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Sat, Jan 18, 2020·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 87% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0304111118
VAN09118312439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:05VANLoui ErikssonAssists: Tanner Pearson, Bo Horvat · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:01VANTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Jake Virtanen, Adam Gaudette · Deflected, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 7:09SJSBarclay GoodrowAssists: Erik Karlsson, Antti Suomela · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:46VANQuinn HughesAssists: Antoine Roussel, Adam Gaudette · Slap, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:27VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Jake Virtanen, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–4
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 10:30SJSKevin Labanc: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:30SJSKevin Labanc: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 10:30VANBrandon Sutter: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 1:02SJSBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 6:55VANTanner Pearson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 14:05SJSStefan Noesen: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  7. P3 4:37SJSTimo Meier: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 17:18SJSJoe Thornton: Interference2 min
  9. P3 17:18SJSJoe Thornton: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:18SJSBrenden Dillon: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 17:18SJSBarclay Goodrow: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 17:18VANChris Tanev: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 17:18VANChris Tanev: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 17:18VANAlexander Edler: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 17:18VANAlexander Edler: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 17:18VANBrandon Sutter: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 18:33SJSJoachim Blichfeld: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSVAN
18Shots on goal39
2.0Expected goals4.7
46Shot attempts71
19Faceoffs won31
1Power plays5
36Penalty minutes38
19Hits25
15Blocked shots13
8Giveaways8
2Takeaways4

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestNoesen – Karlsson – Kellman5:07

    xG 0.10–0.02 (84%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Goodrow – Suomela7:28

    xG 0.74–0.76 (49%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  3. Kane – Hertl – Blichfeld14:04

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  4. Thornton – Labanc – Meier11:15

    xG 0.33–0.44 (42%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Dillon15:52

    xG 0.35–0.08 (81%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  2. Ferraro – Simek10:50

    xG 0.21–0.42 (33%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Karlsson15:03

    xG 0.37–1.21 (24%)attempts 11–18goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Boeser – Gaudette7:28

    xG 0.53–0.15 (77%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat12:14

    xG 0.59–0.43 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Sutter – Beagle – Motte9:28

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson8:59

    xG 0.48–0.91 (35%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes3:15

    xG 0.68–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Stecher13:14

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Fantenberg11:44

    xG 0.40–0.35 (53%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

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 4.7 xGSJS 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #704 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 87% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).