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Sat, Oct 17, 2009·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

San Jose Sharks 4, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 63% of the time.

NYI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS0821229429
NYI1190508132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:12NYIMatt MoulsonPPAssists: Kyle Okposo, John Tavares · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:50SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:24SJSRyan VesceGWGAssists: Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:37SJSJoe ThorntonPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:55SJSDevin SetoguchiAssists: Ryane Clowe · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 14:34SJSJody Shelley: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:01NYIJohn Tavares: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:01SJSRyane Clowe: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 0:50SJSRob Blake: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:27SJSJed Ortmeyer: Diving2 min
  6. P2 4:27NYIRadek Martinek: Interference2 min
  7. P2 6:53NYIBrendan Witt: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:53SJSScott Nichol: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 0:00NYIJack Hillen: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 16:03NYITim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 16:03SJSRyane Clowe: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 16:03NYIBrendan Witt: Boarding2 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 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Park won the faceoff against Marleau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYI
29Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals2.0
62Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
15Penalty minutes15
19Hits14
12Blocked shots24
4Giveaways6
4Takeaways3

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.

NYI 2.0 xGSJS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYISJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #864 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 63% of the time.

NYI winsSJS wins

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

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