New York Islanders vs San Jose Sharks — March 7, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The New York Islanders defeated the San Jose Sharks 2-1 in overtime on March 7, 2026. Despite the result, the San Jose Sharks held the edge in expected goals (11.12 to 8.92) at 5-on-5, indicating the New York Islanders received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The San Jose Sharks created 15 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the New York Islanders at 5-on-5. Collin Graf was the most dangerous skater with 2.49 individual expected goals on 5 shots at 5-on-5. The New York Islanders outshot the San Jose Sharks 34-31 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as New York Islanders vs San Jose Sharks progressed on Mar 7, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

NYI2 - 1SJS (OT)

Mar 7, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
SJS	P1	18	20	47.4	14	15	48.3	8	8	50.0	13	12	52.0	7	3	70.0	5.07	3.09	62.2	0	1	0.0
	P2	16	23	41.0	13	14	48.1	10	10	50.0	13	13	50.0	3	1	75.0	3.32	2.28	59.3	1	0	100.0
	P3	16	22	42.1	13	16	44.8	9	14	39.1	12	17	41.4	7	2	77.8	3.78	3.80	49.9	0	0	—
	OT	7	2	77.8	6	2	75.0	4	2	66.7	4	1	80.0	0	1	0.0	1.09	0.75	59.2	0	1	0.0
	Total	57	67	46.0	46	47	49.5	31	34	47.7	42	43	49.4	17	7	70.8	13.27	9.92	57.2	1	2	33.3
NYI	P1	20	18	52.6	15	14	51.7	8	8	50.0	12	13	48.0	3	7	30.0	3.09	5.07	37.8	1	0	100.0
	P2	23	16	59.0	14	13	51.9	10	10	50.0	13	13	50.0	1	3	25.0	2.28	3.32	40.7	0	1	0.0
	P3	22	16	57.9	16	13	55.2	14	9	60.9	17	12	58.6	2	7	22.2	3.80	3.78	50.1	0	0	—
	OT	2	7	22.2	2	6	25.0	2	4	33.3	1	4	20.0	1	0	100.0	0.75	1.09	40.8	1	0	100.0
	Total	67	57	54.0	47	46	50.5	34	31	52.3	43	42	50.6	7	17	29.2	9.92	13.27	42.8	2	1	66.7

Win Probability

SJS Favored

NYI Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

SJS

NYI

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NYI Attempts

SJS Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NYI ShootSJS Shoot

Shot on Net

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (SJS) performed against every skater on the away team (NYI) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = SJS players, Columns = NYI players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the SJS player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

SJS ↓ / NYI →	Barzal	Horvat	Pageau	Schenn	Ritchie	Cizikas	Gatcomb	Heineman	Lee	Palat	Duclair	Holmstrom	Schaefer	Pelech	Pulock	DeAngelo	Soucy	Mayfield
Smith	64	67	67	71	73	60	50	57	30	72	50	62	60	67	54	77	78	100
Celebrini	73	64	87	71	73	50	0	57	60	72	0	73	63	74	58	86	88	100
Wennberg	30	32	78	33	33	43	20	31	33	100	14	67	45	45	39	43	17	43
Toffoli	0	33	50	83	83	100	—	0	36	83	—	53	50	60	50	0	53	65
Misa	43	33	38	83	83	—	100	0	31	83	100	38	40	56	33	20	64	75
Goodrow	0	0	0	0	0	20	17	—	0	0	17	0	13	0	17	0	17	20
Ostapchuk	0	0	—	0	0	29	22	—	—	0	22	—	25	0	33	0	20	20
Sherwood	37	33	100	100	100	0	0	32	75	33	0	60	55	45	36	42	50	50
Eklund	25	50	47	83	83	—	100	25	33	63	100	33	44	50	33	0	67	77
Graf	50	45	64	59	65	33	50	50	50	72	50	56	48	63	39	80	100	—
Gaudette	30	30	—	100	100	0	0	31	—	100	0	—	29	40	22	40	0	0
Reaves	—	0	100	0	0	20	23	—	—	0	23	—	33	25	17	0	20	20
Orlov	69	73	77	73	67	71	60	63	55	64	60	79	75	72	60	77	100	100
Klingberg	64	63	60	73	69	60	67	67	50	71	67	70	67	67	50	80	88	50
Ferraro	23	22	50	36	40	0	0	24	50	56	0	33	14	30	15	33	43	20
Mukhamadullin	30	27	67	40	50	17	14	27	50	40	11	50	25	36	20	33	17	20
Desharnais	25	30	36	50	55	0	20	29	23	70	20	23	19	67	13	20	53	60
Dickinson	33	29	33	83	86	0	0	17	25	75	0	25	0	75	11	20	48	56