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Sun, Nov 27, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vancouver Canucks 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 58% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN17062611420
SJS0111521900335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:26VANKyle BurroughsAssists: Bo Horvat, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:12SJSLuke KuninAssists: Nick Bonino, Matt Benning · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:05SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Alexander Barabanov · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:14VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:44VANElias PetterssonAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Ilya Mikheyev · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:45SJSLuke KuninAssists: Erik Karlsson, Nick Bonino · Slap, 0.22 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:12VANAndrei KuzmenkoGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:53SJSLuke Kunin: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 3:14SJSKevin Labanc: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 7:00VANKyle Burroughs: Cross checking2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSJS
20Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals2.4
66Shot attempts62
24Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
28Hits26
15Blocked shots27
10Giveaways7
8Takeaways10

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLazar – Joshua – Aman8:21

    xG 0.48–0.17 (74%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko11:49

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  3. Miller – Horvat – Hoglander12:57

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  4. Boeser – Garland – Dries9:41

    xG 0.11–0.50 (18%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Bear16:09

    xG 0.86–0.59 (60%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Hughes14:40

    xG 0.55–0.61 (48%)attempts 18–17goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Burroughs16:00

    xG 0.15–0.58 (21%)attempts 13–22goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Kunin – Gregor12:36

    xG 0.85–0.35 (71%)attempts 21–12goals 2–0

  2. Hertl – Labanc – Meier13:18

    xG 0.25–0.34 (42%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov12:23

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 8–19goals 0–3

  4. Lindblom – Svechnikov – Lorentz5:05

    xG 0.15–0.48 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Megna19:24

    xG 0.97–0.39 (71%)attempts 26–13goals 1–1

  2. Vlasic – Benning15:50

    xG 0.62–0.40 (61%)attempts 15–15goals 1–1

  3. Simek – Cicek12:25

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 15–11goals 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.

SJS 2.4 xGVAN 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #155 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.49 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 58% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

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

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