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Thu, Oct 23, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

San Jose Sharks 6, New York Rangers 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% of the time.

NYR winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS391101312624
NYR153141801528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58SJSAdam GaudetteAssists: Collin Graf, Michael Misa · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:17SJSMacklin CelebriniPPAssists: William Eklund, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:19NYRTaylor RaddyshAssists: Sam Carrick, Carson Soucy · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:51SJSMacklin CelebriniAssists: Will Smith, William Eklund · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:04NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 6:47NYRJuuso ParssinenAssists: Conor Sheary · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P2 12:10NYRTaylor RaddyshSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:54SJSMacklin CelebriniAssists: Will Smith, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–4
  9. P3 6:31SJSWill SmithAssists: William Eklund, Macklin Celebrini · Wrist, 0.15 xG5–4
  10. P3 11:50NYRTaylor RaddyshAssists: J.T. Miller, Adam Fox · Slap, 0.07 xG5–5
  11. OT 1:38SJSWill SmithGWGAssists: Macklin Celebrini, Alex Nedeljkovic · Slap, 0.18 xG6–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:55NYRMatt Rempe: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:55SJSRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:11NYRAdam Fox: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 8:19SJSTimothy Liljegren: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 16:34SJSWill Smith: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 1:09NYRAlexis Lafrenière: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 3:56SJSTy Dellandrea: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 11:51NYRMatthew Robertson: Interference2 min
  9. P3 0:48SJSVincent Desharnais: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 4:24NYRWill Cuylle: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 4:30NYRTaylor Raddysh: Hooking2 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
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Celebrini
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSNYR
24Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won32
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
26Hits24
19Blocked shots10
22Giveaways12
1Takeaways3

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. Gaudette – Graf – Misa6:48

    xG 0.21–0.19 (51%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Wennberg – Eklund – Graf2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – Goodrow – Dellandrea5:55

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Wennberg – Eklund10:58

    xG 0.19–0.61 (23%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Iorio3:40

    xG 0.17–0.07 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 1–1

  2. Orlov – Iorio2:46

    xG 0.03–0.10 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Desharnais2:56

    xG 0.03–0.13 (21%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestZibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière11:29

    xG 0.84–0.32 (72%)attempts 17–6goals 0–2

  2. Carrick – Raddysh – Edstrom6:26

    xG 0.33–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Sheary – Raddysh2:38

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Sheary – Cuylle10:56

    xG 0.19–0.22 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Fox17:12

    xG 0.73–0.25 (74%)attempts 20–12goals 0–1

  2. Gavrikov – Schneider2:50

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Borgen – Robertson10:58

    xG 0.27–0.14 (65%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

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.

NYR 2.7 xGSJS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 99/100 · #12 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.94 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 57% 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).