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Tue, Nov 10, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

New York Islanders 4, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 66% of the time.

SJS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2110628425
SJS011114111236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:36NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Brock Nelson, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:30NYIMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Steve Bernier · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:14SJSJoel WardAssists: Tomas Hertl, Justin Braun · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:45NYIJohnny BoychukGWGAssists: Calvin de Haan, Mikhail Grabovski · Slap, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:49SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Tomas Hertl, Joel Ward · Slap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:55NYIJohn TavaresENAssists: Brock Nelson, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:02SJSJustin Braun: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:46NYIKyle Okposo: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:37NYINick Leddy: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:39SJSJoe Thornton: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 11:09NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 11:09SJSBrenden Dillon: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
47% to win54% to win
← NYI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISJS
25Shots on goal36
1.6Expected goals2.5
49Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
38Hits33
17Blocked shots22
7Giveaways22
4Takeaways7

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:45

    xG 0.12–0.08 (58%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Bailey – Lee10:31

    xG 0.03–0.08 (25%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Grabovski – Kulemin9:44

    xG 0.27–0.46 (37%)attempts 13–16goals 2–1

  4. Okposo – Tavares – Nelson11:56

    xG 0.33–0.62 (35%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Zidlicky – Strait11:04

    xG 0.09–0.30 (24%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – de Haan17:24

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 17–23goals 2–0

  3. Hamonic – Leddy15:11

    xG 0.29–0.63 (31%)attempts 7–14goals 0–2

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestWingels – Donskoi – Tierney10:29

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. Thornton – Pavelski – Karlsson13:12

    xG 0.37–0.16 (70%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Ward – Hertl11:00

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 16–7goals 2–2

  4. Ward – Nieto – Hertl2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Tennyson10:37

    xG 0.35–0.02 (93%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  2. Vlasic – Braun15:41

    xG 0.59–0.49 (55%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

  3. Martin – Burns12:34

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

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 2.5 xGNYI 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #682 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50SJS 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 66% of the time.

SJS winsNYI wins

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

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