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Fri, Dec 3, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

San Jose Sharks 0, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 58% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01007011028
NYR11006011127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:03NYRRyan StromePPGWGAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Slap, 0.11 xG0–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:15SJSNoah Gregor: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:39NYRPatrik Nemeth: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:08SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:14SJSErik Karlsson: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 10:44NYRK'Andre Miller: 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
48% to win52% to win
← SJS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Couture
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYR
28Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts55
26Faceoffs won19
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
14Hits22
17Blocked shots9
8Giveaways11
4Takeaways8

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. bestBonino – Nieto – Gregor11:25

    xG 0.63–0.50 (56%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Labanc – Barabanov2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Labanc – Pederson – Weatherby6:36

    xG 0.20–0.41 (32%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov11:16

    xG 0.31–0.63 (33%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Middleton18:45

    xG 0.95–0.79 (55%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Karlsson3:22

    xG 0.11–0.17 (40%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Meloche7:57

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière11:15

    xG 0.99–0.40 (71%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Hunt – Panarin12:53

    xG 0.85–0.32 (73%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko9:14

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Goodrow – Rooney9:59

    xG 0.09–0.58 (14%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren17:07

    xG 1.13–0.32 (78%)attempts 23–8goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Lundkvist9:40

    xG 0.69–0.61 (53%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Miller2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 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 2.8 xGSJS 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 2/100 · #1298 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 Rangers win this game 58% 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).