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Thu, Feb 6, 2025·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vancouver Canucks 2, San Jose Sharks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN060131312224
SJS070911602134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 8:04VANDakota JoshuaPPAssists: Pius Suter, Tyler Myers · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:32SJSTyler ToffoliAssists: William Eklund · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:33VANDrew O'ConnorGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:29SJSAndrew Poturalski: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:16SJSMario Ferraro: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:21SJSJake Walman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:32VANDrew O'Connor: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 6:04SJSMacklin Celebrini: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:04VANFilip Chytil: Hooking2 min
  7. OT 0:33SJSMacklin Celebrini: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Celebrini won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANSJS
24Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won36
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
18Hits26
11Blocked shots24
14Giveaways14
4Takeaways2

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Boeser – Chytil – O'Connor10:56

    xG 0.67–0.64 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Blueger – Hoglander – Aman8:48

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson7:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Suter – Sherwood10:26

    xG 0.14–0.40 (26%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSoucy – Pettersson7:16

    xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Hronek10:17

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Pettersson2:36

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Eklund – Celebrini12:34

    xG 0.47–0.06 (88%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Kunin – Graf8:20

    xG 0.39–0.05 (88%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Grundstrom – Dellandrea – Duehr8:26

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  4. Poturalski – Zetterlund – Smith10:59

    xG 0.42–0.51 (45%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Mukhamadullin10:28

    xG 0.84–0.20 (80%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Liljegren4:49

    xG 0.40–0.06 (88%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Walman – Thrun11:09

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 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.

SJS 3.0 xGVAN 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #379 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 64% of the time.

SJS winsVAN wins

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

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