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Tue, Dec 13, 2011·Madison Square Garden, New York

Dallas Stars 1, New York Rangers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 68% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0801218128
NYR08013013034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 15:01DALTrevor DaleyGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Brenden Morrow · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:37NYRCarl Hagelin: Charging2 min
  2. P1 17:10DALMike Ribeiro: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:16NYRBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:16DALJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:38DALTom Wandell: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:16NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 3:37NYRSteve Eminger: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 3:37DALSteve Ott: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 8:50DALTom Wandell: Interference2 min
  10. P3 15:18DALTrevor Daley: Holding2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ott won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYR
28Shots on goal34
2.4Expected goals3.4
50Shot attempts63
27Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
22Hits28
16Blocked shots13
9Giveaways9
6Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRyder – Eriksson – Benn9:58

    xG 0.49–0.25 (66%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ott12:21

    xG 0.39–0.43 (47%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Dowell – Wandell – Vincour3:51

    xG 0.01–0.12 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom9:32

    xG 0.52–1.24 (29%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Larsen14:25

    xG 0.86–0.65 (57%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Grossmann13:39

    xG 0.46–0.47 (49%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Souray – Robidas12:50

    xG 0.27–1.03 (21%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestChristensen – Dubinsky – Prust3:52

    xG 0.73–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Mitchell – Hagelin8:38

    xG 0.52–0.05 (91%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Anisimov – Stepan8:01

    xG 0.30–0.35 (46%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Richards – Dubinsky – Callahan3:26

    xG 0.05–0.22 (19%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Stralman11:47

    xG 1.05–0.56 (65%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  2. Eminger – Del Zotto10:49

    xG 0.40–0.15 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto2:00

    xG 0.02–0.23 (8%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

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.

NYR 3.4 xGDAL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1066 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 Rangers win this game 68% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

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

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