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Thu, Nov 2, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vancouver Canucks 10, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 60% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN415410281033
SJS0607118131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:23VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:00VANJ.T. MillerPPGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:00VANQuinn HughesAssists: Filip Hronek, Sam Lafferty · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P1 16:49VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.13 xG4–0
  5. P2 1:03VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Carson Soucy, Elias Pettersson · Snap, 0.21 xG5–0
  6. P2 8:47VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Elias Pettersson, Mark Friedman · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–0
  7. P2 12:35VANSam LaffertyAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG7–0
  8. P2 17:26VANPius SuterAssists: Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.03 xG8–0
  9. P3 3:10VANAnthony BeauvillierPPAssists: Carson Soucy, Filip Hronek · Slap, 0.19 xG9–0
  10. P3 11:58VANAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.12 xG10–0
  11. P3 16:12SJSFabian ZetterlundPPAssists: Luke Kunin, Kevin Labanc · Snap, 0.12 xG10–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:09SJSNico Sturm: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:47SJSMario Ferraro: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:27VANQuinn Hughes: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 10:19SJSLuke Kunin: Interference2 min
  5. P2 10:19VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:19SJSLuke Kunin: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 15:08VANQuinn Hughes: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 1:27SJSKevin Labanc: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  9. P3 14:32VANQuinn Hughes: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSJS
33Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals2.8
67Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won35
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
12Hits20
13Blocked shots20
3Giveaways4
7Takeaways6

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. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko7:00

    xG 0.49–0.15 (77%)attempts 8–1goals 2–0

  2. Lafferty – Studnicka – Hoglander10:08

    xG 0.40–0.06 (86%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:15

    xG 0.27–0.37 (43%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Beauvillier – Garland – Suter10:32

    xG 0.44–0.92 (32%)attempts 14–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes12:06

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Soucy15:09

    xG 0.80–0.90 (47%)attempts 16–23goals 3–0

  3. Cole – Friedman14:32

    xG 0.37–0.76 (33%)attempts 10–20goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Kunin – Eklund9:24

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Duclair – Zetterlund8:59

    xG 0.54–0.63 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

  3. Labanc – Zadina – Sturm5:34

    xG 0.02–0.39 (5%)attempts 3–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Burroughs9:20

    xG 0.46–0.19 (70%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Rutta – Okhotiuk9:37

    xG 0.24–0.37 (39%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Emberson8:30

    xG 0.37–0.52 (41%)attempts 10–11goals 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 2.8 xGVAN 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1147 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 60% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).