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Sat, Jan 29, 2022·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

San Jose Sharks 4, Florida Panthers 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS2161101800434
FLA11702031211550

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:10SJSTomas HertlAssists: Rudolfs Balcers · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:17SJSJonathan DahlenPPAssists: Noah Gregor, Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:06FLAGustav ForslingAssists: Sam Reinhart, Mason Marchment · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:31SJSMatt NietoAssists: Nick Bonino, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Slap, 0.24 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:26FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Carter Verhaeghe · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:50SJSJonathan DahlenPPAssists: Brent Burns, Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:30FLAMason MarchmentAssists: Sam Reinhart · Snap, 0.39 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:38FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, MacKenzie Weegar · Snap, 0.20 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:08FLASam BennettGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Gustav Forsling · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:51SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 0:51FLARyan Lomberg: Embellishment2 min
  3. P1 15:52FLAAnthony Duclair: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:15SJSJaycob Megna: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 3:10FLABrandon Montour: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSFLA
34Shots on goal50
3.9Expected goals6.5
44Shot attempts91
32Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
31Hits30
26Blocked shots4
12Giveaways14
14Takeaways17

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. Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto10:34

    xG 0.60–0.70 (46%)attempts 5–14goals 1–1

  2. Hertl – Gregor – Barabanov3:35

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov9:06

    xG 0.68–1.02 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  4. Gregor – Gadjovich – Weatherby6:49

    xG 0.22–0.58 (27%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Vlasic7:20

    xG 0.71–0.16 (82%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Meloche7:30

    xG 0.63–0.24 (73%)attempts 6–5goals 2–0

  3. Megna – Meloche7:32

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReinhart – Marchment – Lundell11:00

    xG 1.68–0.36 (82%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Huberdeau – Verhaeghe – Barkov10:05

    xG 1.50–0.48 (76%)attempts 24–4goals 2–0

  3. Thornton – Lomberg – Luostarinen8:56

    xG 1.05–0.06 (95%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Bennett – Tippett5:19

    xG 0.70–0.37 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad20:43

    xG 1.75–0.86 (67%)attempts 31–9goals 2–0

  2. Montour – Carlsson8:36

    xG 0.90–0.46 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Gudas – Forsling15:50

    xG 2.07–1.76 (54%)attempts 24–14goals 2–0

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.

FLA 6.5 xGSJS 3.9 xG
0246P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLASJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #117 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

FLA winsSJS wins

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

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