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Thu, Feb 24, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

New York Islanders 3, San Jose Sharks 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 73% of the time.

SJS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI112217013050347
SJS2141904011428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:56NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Scott Mayfield, Kieffer Bellows · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:55SJSAlexander BarabanovPPAssists: Brent Burns, Tomas Hertl · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:32SJSJasper WeatherbyAssists: Jeffrey Viel · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:48NYIZach PariseAssists: Sebastian Aho, Mathew Barzal · Slap, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:31SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Ryan Merkley, Tomas Hertl · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:50NYIAdam PelechAssists: Mathew Barzal, Zach Parise · Slap, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Anthony Beauvillier stopped
  2. 2. SJS Logan Couture scored
  3. 3. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  4. 4. SJS Tomas Hertl stopped
  5. 5. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:13SJSMatt Nieto: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:11SJSJake Middleton: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:48NYIAdam Pelech: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:29SJSJeffrey Viel: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:29NYIZdeno Chara: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:09SJSMatt Nieto: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 15:09NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:09NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 4:57SJSLogan Couture: 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISJS
47Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals1.8
80Shot attempts46
37Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
14Penalty minutes16
19Hits32
9Blocked shots20
3Giveaways6
11Takeaways6

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. bestLee – Pageau – Wahlstrom8:17

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:48

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Nelson – Beauvillier – Bellows12:40

    xG 0.57–0.55 (51%)attempts 23–10goals 1–1

  4. Parise – Palmieri – Barzal10:55

    xG 0.38–0.62 (38%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Aho13:13

    xG 0.73–0.44 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Aho3:39

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech10:57

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Nieto – Gregor3:48

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Dzingel – Gregor8:28

    xG 0.31–0.35 (46%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Meier – Barabanov13:13

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Viel – Weatherby2:07

    xG 0.02–0.14 (12%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeloche – Ferraro2:25

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Merkley5:32

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Middleton3:18

    xG 0.14–0.09 (62%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

SJS 1.8 xGNYI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 74/100 · #414 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 Islanders win this game 73% 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).