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Thu, Oct 17, 2024·United Center, Chicago

San Jose Sharks 2, Chicago Blackhawks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 84% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0417111222
CHI21011314427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:20CHITaylor HallAssists: TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:11CHITyler BertuzziPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Connor Bedard · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:43CHINick FolignoPPGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Connor Bedard · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:17SJSTyler ToffoliAssists: William Eklund, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:19CHIJason DickinsonAssists: Joey Anderson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:52SJSFabian ZetterlundAssists: Mikael Granlund, William Eklund · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:08SJSJake Walman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 3:13CHINick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 7:07CHIConnor Murphy: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:22SJSBarclay Goodrow: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P1 19:42SJSJan Rutta: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 1:22CHIPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 8:23SJSMatt Benning: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 8:59SJSJan Rutta: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 18:48SJSFabian Zetterlund: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 19:32SJSMario Ferraro: High sticking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bedard won the faceoff against Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCHI
22Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals4.4
56Shot attempts67
33Faceoffs won26
3Power plays7
14Penalty minutes6
22Hits13
18Blocked shots18
8Giveaways6
6Takeaways7

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. bestGoodrow – Kunin – Smith8:47

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Wennberg – Zetterlund – Dellandrea3:02

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Granlund – Eklund9:02

    xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  4. Grundstrom – Dellandrea – Sturm5:33

    xG 0.11–0.34 (25%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Rutta2:07

    xG 0.27–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Rutta11:13

    xG 0.40–0.37 (51%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. Benning – Thrun9:48

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Teravainen – Bedard8:44

    xG 0.47–0.13 (78%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Dickinson – Anderson – Mikheyev8:22

    xG 0.52–0.20 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Bertuzzi – Kurashev7:56

    xG 0.14–0.29 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Maroon – Smith – Reichel6:50

    xG 0.09–0.45 (17%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Murphy – Allan11:57

    xG 0.33–0.29 (53%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  2. Brodie – Vlasic2:22

    xG 0.05–0.01 (82%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Kaiser11:19

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 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 4.4 xGSJS 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #776 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +11 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 84% of the time.

CHI winsSJS wins

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

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