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Chicago Blackhawks at San Jose Sharks

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Chicago Blackhawks
2
San Jose Sharks
▸3
FinalTV CHSN, NBCSCA·SAP Center at San Jose

Recap

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The San Jose Sharks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2. The Blackhawks scored first; the Sharks answered. The Sharks led 2-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Kiefer Sherwood's goal at 14:55 of the second period, which took the Sharks' chances from 53% to 73%. Expected goals favored the Blackhawks, 3.5 to 2.4; shots on goal were CHI 29, SJS 23. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Blackhawks win a replay of these chances 65% of the time. Spencer Knight stopped 20 of 23 (.870), 0.6 goals below expected; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 27 of 29 (.931), 1.5 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. William Eklund (1 G, 1 A), 2. Kiefer Sherwood (1 G), 3. Will Smith (1 G).

Three stars

  1. ★
    SJS
    W. Eklund1 G, 1 A
  2. ★★
    SJS
    K. Sherwood1 G
  3. ★★★
    SJS
    W. Smith1 G

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
CHICHI17012110229
SJSSJS0621215323

Scoring

5 goals

1st period

  1. CHI
    R. Donato(15)
    F. Nazar (26), C. Bedard (42)
    wristxG 0.43win prob +13 ptsVideo
    1-0
    9:01

2nd period

  1. SJS
    W. Eklund(14)
    Unassisted
    wristxG 0.22win prob +17 ptsVideo
    1-1
    6:57
  2. SJS
    K. Sherwood(22)
    W. Eklund (34), A. Wennberg (35)
    slapxG 0.06win prob +20 ptsVideo
    1-2
    14:55

3rd period

  1. SJS
    W. Smith(23)
    C. Graf (24), M. Celebrini (66)
    snapxG 0.21win prob +15 ptsVideo
    1-3
    3:28
  2. CHI
    F. Nazar(15)PPG
    T. Teravainen (21), A. Frondell (5)
    slapxG 0.12win prob +14 ptsVideo
    2-3
    6:09

Penalties

CHI 4 PIM·SJS 6 PIM

1st

  • 7:00SJSMacklin Celebrini · Holdingdrawn by Sam Rinzel2 min
  • 18:08CHIConnor Bedard · Hookingdrawn by William Eklund2 min

2nd

  • 2:15CHILandon Slaggert · High stickingdrawn by Shakir Mukhamadullin2 min
  • 17:34SJSDmitry Orlov · Cross checkingdrawn by Nick Lardis2 min

3rd

  • 4:21SJSBarclay Goodrow · Trippingdrawn by Ryan Donato2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
SJS goalCHI goalFinal: SJS 100%

Biggest swing: Kiefer Sherwood, 2nd 14:55 — SJS 53% → 73%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
I. Chernyshov · On goal · xG 0.26W. Eklund · Goal · xG 0.22M. Celebrini · Missed · xG 0.21W. Smith · Goal · xG 0.21T. Toffoli · On goal · xG 0.21C. Graf · Missed · xG 0.15M. Celebrini · On goal · xG 0.13M. Celebrini · Missed · xG 0.12K. Sherwood · Missed · xG 0.10M. Celebrini · On goal · xG 0.10C. Graf · Missed · xG 0.08W. Smith · Missed · xG 0.08T. Toffoli · Missed · xG 0.07K. Sherwood · Goal · xG 0.06T. Toffoli · On goal · xG 0.06C. Graf · On goal · xG 0.06M. Celebrini · Missed · xG 0.06A. Wennberg · On goal · xG 0.04V. Desharnais · Missed · xG 0.03D. Orlov · On goal · xG 0.03N. Leddy · On goal · xG 0.03Z. Ostapchuk · On goal · xG 0.02M. Ferraro · Missed · xG 0.02D. Orlov · On goal · xG 0.02S. Mukhamadullin · On goal · xG 0.02N. Leddy · Missed · xG 0.02S. Mukhamadullin · On goal · xG 0.01D. Orlov · Missed · xG 0.01W. Smith · On goal · xG 0.01K. Sherwood · Missed · xG 0.01D. Orlov · Missed · xG 0.01V. Desharnais · On goal · xG 0.01K. Sherwood · On goal · xG 0.00D. Orlov · On goal · xG 0.00M. Ferraro · On goal · xG 0.00M. Celebrini · On goal · xG 0.00M. Ferraro · On goal · xG 0.00
SJS3 G · 2.4 xG · 37 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

CHIvsSJS
3.52 G
All situations
3 G2.4
1.41 G
Even strength
3 G2.2
2.11 G
Power play
0 G0.2

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 77 unblocked attempts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
CHI65%35%SJS

Flurry-adjusted xG 3.31 – 2.43

How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.

Team stats

CHIvsSJS
29
Shots on goal
23
31%
Faceoffs
69%
1/3
Power play
0/2
4
Penalty minutes
6
8
Hits
27
12
Blocked shots
8
15
Giveaways
19
5
Takeaways
2

Box score

every player line
Chicago Blackhawks skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
44W. KaiserD000000.00000—21:54
91F. NazarC112+160.770103321:35
98C. BedardC011-270.530124021:13
46L. CrevierD000000.01010—20:25
59T. BertuzziL000030.79000—20:16
16A. FrondellC011040.550003318:44
86T. TeravainenC011-310.120003318:36
95I. MikheyevR000010.04100—18:06
72A. VlasicD000-210.07010—18:00
6S. RinzelD000010.05120—16:34
8R. DonatoC101+120.520007115:40
14K. KorchinskiD000-110.01110—15:38
20R. GreeneC000+100.00000015:34
38E. Del MastroD000-210.01120—14:23
76N. LardisL000-310.00100—13:03
26A. MangiapaneL000000.00110—10:04
84L. SlaggertL000000.00022—09:55
12S. BoisvertC000000.00200007:39
Chicago Blackhawks goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
30S. Knight(L)23203.8702.43-0.5758:41

Season series

CHI leads 2-1

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).