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Sat, Mar 18, 2023·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

New York Islanders 4, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

SJS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI11021419433
SJS1908013130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:31SJSKevin LabancAssists: Logan Couture, Nico Sturm · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:08NYIJean-Gabriel PageauSHAssists: Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:18NYIKyle PalmieriGWGAssists: Scott Mayfield, Noah Dobson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:24NYIRyan PulockPPAssists: Hudson Fasching, Pierre Engvall · Slap, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:19NYIZach PariseAssists: Alexander Romanov, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Tip-in, 0.05 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:23SJSFabian Zetterlund: Interference2 min
  2. P1 5:17NYIAlexander Romanov: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 5:17SJSAndreas Johnsson: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 5:17SJSAndreas Johnsson: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 12:04SJSDerrick Pouliot: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 14:20NYICal Clutterbuck: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 3:55SJSKevin Labanc: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 8:16NYIPierre Engvall: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 14:57SJSErik Karlsson: 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Nelson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYISJS
33Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals1.5
61Shot attempts56
20Faceoffs won32
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
15Hits23
19Blocked shots14
4Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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. bestPalmieri – Nelson – Engvall8:19

    xG 0.45–0.06 (88%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Holmstrom9:39

    xG 0.47–0.15 (75%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Pageau – Fasching7:49

    xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:50

    xG 0.14–0.51 (21%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech11:06

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Dobson4:15

    xG 0.33–0.17 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock3:07

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestCouture – Labanc – Eklund8:10

    xG 0.35–0.28 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Hertl – Johnsson – Barabanov10:37

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Lindblom – Lorentz – Kaut3:40

    xG 0.07–0.08 (46%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Gregor – Kaut – Sturm2:32

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Ferraro2:04

    xG 0.14–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Knyzhov2:28

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – Pouliot15:09

    xG 0.43–0.61 (41%)attempts 18–12goals 1–1

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 1.5 xGNYI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #899 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50SJS 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 Islanders win this game 75% 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).