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Thu, Oct 20, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS151401612327
NYR082130200223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:02SJSLogan CouturePPAssists: Luke Kunin, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:50NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:05NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Adam Fox, Vincent Trocheck · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:10SJSRadim SimekAssists: Matt Nieto, Oskar Lindblom · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:49SJSErik KarlssonGWGAssists: Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl · Snap, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:59SJSLuke Kunin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 2:48SJSMatt Benning: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 5:28NYRSammy Blais: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 7:49SJSRadim Simek: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 10:31NYRJacob Trouba: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 19:11SJSLuke Kunin: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 15:02SJSLuke Kunin: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 15:19NYRArtemi Panarin: 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
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hertl won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYR
27Shots on goal23
2.6Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won24
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
19Hits33
11Blocked shots18
6Giveaways8
5Takeaways5

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. bestSvechnikov – Gadjovich – Sturm6:48

    xG 0.42–0.20 (68%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Nieto – Lindblom – Lorentz6:52

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Bonino – Couture – Kunin8:36

    xG 0.08–0.13 (39%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Meier – Barabanov12:05

    xG 0.45–0.91 (33%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Benning12:38

    xG 0.38–0.03 (91%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Ferraro3:08

    xG 0.08–0.20 (28%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Ferraro – Simek9:58

    xG 0.28–0.41 (41%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière11:03

    xG 0.56–0.25 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Goodrow – Blais – Chytil9:21

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko9:01

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Vesey – Carpenter6:49

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller16:39

    xG 0.69–0.22 (75%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren12:48

    xG 0.71–0.35 (67%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Schneider11:51

    xG 0.29–0.38 (43%)attempts 9–11goals 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 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 53/100 · #686 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 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).