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Sat, Feb 22, 2020·Madison Square Garden, New York

San Jose Sharks 2, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS122110014246
NYR13116114333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:35NYRJesper FastAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Strome · Snap, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:55SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Timo Meier, Mario Ferraro · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:47SJSJoe ThorntonPPAssists: Brent Burns, Kevin Labanc · Wrist, 0.38 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:27NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:54NYRJesper FastGWGAssists: Jacob Trouba, Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.46 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:33SJSMarcus Sorensen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:07NYRJacob Trouba: Interference2 min
  3. P2 10:09NYRBrett Howden: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 12:56NYRTony DeAngelo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:14SJSJake Middleton: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 18:34SJSJake Middleton: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  7. P3 0:55NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goodrow won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYR
46Shots on goal33
4.2Expected goals4.1
75Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits18
9Blocked shots16
8Giveaways11
2Takeaways9

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. bestSorensen – Gregor – True5:13

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Goodrow – Labanc6:35

    xG 0.67–0.37 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Marleau – Noesen – Kellman8:07

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Meier – Gambrell8:38

    xG 0.52–0.67 (44%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Ferraro12:43

    xG 1.04–0.68 (61%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Heed – Middleton10:00

    xG 0.38–0.47 (45%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Burns – Simek16:21

    xG 0.79–1.74 (31%)attempts 20–19goals 1–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Strome – Panarin10:02

    xG 1.42–0.70 (67%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich11:31

    xG 0.72–0.73 (50%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Di Giuseppe – Chytil – Kakko8:27

    xG 0.20–0.38 (34%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Lemieux – Gauthier – Howden6:37

    xG 0.00–0.53 (0%)attempts 0–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Trouba15:56

    xG 1.71–0.68 (72%)attempts 17–22goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren15:34

    xG 1.10–1.06 (51%)attempts 14–15goals 2–0

  3. Staal – DeAngelo9:50

    xG 0.26–0.69 (28%)attempts 7–9goals 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 4.1 xGSJS 4.2 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 49/100 · #579 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 53% 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).