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

Vancouver Canucks 3, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

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

SJS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN19110114333
SJS1101527422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:58SJSTy EmbersonAssists: Tomas Hertl, Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:37VANFilip HronekPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:05SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Tomas Hertl · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:39VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:22SJSMikael GranlundAssists: Calen Addison, Mario Ferraro · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:48SJSMike HoffmanPPGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund, Calen Addison · Backhand, 0.30 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:49VANBrock BoeserAssists: J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 14:35SJSKyle Burroughs: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 11:40SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 18:58SJSTomas Hertl: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:58SJSTomas Hertl: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:58VANDakota Joshua: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:00VANTyler Myers: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 5:40SJSMatt Benning: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 5:40VANSam Lafferty: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 5:40SJSMatt Benning: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 5:40SJSCalen Addison: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 5:40VANMark Friedman: Misconduct10 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSJS
33Shots on goal22
4.6Expected goals2.8
78Shot attempts47
31Faceoffs won32
4Power plays1
16Penalty minutes22
20Hits16
15Blocked shots24
3Giveaways2
4Takeaways7

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. bestMiller – Boeser – Hoglander2:09

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Di Giuseppe – Hoglander – Aman7:40

    xG 0.55–0.25 (68%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Lafferty – Pettersson – Mikheyev11:45

    xG 0.37–0.10 (79%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Joshua – Garland10:00

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes17:20

    xG 1.17–0.16 (88%)attempts 22–8goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Juulsen11:41

    xG 0.68–0.13 (84%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Myers5:15

    xG 0.41–0.18 (69%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCarpenter – Labanc – Smith5:32

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund11:00

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Duclair – Zetterlund3:10

    xG 0.11–0.46 (19%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. Hoffman – Hertl – Eklund12:04

    xG 0.27–0.88 (24%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Burroughs11:35

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Benning2:10

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Burroughs – Emberson2:03

    xG 0.05–0.37 (12%)attempts 1–5goals 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 2.8 xGVAN 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #593 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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.

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).