – McGinn – Bishop3:12

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdmundson – Pesce15:54

    xG 0.68–0.57 (54%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  2. Hamilton – Slavin17:27

    xG 0.65–0.66 (49%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Fleury8:38

    xG 0.18–0.36 (34%)attempts 6–8goals 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.

CAR 3.6 xGSJS 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #573 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 50% of the time.

CAR winsSJS wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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