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Mon, Nov 19, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Dallas Stars 1, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 52% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL071505117
NYR0419110223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:17DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Esa Lindell, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:38NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Marc Staal, Brett Howden · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:32NYRFilip ChytilGWGAssists: Brendan Smith · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:20DALValeri Nichushkin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:34NYRVladislav Namestnikov: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 9:20NYRBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:31NYRMika Zibanejad: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:05NYRFredrik Claesson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 7:19DALJason Dickinson: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYR
17Shots on goal23
1.7Expected goals1.8
45Shot attempts40
22Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
21Hits25
11Blocked shots18
15Giveaways18
11Takeaways11

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. bestJanmark – Dickinson – Nichushkin4:54

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Smith – Hintz3:44

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin9:57

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa6:33

    xG 0.10–0.52 (16%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hanley2:29

    xG 0.31–0.01 (95%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Hanley – Heiskanen10:18

    xG 0.27–0.07 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Bayreuther10:41

    xG 0.21–0.17 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Hayes – Chytil10:12

    xG 0.47–0.03 (95%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Zibanejad – Namestnikov10:41

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. McLeod – Fogarty – Andersson5:48

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Vesey – Howden9:51

    xG 0.07–0.21 (26%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – DeAngelo13:17

    xG 0.52–0.10 (83%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Claesson13:39

    xG 0.28–0.22 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Pionk15:05

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 7–12goals 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 1.8 xGDAL 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #974 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 52% 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).