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Thu, Oct 11, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

San Jose Sharks 2, New York Rangers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 77% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS11711601000243
NYR160911111327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:31SJSMarcus SorensenSHAssists: Timo Meier, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:52NYRBrett HowdenAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:59SJSJoonas DonskoiAssists: Antti Suomela, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:21NYRBrendan SmithAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Jesper Fast · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:37NYRBrady SkjeiGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:07SJSEvander Kane: Closing hand on puck2 min
  2. P1 8:49NYRMika Zibanejad: Interference2 min
  3. P1 13:52SJSKevin Labanc: Delaying game bench2 min
  4. P1 17:04SJSEvander Kane: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:04NYRMarc Staal: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 0:00NYRBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:30NYRTony DeAngelo: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← SJS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYR
43Shots on goal27
4.1Expected goals2.4
81Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits25
13Blocked shots20
12Giveaways15
6Takeaways8

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. bestPavelski – Kane – Labanc10:39

    xG 1.07–0.24 (82%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Donskoi – Sorensen – Suomela8:18

    xG 0.91–0.56 (62%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Goodrow – Karlsson – Chartier5:43

    xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Hertl – Meier8:36

    xG 0.39–0.59 (40%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Ryan9:30

    xG 1.07–0.59 (65%)attempts 13–9goals 1–1

  2. Vlasic – Karlsson14:12

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Braun5:45

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNamestnikov – Lettieri – Chytil7:10

    xG 0.53–0.42 (55%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Zibanejad – Buchnevich9:47

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Kreider – Zuccarello – Howden9:14

    xG 0.43–0.64 (40%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  4. Spooner – Hayes – Vesey9:08

    xG 0.17–0.51 (25%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Skjei – DeAngelo3:00

    xG 0.00–0.27 (2%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Claesson13:49

    xG 0.64–0.94 (41%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. McQuaid – Skjei14:17

    xG 0.55–0.85 (39%)attempts 9–21goals 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.

NYR 2.4 xGSJS 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #367 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 77% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

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

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