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Thu, Nov 21, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Rangers 3, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1601328327
DAL02311317243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:27NYRRick NashPPAssists: Ryan Callahan, Henrik Lundqvist · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:46DALStephane RobidasPPAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Cody Eakin · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:18NYRChris KreiderAssists: Derek Stepan, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:55NYRJohn MooreGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Carl Hagelin · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:27DALAlex ChiassonAssists: Cody Eakin, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:51DALRyan Garbutt: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:02NYRRyan McDonagh: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:39NYRRyan Callahan: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:05NYRDerick Brassard: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:04NYRMarc Staal: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:08DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 13:36NYRDerek Stepan: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:39DALSergei Gonchar: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDAL
27Shots on goal43
3.6Expected goals4.5
58Shot attempts91
28Faceoffs won35
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
24Hits18
21Blocked shots9
8Giveaways14
6Takeaways2

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. bestPouliot – Brassard – Hagelin8:25

    xG 0.51–0.26 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Moore – Boyle – Dorsett6:40

    xG 0.73–0.53 (58%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello10:56

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Richards – Nash – Callahan12:20

    xG 0.56–0.96 (37%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh15:29

    xG 1.20–0.65 (65%)attempts 16–20goals 1–0

  2. Del Zotto – Moore11:35

    xG 0.64–0.82 (44%)attempts 13–19goals 1–1

  3. Staal – Stralman15:10

    xG 0.36–0.87 (30%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Peverley – Roussel9:09

    xG 0.72–0.34 (68%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin10:20

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  3. Cole – Chiasson – Eakin9:55

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  4. Horcoff – Jeffrey – Garbutt7:43

    xG 0.68–1.05 (39%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski16:06

    xG 0.83–0.62 (57%)attempts 22–16goals 1–1

  2. Robidas – Dillon15:07

    xG 0.93–0.85 (52%)attempts 22–18goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Benn12:24

    xG 0.45–0.58 (44%)attempts 16–7goals 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.

DAL 4.5 xGNYR 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 37/100 · #708 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 62% 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).