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Mon, Jan 27, 2020·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Anaheim Ducks 2, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 69% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0419115228
SJS21111317431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:55SJSStefan NoesenAssists: Joel Kellman · Deflected, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:35SJSPatrick MarleauUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:04ANAOndrej KaseSHAssists: Erik Gudbranson · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:32SJSPatrick MarleauGWGAssists: Brenden Dillon · Snap, 0.23 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:28SJSStefan NoesenAssists: Erik Karlsson, Dylan Gambrell · Snap, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:07ANANick RitchiePPAssists: Sam Steel, Hampus Lindholm · Snap, 0.11 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 8:16ANACam Fowler: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 5:13SJSMelker Karlsson: Interference2 min
  3. P3 17:47SJSTomas Hertl: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 17:47SJSEvander Kane: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 17:47ANAErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANASJS
28Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.6
54Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
31Hits28
9Blocked shots14
6Giveaways8
8Takeaways12

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGrant – Deslauriers – Rowney8:11

    xG 0.37–0.18 (68%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Kase – Steel – Jones11:11

    xG 0.23–0.12 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Shore – Terry7:26

    xG 0.17–0.38 (32%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Rakell – Terry4:31

    xG 0.08–0.28 (22%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Manson16:51

    xG 0.72–0.75 (49%)attempts 14–13goals 0–2

  2. Manson – Lindholm2:35

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Lindholm15:57

    xG 0.32–0.66 (33%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Sorensen – Gambrell11:58

    xG 0.96–0.28 (77%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Kane – Hertl – Meier11:18

    xG 0.93–0.46 (67%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Goodrow – Labanc11:47

    xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman9:41

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Dillon18:00

    xG 1.42–0.75 (65%)attempts 24–17goals 2–0

  2. Vlasic – Karlsson15:51

    xG 0.89–0.50 (64%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Simek14:54

    xG 0.46–0.21 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

SJS 3.6 xGANA 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #678 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 69% of the time.

SJS winsANA wins

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

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