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Sat, Nov 19, 2022·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

New York Rangers 2, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 78% of the time.

SJS winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR015012216243
SJS0801114123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 13:57NYRJulien GauthierAssists: Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:53NYRAdam FoxENGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Jimmy Vesey · Wrist, 0.70 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:43SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Tomas Hertl, Timo Meier · Slap, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:48SJSSteven Lorentz: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:42NYRRyan Carpenter: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 5:16SJSTimo Meier: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:42SJSNick Bonino: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← NYR attackSJS 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.

NYRSJS
43Shots on goal23
4.1Expected goals2.2
74Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won36
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
32Hits19
8Blocked shots16
9Giveaways11
12Takeaways16

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestChytil – Kakko – Lafrenière10:39

    xG 0.34–0.06 (86%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey11:17

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Goodrow – Panarin11:25

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  4. Carpenter – Blais – Gauthier7:50

    xG 0.16–0.45 (26%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller16:12

    xG 0.56–0.13 (82%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren14:50

    xG 0.67–0.61 (52%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Schneider12:47

    xG 0.40–0.68 (37%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBonino – Kunin – Sturm11:42

    xG 0.38–0.29 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov11:09

    xG 0.45–0.44 (50%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Labanc – Meier12:17

    xG 0.44–0.55 (44%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  4. Lindblom – Svechnikov – Lorentz5:14

    xG 0.10–0.32 (23%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Megna12:09

    xG 0.62–0.52 (55%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Cicek2:11

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Ferraro4:10

    xG 0.04–0.12 (24%)attempts 2–6goals 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 2.2 xGNYR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 17/100 · #1150 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 78% of the time.

SJS winsNYR wins

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

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