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Sat, Feb 25, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Chicago Blackhawks 4, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 58% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CHI2901317061435
SJS215012116050348

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:14CHIDavid GustAssists: Colin Blackwell, Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:17SJSNick BoninoAssists: Jacob MacDonald, Nico Sturm · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:12CHIBrett SeneyAssists: Seth Jones · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P1 10:52SJSEvgeny SvechnikovAssists: Nico Sturm, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:16CHIMax DomiAssists: Jake McCabe, Petr Mrazek · Snap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:49SJSErik KarlssonAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.03 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Kevin Labanc stopped
  2. 2. CHI Philipp Kurashev scored
  3. 3. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  4. 4. CHI Max Domi stopped
  5. 5. SJS Nick Bonino stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 3:47SJSLogan Couture: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:54SJSMichael Eyssimont: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:05SJSNoah Gregor: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:05CHIConnor Murphy: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:05SJSNoah Gregor: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 3:36CHIJack Johnson: Slashing2 min
  7. OT 0:08SJSLogan Couture: Holding the stick2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISJS
35Shots on goal48
3.9Expected goals4.4
60Shot attempts81
23Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
7Penalty minutes13
17Hits32
19Blocked shots11
3Giveaways7
9Takeaways15

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestBlackwell – Dickinson – Seney2:01

    xG 0.46–0.13 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Raddysh – Guttman10:00

    xG 0.53–0.20 (72%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Seney – Katchouk2:09

    xG 0.08–0.03 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  4. Blackwell – Dickinson – Gust9:35

    xG 0.53–0.78 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Jones13:33

    xG 0.87–0.37 (70%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Mitchell7:29

    xG 0.72–0.53 (58%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Phillips3:03

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Svechnikov – Sturm6:50

    xG 0.69–0.22 (76%)attempts 12–3goals 2–1

  2. Hertl – Gregor – Kaut9:29

    xG 0.20–0.13 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Lindblom – Labanc – Lorentz5:41

    xG 0.41–0.44 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Eyssimont – Barabanov11:34

    xG 0.29–0.52 (36%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Ferraro12:17

    xG 0.99–0.41 (71%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Vlasic – Benning11:32

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Karlsson – Harrington14:28

    xG 1.03–0.81 (56%)attempts 24–14goals 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.

SJS 4.4 xGCHI 3.9 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #237 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 58% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

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

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