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Fri, Jan 7, 2011·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Rangers 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR010111110001331
DAL11018011010230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:55DALBrian SutherbyAssists: Brandon Segal, Krys Barch · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:49NYRRuslan FedotenkoSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:20DALMike RibeiroPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Jeff Woywitka · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:04NYRArtem AnisimovPPAssists: Marc Staal, Henrik Lundqvist · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  2. 2. NYR Derek Stepan stopped
  3. 3. DAL Brad Richards stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mats Zuccarello scored
  5. 5. DAL Mike Ribeiro stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:57DALTrevor Daley: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:25DALSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:25NYRDale Weise: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 11:34NYRDerek Stepan: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 1:00NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:26NYRSteve Eminger: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:34DALSteve Ott: Elbowing2 min
  8. P3 1:19NYRBrandon Prust: Interference2 min
  9. P3 6:32DALBrandon Segal: Boarding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 14:29DALJames Neal: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyle won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDAL
31Shots on goal30
1.8Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts58
21Faceoffs won36
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
26Hits24
13Blocked shots14
4Giveaways13
8Takeaways7

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. Avery – Gaborik – Anisimov6:18

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  2. Frolov – Dubinsky – Stepan2:08

    xG 0.17–0.16 (52%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Stepan – Zuccarello2:01

    xG 0.01–0.02 (41%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Dubinsky – Stepan – Zuccarello6:13

    xG 0.09–0.17 (36%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Gilroy10:54

    xG 0.69–0.27 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Eminger – Girardi3:43

    xG 0.17–0.16 (52%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Eminger – Sauer9:47

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Benn9:42

    xG 0.55–0.30 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Barch – Sutherby – Segal2:58

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal14:46

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Burish – Wandell6:48

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann14:56

    xG 1.24–0.42 (75%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Woywitka – Daley18:38

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 20–16goals 0–0

  3. Fistric – Larsen8:38

    xG 0.21–0.36 (36%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

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.

DAL 3.2 xGNYR 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #400 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsNYR wins

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

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