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Sat, Oct 22, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

San Jose Sharks 1, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 76% of the time.

NJD winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS061808122
NJD01022006236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:21NJDYegor SharangovichUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:43NJDDawson MercerPPGWGAssists: Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:15SJSKevin LabancAssists: Scott Harrington, Oskar Lindblom · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:41SJSMatt Nieto: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:14SJSTomas Hertl: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:30NJDBrendan Smith: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 14:29SJSEvgeny Svechnikov: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  5. P3 15:41NJDDougie Hamilton: Cross checking2 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 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← SJS attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Hertl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNJD
22Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals3.6
56Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
35Hits25
11Blocked shots17
7Giveaways10
2Takeaways5

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. Labanc – Svechnikov – Lorentz2:00

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Labanc – Svechnikov – Sturm7:22

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Nieto – Lindblom – Lorentz7:54

    xG 0.07–0.37 (15%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Hertl – Meier – Barabanov11:43

    xG 0.58–1.04 (36%)attempts 12–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Vlasic – Benning11:28

    xG 0.26–0.68 (28%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Simek11:49

    xG 0.25–0.69 (27%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Harrington12:03

    xG 0.23–0.68 (26%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Haula – Wood9:16

    xG 0.60–0.25 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer10:41

    xG 0.32–0.09 (79%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Bastian – McLeod – Sharangovich2:56

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  4. Palat – Bratt – Hischier11:50

    xG 0.39–0.54 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Bahl6:42

    xG 0.65–0.04 (94%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Hamilton – Siegenthaler12:32

    xG 0.85–0.27 (76%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  3. Graves – Marino12:39

    xG 0.45–0.32 (58%)attempts 11–11goals 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.

NJD 3.6 xGSJS 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDSJS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #1119 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 76% of the time.

NJD winsSJS wins

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

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