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Mon, Feb 5, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Rangers 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR19012011132
DAL02111317241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:55NYRDavid DesharnaisAssists: Vinni Lettieri, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:44DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jason Spezza, Alexander Radulov · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:05DALMartin HanzalPPGWGAssists: Julius Honka, Esa Lindell · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:17NYRBrendan Smith: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:45NYRRick Nash: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:33NYRNick Holden: Delaying game2 min
  4. P2 5:19DALJulius Honka: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:18DALAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:20DALMattias Janmark: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 2:27NYRTony DeAngelo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:55NYRTony DeAngelo: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDAL
32Shots on goal41
2.6Expected goals3.3
55Shot attempts85
21Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
30Hits26
28Blocked shots13
4Giveaways8
4Takeaways10

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. bestDesharnais – Miller – Lettieri6:40

    xG 0.74–0.07 (91%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. McLeod – Carey – Holland5:11

    xG 0.21–0.24 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Zuccarello – Zibanejad10:08

    xG 0.28–0.33 (46%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  4. Desharnais – Fast – Miller2:53

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Skjei13:24

    xG 0.76–0.52 (59%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Smith – DeAngelo12:08

    xG 0.39–0.54 (42%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Holden12:19

    xG 0.11–0.56 (17%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin10:09

    xG 1.37–0.22 (86%)attempts 26–12goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa9:24

    xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Hanzal – Ritchie – Elie6:09

    xG 0.11–0.25 (31%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Shore – Janmark7:19

    xG 0.09–0.64 (13%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell14:47

    xG 1.39–0.27 (84%)attempts 30–8goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn15:55

    xG 0.57–0.41 (58%)attempts 19–20goals 0–0

  3. Johns – Lindell2:21

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

DAL 3.3 xGNYR 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 · #795 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 64% 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).