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Tue, Feb 4, 2020·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 3, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0921017326
CGY01611104131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:59CGYJohnny GaudreauPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:57SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:02SJSEvander KaneGWGAssists: Barclay Goodrow, Patrick Marleau · Snap, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:45SJSKevin LabancAssists: Timo Meier, Joe Thornton · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:43SJSBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:08SJSBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:08CGYMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:14SJSEvander Kane: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 15:45CGYTJ Brodie: Hooking2 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 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
26Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals2.7
47Shot attempts54
23Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
15Hits20
16Blocked shots12
14Giveaways25
12Takeaways11

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. bestSorensen – Letunov – Gambrell6:33

    xG 0.60–0.14 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Kane – Goodrow13:01

    xG 0.49–0.16 (76%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Labanc – Meier – True2:10

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Noesen – Karlsson – True8:05

    xG 0.29–0.40 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerraro – Simek10:50

    xG 0.83–0.57 (59%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Karlsson19:15

    xG 1.24–1.01 (55%)attempts 18–19goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Dillon16:04

    xG 0.50–0.47 (52%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk4:14

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Jankowski – Bennett4:37

    xG 0.41–0.03 (94%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Bennett – Ryan2:34

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Robinson – Monahan4:22

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Andersson11:04

    xG 0.73–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–0goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson4:54

    xG 0.08–0.02 (82%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Brodie15:32

    xG 0.64–0.72 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 0–2

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.

CGY 2.7 xGSJS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #911 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 52% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

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

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