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Thu, Oct 16, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

San Jose Sharks 3, New York Islanders 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 89% of the time.

NYI winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
SJS032815071323
NYI014114212052445

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:39SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Thornton, Mirco Mueller · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:05NYINick LeddyAssists: John Tavares, Kyle Okposo · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:14SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Slap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:57NYIKyle OkposoPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, John Tavares · Snap, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:38NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Cal Clutterbuck, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:16SJSTomas HertlAssists: Jason Demers, Matt Irwin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Frans Nielsen stopped
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture scored
  3. 3. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  4. 4. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  5. 5. NYI Kyle Okposo scored
  6. 6. SJS Tomas Hertl stopped
  7. 7. NYI Ryan Strome stopped
  8. 8. SJS Brent Burns stopped
  9. 9. NYI John Tavares scored
  10. 10. SJS Joe Thornton stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:43SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:07NYIRyan Strome: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 5:38SJSBrent Burns: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYI
23Shots on goal45
1.9Expected goals4.8
59Shot attempts78
38Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
20Hits32
16Blocked shots24
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways9

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurish – Desjardins – Wingels5:48

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Burish – Desjardins – Scott3:25

    xG 0.03–0.08 (28%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Couture – Nieto14:53

    xG 0.31–0.62 (34%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Pavelski – Hertl15:53

    xG 0.56–1.17 (32%)attempts 23–18goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Burns – Mueller13:45

    xG 0.25–0.68 (27%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun20:16

    xG 0.53–1.09 (33%)attempts 20–18goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Irwin17:42

    xG 0.38–1.20 (24%)attempts 11–20goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestOkposo – Tavares – Conacher16:30

    xG 1.33–0.36 (79%)attempts 24–15goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:55

    xG 0.38–0.03 (94%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Nielsen – Clutterbuck – Bailey2:16

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Kulemin – Bailey5:50

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Leddy18:16

    xG 1.65–0.36 (82%)attempts 28–11goals 2–1

  2. Hickey – Hamonic17:20

    xG 0.71–0.36 (66%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  3. Strait – de Haan16:44

    xG 0.53–0.47 (53%)attempts 17–16goals 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.

NYI 4.8 xGSJS 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 81/100 · #203 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 89% 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).