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Sat, Oct 14, 2017·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

New York Islanders 3, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

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

SJS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1911014323
SJS112013016141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:16SJSKevin LabancPPAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:02NYIAnders LeeAssists: Jordan Eberle, Adam Pelech · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:27NYIBrock NelsonGWGAssists: Joshua Ho-Sang, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:10NYICal ClutterbuckENAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:45SJSJustin Braun: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:04NYICalvin de Haan: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:04SJSMikkel Boedker: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 17:36SJSJoe Thornton: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:36NYIThomas Hickey: Embellishment2 min
  6. P3 5:27SJSJoakim Ryan: Holding2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISJS
23Shots on goal41
2.1Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts77
18Faceoffs won34
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
27Hits16
24Blocked shots20
20Giveaways27
4Takeaways6

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. Ladd – Bailey – Barzal9:44

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas7:52

    xG 0.11–0.39 (22%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Chimera – Nelson – Ho-Sang9:49

    xG 0.22–0.51 (31%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Tavares – Lee10:42

    xG 0.40–0.71 (36%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. de Haan – Pelech14:03

    xG 0.50–0.75 (40%)attempts 15–17goals 2–0

  2. Hickey – Mayfield16:50

    xG 0.27–0.66 (29%)attempts 11–23goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy16:06

    xG 0.41–0.81 (34%)attempts 14–26goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Labanc13:04

    xG 0.75–0.29 (72%)attempts 20–11goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Hertl – Karlsson3:37

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–0goals 0–0

  3. Donskoi – Carpenter – Meier3:18

    xG 0.21–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Hansen – Boedker – Tierney3:50

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Ryan17:28

    xG 1.02–0.40 (72%)attempts 31–14goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Braun12:15

    xG 0.67–0.36 (65%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Heed11:42

    xG 0.48–0.30 (61%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

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 2.8 xGNYI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #1007 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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.

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).