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Sat, Mar 23, 2024·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Chicago Blackhawks 5, San Jose Sharks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 57% of the time.

SJS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI092142711531
SJS2152100500430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:53SJSThomas BordeleauPPAssists: Fabian Zetterlund, Calen Addison · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:17SJSThomas BordeleauAssists: Justin Bailey, Nico Sturm · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:16SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Klim Kostin, Mario Ferraro · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:24SJSFabian ZetterlundPPAssists: William Eklund, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 6:45CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Taylor Raddysh, Tyler Johnson · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P2 13:20CHITyler JohnsonAssists: Ryan Donato, Taylor Raddysh · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:20CHISeth JonesAssists: Wyatt Kaiser, Connor Bedard · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:13CHIPhilipp KurashevAssists: Ryan Donato, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:18CHISeth JonesGWGAssists: Philipp Kurashev · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:24CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:11SJSLuke Kunin: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:45CHIAndreas Athanasiou: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:45SJSLuke Kunin: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 1:15CHIMacKenzie Entwistle: Illegal check to head2 min
  6. P2 9:36CHIJaycob Megna: Holding2 min
  7. P3 2:40SJSJacob MacDonald: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 13:09CHIWyatt Kaiser: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHISJS
31Shots on goal30
3.0Expected goals2.6
62Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
25Hits16
19Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
8Takeaways8

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. bestAnderson – Entwistle – Slaggert3:44

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Athanasiou – Kurashev – Reichel5:53

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Dickinson – Bedard7:27

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Dickinson – Anderson3:17

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZaitsev – Korchinski6:43

    xG 0.53–0.18 (75%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Zaitsev – Vlasic2:40

    xG 0.19–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Vlasic13:53

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestKunin – Zadina – Barabanov9:23

    xG 0.96–0.11 (90%)attempts 21–5goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Sturm – Bordeleau8:59

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Granlund – Kostin – Zetterlund12:12

    xG 0.27–0.61 (31%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Ferraro13:47

    xG 1.18–0.17 (88%)attempts 26–6goals 1–0

  2. Rutta – Thrun12:45

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Addison8:24

    xG 0.25–0.67 (28%)attempts 5–13goals 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 2.6 xGCHI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 94/100 · #95 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 8 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 57% 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).