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Tue, Mar 10, 2020·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Rangers 4, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 58% of the time.

DAL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2102908427
DAL09011213233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:19NYRAdam FoxAssists: Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:12NYRMika ZibanejadSHAssists: Brendan Lemieux, Pavel Buchnevich · Snap, 0.35 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:03NYRKaapo KakkoGWGAssists: Brett Howden, Jesper Fast · Snap, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:18NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Backhand, 0.13 xG4–0
  5. P3 1:23DALRoope HintzAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:52DALAndrew CoglianoAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 13:22NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:46DALDenis Gurianov: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:46NYRRyan Lindgren: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 13:46DALDenis Gurianov: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 16:32DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:20DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 11:20NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:30DALAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 13:30NYRRyan Lindgren: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 19:45NYRPhillip Di Giuseppe: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 15:30NYRBrendan Smith: 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
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDAL
27Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals2.9
48Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
15Penalty minutes13
17Hits23
14Blocked shots14
11Giveaways10
4Takeaways9

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Strome – Panarin7:38

    xG 0.33–0.08 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. McKegg – Lemieux – Gauthier6:02

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Di Giuseppe – Buchnevich6:22

    xG 0.31–0.31 (49%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Lemieux – Panarin2:09

    xG 0.14–0.33 (30%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren14:14

    xG 0.90–0.57 (61%)attempts 13–12goals 3–1

  2. Smith – Trouba14:36

    xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Staal – DeAngelo10:01

    xG 0.42–0.85 (33%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Cogliano – Faksa2:39

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Dickinson – Hintz – Gurianov5:26

    xG 0.26–0.10 (72%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Dickinson2:57

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Gurianov3:02

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell12:37

    xG 0.57–0.40 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Oleksiak7:16

    xG 0.57–0.42 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Heiskanen4:28

    xG 0.12–0.14 (45%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

DAL 2.9 xGNYR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 61/100 · #439 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 58% of the time.

DAL winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).