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Sun, Mar 17, 2024·United Center, Chicago

San Jose Sharks 2, Chicago Blackhawks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 55% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS2110808227
CHI0811548531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:33SJSRyan CarpenterAssists: Alexander Barabanov, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:32SJSKlim KostinAssists: Mikael Granlund, Mario Ferraro · Snap, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:02CHIPhilipp KurashevAssists: Tyler Johnson, Connor Bedard · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:39CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Jarred Tinordi, Jaycob Megna · Slap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:51CHIKevin KorchinskiGWGAssists: Lukas Reichel · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:02CHIJoey AndersonAssists: Colin Blackwell, Alex Vlasic · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:59CHIConnor BedardENAssists: Philipp Kurashev, Tyler Johnson · Wrist, 0.76 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:06SJSAlexander Barabanov: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 7:32CHITyler Johnson: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 7:32SJSCalen Addison: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 14:33SJSThomas Bordeleau: Tripping2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sturm won the faceoff against Bedard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCHI
27Shots on goal31
3.7Expected goals3.9
64Shot attempts58
21Faceoffs won25
0Power plays2
6Penalty minutes2
15Hits29
12Blocked shots18
8Giveaways15
5Takeaways10

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Kostin – Zetterlund11:24

    xG 1.64–0.16 (91%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Carpenter – Labanc – Barabanov7:49

    xG 0.43–0.47 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 1–1

  3. Kunin – Zadina – Eklund10:27

    xG 0.15–0.38 (27%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Bailey – Sturm – Bordeleau9:17

    xG 0.04–0.30 (12%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Ferraro16:06

    xG 1.49–0.21 (88%)attempts 20–14goals 2–0

  2. Vlasic – Thrun13:44

    xG 0.98–0.85 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Addison13:11

    xG 0.08–0.52 (14%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestDonato – Raddysh – Slaggert7:52

    xG 0.98–0.76 (56%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson11:09

    xG 0.25–0.19 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Kurashev – Bedard12:19

    xG 0.46–0.55 (46%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

  4. Foligno – Athanasiou – Reichel10:34

    xG 0.14–0.44 (23%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTinordi – Megna8:57

    xG 0.43–0.15 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Vlasic16:08

    xG 0.96–0.69 (58%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

  3. Megna – Vlasic2:10

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

CHI 3.9 xGSJS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #439 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 55% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).