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Sat, Apr 9, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

San Jose Sharks 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 76% of the time.

VAN winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS11511309237
VAN115114210439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:03VANJason DickinsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:33SJSTomas HertlPPAssists: Timo Meier, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.71 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:49VANConor GarlandAssists: Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:37SJSNick BoninoAssists: Brent Burns, Noah Gregor · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:07VANAlex ChiassonGWGAssists: Bo Horvat, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:59VANLuke SchennENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.71 xG2–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:39SJSRudolfs Balcers: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:10SJSNoah Gregor: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:10VANWilliam Lockwood: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 6:33VANVasily Podkolzin: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 6:55VANJ.T. Miller: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 9:39SJSBrent Burns: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 14:16SJSMario Ferraro: Tripping2 min
  8. P1 16:20VANNic Petan: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 5:42SJSJonathan Dahlen: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 10:46SJSNoah Gregor: Holding2 min
  11. P2 19:04VANWilliam Lockwood: Interference2 min
  12. P2 19:20SJSTimo Meier: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 6:13SJSTimo Meier: Cross checking2 min
  14. P3 19:20VANTyler Myers: 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% 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
37Shots on goal39
4.3Expected goals6.3
58Shot attempts74
36Faceoffs won30
5Power plays7
19Penalty minutes15
16Hits24
21Blocked shots11
9Giveaways10
3Takeaways12

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. bestCouture – Meier – Chmelevski6:15

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Bonino – Nieto – Gregor5:11

    xG 0.32–0.67 (32%)attempts 6–8goals 1–2

  3. Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov8:36

    xG 0.19–0.64 (23%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Karlsson2:13

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Ferraro2:23

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

  3. Burns – Megna5:58

    xG 0.25–0.32 (44%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Horvat – Podkolzin8:33

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Garland – Pettersson8:58

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Dickinson – Lammikko – Lockwood6:30

    xG 0.47–0.41 (53%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Richardson – Dickinson – Lammikko2:18

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson10:17

    xG 1.06–0.48 (69%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Burroughs – Dermott6:57

    xG 0.41–0.08 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  3. Schenn – Hughes10:24

    xG 0.12–0.65 (15%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

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 6.3 xGSJS 4.3 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

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 65/100 · #533 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 76% 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).