Thu, Oct 31, 2024·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose
Chicago Blackhawks 2, San Jose Sharks 3
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Chicago Blackhawks win this game 65% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 29 | 09 | 011 | 229 |
| SJS | 112 | 212 | 05 | 329 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 6:52SJSWill SmithAssists: Luke Kunin, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
- P1 7:29CHIRyan DonatoAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Connor Murphy · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
- P1 8:19CHITyler BertuzziAssists: Connor Murphy, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
- P2 1:30SJSAlexander WennbergAssists: Fabian Zetterlund, Jake Walman · Poke, 0.12 xG2–2
- P2 10:42SJSWill SmithPPGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
- P2 6:42SJSHenry Thrun: Slashing2 min
- P2 9:16CHICraig Smith: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P3 9:39SJSTyler Toffoli: Hooking2 min
- P3 18:41SJSFabian Zetterlund: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Bedard won the faceoff against Granlund
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestFoligno – Hall – Bertuzzi10:14
xG 0.72–0.03 (96%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0
- Teravainen – Kurashev – Bedard13:07
xG 0.85–0.63 (57%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1
- Dickinson – Donato – Mikheyev10:38
xG 0.30–0.49 (38%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0
- Maroon – Smith – Reichel9:06
xG 0.21–0.78 (21%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMurphy – Vlasic13:23
xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0
- Brodie – Jones2:44
xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0
- Brodie – Vlasic2:08
xG 0.24–0.18 (56%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
San Jose Sharks
Forward lines
- bestToffoli – Granlund – Eklund13:14
xG 1.21–0.23 (84%)attempts 24–12goals 0–1
- Grundstrom – Sturm – Cardwell7:31
xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1
- Goodrow – Kunin – Smith9:52
xG 0.14–0.54 (21%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0
- Wennberg – Zetterlund – Gushchin9:48
xG 0.29–0.90 (25%)attempts 4–17goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestThrun – Thompson10:03
xG 0.73–0.39 (65%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0
- Ceci – Thrun3:17
xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Walman – Ferraro2:28
xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it CHI. Dots are goals.
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 65% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (SJS − CHI), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).