San Jose Sharks vs. New York IslandersJan 18, 2025

FinalSaturday, Jan 18, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	4	7	8	19
NYI	0	3	1	4		NYI	10	14	7	31

: SJS 55NYI 75
: SJS 1.66NYI 3.60
PP goals: SJS 0NYI 0
Hits: SJS 40NYI 37
Blocks: SJS 16NYI 20
PIM: SJS 2NYI 2
: SJS 49%NYI 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Islanders beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

New York Islanders beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at home. Brock Nelson (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Dellandrea–Eklund–Celebrini skated 13:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:35.Nelson
Points
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:38.Barzal
New line
New look for SJS: Dellandrea–Eklund–Celebrini skated 13:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dellandrea Eklund Celebrini
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New look for NYI: Palmieri–Nelson–Duclair skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Nelson Duclair
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New look for NYI: Cizikas–Pageau–Holmstrom skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cizikas Pageau Holmstrom
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New look for NYI: Engvall–MacLean–Gatcomb skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Engvall MacLean Gatcomb
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New look for SJS: Goodrow–Sturm–Graf skated 7:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Goodrow Sturm Graf
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New look for SJS: Wennberg–Kunin–Grundstrom skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wennberg Kunin Grundstrom

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← SJS attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · NYI 75 · SJS 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI pressure
SJS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 20% of the game, NYI 43%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

SJS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	SJS	NYI
	65	82
	1.94	4.04
	1.90	3.69
	7	13
	7	6
	30	32
	+0.002	−0.002
	20%	43%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

San Jose Sharks

L1Dellandrea – Eklund – Celebrini
13:2946% CF
L2Granlund – Zetterlund – Smith
13:1043% CF
L3Wennberg – Kunin – Grundstrom
10:3944% CF
L4Goodrow – Sturm – Graf
7:1550% CF
D1Ceci – Walman
11:2157% CF
D2Ferraro – Thrun
8:1338% CF
D3Vlasic – Rutta
4:4413% CF

PP1Granlund – Walman – Zetterlund – Eklund – Celebrini
0:540% CF
PP2Wennberg – Kunin – Thrun – Smith – Graf
0:460% CF
PK1FGranlund – Wennberg
0:33
PK2FGoodrow – Kunin
0:32
PK1DCeci – Walman
1:26
PK2DFerraro – Rutta
0:32

Current SJS line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Horvat – Barzal
14:2257% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Duclair
11:0762% CF
L3Cizikas – Pageau – Holmstrom
10:3667% CF
L4Engvall – MacLean – Gatcomb
9:3753% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
19:2171% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
14:4543% CF
D3Mayfield – George
10:1568% CF

PP1Lee – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
1:03100% CF
PP2Palmieri – Pageau – Duclair – Pulock – Holmstrom
0:57100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Pageau
0:40
PK2FPalmieri – Nelson
0:34
PK1DDobson – Romanov
0:58
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
0:36

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:47
NYIMathew Barzalbackhand0.74 xG
SJS: Ceci, Walman, Dellandrea, Eklund, CelebriniNYI: Lee, Mayfield, Horvat, Barzal, George
SJS 0 – 1 NYI
10:02
SJSBarclay Goodrow (Jan Rutta)wrist0.02 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Goodrow, Rutta, Sturm, GrafNYI: Engvall, Dobson, Romanov, MacLean, Gatcomb
SJS 1 – 1 NYI
10:42
NYIBrock Nelson (Kyle Palmieri, Adam Pelech)wrist0.17 xG
SJS: Granlund, Ceci, Walman, Zetterlund, SmithNYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Duclair, Pulock, George
SJS 1 – 2 NYI
19:33
NYINoah Dobson (Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat)slap0.02 xG
SJS: Wennberg, Walman, Kunin, Grundstrom, ThrunNYI: Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Dobson, Romanov
SJS 1 – 3 NYI

3rd period

1:03
NYIRyan Pulock (Anthony Duclair, Brock Nelson)slap0.02 xG
SJS: Rutta, Dellandrea, Thrun, Eklund, CelebriniNYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Pelech, Duclair, Pulock
SJS 1 – 4 NYI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:35	—	—	46	23
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.39	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	43	23
Ty Dellandrea C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:52	—	—	46	22
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	41	50
Will Smith C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	42	49
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	2	1	0	14:45	—	—	41	49
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	4	0	16:36	—	—	40	37
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	36	33
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	11	0	0	13:22	—	—	44	42
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	5	0	0	13:00	—	—	48	19
Collin Graf R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:14	—	—	52	25
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	9:30	—	—	57	27
Jake Walman D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	0	2	0	22:03	—	—	47	30
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	0	1	0	21:45	—	—	59	37
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	2	0	0	23:51	—	—	61	42
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	3	1	0	19:23	—	—	31	15
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:51	—	—	34	37
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:05	—	—	16	28

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.60	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.90	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	55	70
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.40	4	1	0	18:21	—	—	51	77
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.26	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	54	77
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.52	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	56	77
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.23	1	3	0	14:59	—	—	55	90
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	57	77
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	9	0	0	14:23	—	—	59	43
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	64	51
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	65	51
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	48	45
Pierre Engvall L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:06	—	—	52	46
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	7	0	0	11:23	—	—	50	83
Noah Dobson D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.11	2	1	0	24:30	—	—	67	80
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	5	0	23:26	—	—	65	78
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	3	0	20:47	—	—	40	35
Ryan Pulock D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.04	3	3	2	20:08	—	—	43	45
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	1	1	0	16:51	—	—	58	79
Isaiah George D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	67	84

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marcus Hogberg(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.66	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mathew Barzal (NYI) 2nd 8:47 · unassisted · Rush · carried in · 17.1 mph shot · 2.5 s from entry to goal.

Mathew Barzal · 2nd 8:47 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Barclay Goodrow · 2nd 10:02 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 10:42 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Noah Dobson · 2nd 19:33 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 53.2 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Ryan Pulock · 3rd 1:03 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 82.8 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Type: one-timer

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.