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Mon, Oct 19, 2009·Madison Square Garden, New York

San Jose Sharks 7, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS28310212730
NYR2901119329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:17NYRChris DruryAssists: Marc Staal, Sean Avery · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:34NYRMichael Del ZottoPPAssists: Ales Kotalik, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:49SJSBrad StaubitzAssists: Jody Shelley · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:12SJSDany HeatleyPPAssists: Jason Demers, Dan Boyle · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:19SJSJed OrtmeyerAssists: Benn Ferriero, Kent Huskins · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P2 6:05SJSDevin SetoguchiPPGWGAssists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau · Snap, 0.44 xG4–2
  7. P2 17:21SJSDevin SetoguchiAssists: Patrick Marleau, Douglas Murray · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–2
  8. P3 3:46SJSRyan VesceAssists: Dany Heatley · Tip-in, 0.15 xG6–2
  9. P3 17:12NYREnver LisinAssists: Sean Avery, Matt Gilroy · Slap, 0.08 xG6–3
  10. P3 18:05SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Jason Demers, Devin Setoguchi · Snap, 0.17 xG7–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:30SJSDan Boyle: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:12NYRChris Higgins: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:14NYRWade Redden: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:09SJSBrad Staubitz: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 5:56NYRMarian Gaborik: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:23NYRSean Avery: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 12:19NYRSean Avery: Holding2 min
  8. P2 18:42SJSEvgeni Nabokov: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:13NYRDonald Brashear: Holding2 min
  10. P3 18:49NYRVinny Prospal: Roughing2 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 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← SJS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYR
30Shots on goal29
4.9Expected goals4.5
50Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won20
7Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
33Hits21
12Blocked shots7
4Giveaways3
5Takeaways7

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.

NYR 4.5 xGSJS 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #258 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 56% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).