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Tue, Nov 9, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 51% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0418314426
CGY08119011138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:47SJSAlexander BarabanovAssists: Brent Burns, Adin Hill · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:17CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Milan Lucic, Dillon Dube · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:18SJSLogan CoutureGWGAssists: Santeri Hatakka, Nicolas Meloche · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:57SJSTomas HertlENAssists: Brent Burns, Adin Hill · Wrist, 0.79 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:19SJSJonathan DahlenENUnassisted · Snap, 0.56 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:43CGYErik Gudbranson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:35CGYChris Tanev: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:17SJSNick Merkley: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  4. P2 5:30SJSAndrew Cogliano: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 15:47SJSJaycob Megna: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
26Shots on goal38
3.6Expected goals3.7
53Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
17Hits16
15Blocked shots10
9Giveaways10
9Takeaways13

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. Bonino – Couture – Dahlen7:51

    xG 0.37–0.34 (52%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Merkley – Weatherby7:15

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Pederson – Gadjovich – Leonard7:11

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov11:20

    xG 0.65–1.08 (38%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMegna – Merkley8:12

    xG 0.63–0.19 (77%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Megna – Meloche3:27

    xG 0.16–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Merkley – Hatakka2:06

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Mangiapane – Dube8:47

    xG 0.92–0.45 (67%)attempts 8–10goals 1–2

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk14:29

    xG 0.95–0.60 (61%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Pitlick – Coleman7:52

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Lewis – Monahan8:54

    xG 0.27–0.56 (33%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Zadorov13:52

    xG 0.61–0.12 (84%)attempts 16–6goals 0–1

  2. Hanifin – Andersson16:17

    xG 1.23–0.95 (56%)attempts 18–20goals 1–1

  3. Tanev – Kylington15:44

    xG 0.78–0.67 (54%)attempts 16–14goals 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.

CGY 3.7 xGSJS 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #894 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 51% 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).