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Mon, Feb 3, 2020·Madison Square Garden, New York

Dallas Stars 5, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

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

NYR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL272816521
NYR21308115336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:29NYRPavel BuchnevichPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Tony DeAngelo · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:08DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: John Klingberg, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:24DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P1 15:41NYRBrett HowdenPPAssists: Brendan Lemieux, Kaapo Kakko · Snap, 0.61 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:52DALStephen JohnsAssists: Jason Dickinson, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:56DALBlake ComeauGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Radek Faksa · Snap, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:22DALCorey PerryAssists: Andrej Sekera, Stephen Johns · Wrist, 0.21 xG5–2
  8. P3 13:17NYRBrendan LemieuxPPAssists: Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.08 xG5–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:27DALAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:56NYRBrendan Smith: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 8:08NYRPavel Buchnevich: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:44DALAlexander Radulov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:38NYRBrett Howden: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:38DALMiro Heiskanen: Embellishment2 min
  7. P2 18:14NYRAdam Fox: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 19:27NYRMika Zibanejad: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 12:02DALRoope Hintz: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:00NYRBrendan Lemieux: Interference2 min
  11. P3 19:00DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 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 20:00Dickinson won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYR
21Shots on goal36
3.8Expected goals3.2
47Shot attempts63
25Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
21Hits27
18Blocked shots11
5Giveaways12
11Takeaways5

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. bestPerry – Dickinson – Gurianov10:06

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  2. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa8:39

    xG 0.28–0.11 (71%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Hintz7:52

    xG 0.38–0.29 (56%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Radulov – Janmark8:53

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Heiskanen2:41

    xG 0.24–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell12:34

    xG 0.76–0.58 (57%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Johns11:06

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Howden – Chytil – Kakko7:56

    xG 0.05–0.07 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  2. Fast – Strome – Panarin7:04

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Di Giuseppe – Buchnevich6:25

    xG 0.28–0.43 (39%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. DeAngelo – Fox2:36

    xG 0.04–0.01 (88%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Skjei – Trouba2:53

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Lindgren9:10

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 9–2goals 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.

NYR 3.2 xGDAL 3.8 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 67/100 · #365 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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.

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).