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Thu, Apr 18, 2024·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

San Jose Sharks 1, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 76% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS050616117
CGY21631308537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:13CGYAdam KlapkaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:40CGYBlake ColemanGWGAssists: Connor Zary, Rasmus Andersson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:53CGYOliver KylingtonAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko, Andrew Mangiapane · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:59CGYKevin RooneyAssists: Martin Pospisil, Matt Coronato · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P2 6:56CGYMacKenzie WeegarAssists: Daniil Miromanov, Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–5
  6. P3 19:51SJSFabian ZetterlundPPAssists: Mikael Granlund, Collin Graf · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:35CGYMartin Pospisil: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 12:33SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:54CGYAdam Klapka: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:54SJSGivani Smith: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 18:17CGYMartin Pospisil: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:17SJSLuke Kunin: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 18:17CGYMartin Pospisil: Roughing2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCGY
17Shots on goal37
1.9Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts73
25Faceoffs won18
2Power plays1
9Penalty minutes11
12Hits18
16Blocked shots14
3Giveaways11
15Takeaways13

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. bestSturm – Bordeleau – Graf6:16

    xG 0.39–0.04 (90%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Granlund – Zetterlund – Eklund14:06

    xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 14–14goals 0–2

  3. Sturm – Gushchin – Graf4:42

    xG 0.05–0.12 (27%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Kunin – Kostin – Gushchin6:33

    xG 0.05–0.16 (25%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Thompson15:17

    xG 0.86–0.37 (70%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Burroughs – Ferraro13:33

    xG 0.29–0.36 (45%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Addison – Thrun15:27

    xG 0.20–1.70 (11%)attempts 9–28goals 0–3

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Pospisil – Kuzmenko11:37

    xG 0.93–0.08 (92%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Huberdeau – Kuzmenko2:20

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Sharangovich – Zary11:23

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Rooney – Coronato – Klapka6:39

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Kylington18:05

    xG 1.48–0.71 (68%)attempts 24–15goals 2–0

  2. Weegar – Miromanov19:06

    xG 0.68–0.47 (59%)attempts 19–12goals 2–0

  3. Pachal – Solovyov12:14

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 10–17goals 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.

CGY 3.5 xGSJS 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1154 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 76% of the time.

CGY winsSJS wins

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

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