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Tue, Oct 17, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Carolina Hurricanes 6, San Jose Sharks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 89% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR118112412642
SJS152605316

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:06CARSeth JarvisPPAssists: Michael Bunting, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:54CARJaccob SlavinSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:11SJSFilip ZadinaPPAssists: Fabian Zetterlund · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:06SJSWilliam EklundPPAssists: Henry Thrun, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:07CARStefan NoesenPPAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:51CARSeth JarvisPPGWGAssists: Martin Necas, Brent Burns · Slap, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:53CARMartin NecasAssists: Michael Bunting, Brady Skjei · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:08CARBrett PesceAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Stefan Noesen · Wrist, 0.01 xG6–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:29SJSNikolai Knyzhov: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:17CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 10:01SJSFilip Zadina: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 0:18SJSAnthony Duclair: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 5:54SJSAlexander Barabanov: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 7:26CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:51CARDmitry Orlov: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 14:10CARBrady Skjei: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P2 16:06CARMichael Bunting: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  10. P2 16:45SJSAnthony Duclair: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 18:30CARTony DeAngelo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P2 0:00CARTony DeAngelo: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 7:08SJSTomas Hertl: Tripping2 min · PPG
  14. P3 10:57SJSMario Ferraro: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARSJS
42Shots on goal16
3.9Expected goals1.3
91Shot attempts34
35Faceoffs won31
7Power plays6
22Penalty minutes14
12Hits13
10Blocked shots32
5Giveaways6
12Takeaways3

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTeravainen – Bunting – Necas7:09

    xG 0.28–0.04 (87%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis7:50

    xG 0.39–0.29 (58%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Martinook7:49

    xG 0.01–0.18 (7%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce12:18

    xG 0.75–0.05 (93%)attempts 17–7goals 2–0

  2. Burns – Slavin10:02

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Chatfield8:06

    xG 0.17–0.05 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Zetterlund – Sturm5:31

    xG 0.32–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Hoffman – Bordeleau – Eklund7:37

    xG 0.04–0.13 (24%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Duclair – Zadina6:43

    xG 0.18–0.39 (32%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. Kunin – Peterson – Barabanov4:44

    xG 0.01–0.42 (2%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRutta – Thrun4:03

    xG 0.11–0.01 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Burroughs – Thrun2:26

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Benning – Thrun5:26

    xG 0.33–0.41 (44%)attempts 4–8goals 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.

SJS 1.3 xGCAR 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #88 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.44 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50SJS 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 89% of the time.

SJS winsCAR wins

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

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