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Thu, Oct 14, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Dallas Stars 3, New York Rangers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL18180812326
NYR0421801100233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:25DALJacob PetersonUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:11DALRadek FaksaPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:43NYRAdam FoxAssists: Ryan Lindgren, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:54NYRChris KreiderAssists: K'Andre Miller, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:38DALMiro HeiskanenGWGAssists: Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:16DALTyler Seguin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 12:35NYRRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:28DALJani Hakanpää: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 5:00NYRRyan Reaves: Boarding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:00DALJamie Benn: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 5:00NYRJacob Trouba: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:43DALJani Hakanpää: Holding2 min
  8. P3 13:22DALJoe Pavelski: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% 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
26Shots on goal33
3.0Expected goals3.9
50Shot attempts77
29Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
23Hits32
25Blocked shots13
8Giveaways11
2Takeaways7

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. bestFaksa – Raffl – Gurianov7:39

    xG 0.41–0.06 (86%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Peterson7:54

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Glendening – Kero – Kiviranta5:51

    xG 0.19–0.40 (32%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin10:01

    xG 0.07–0.65 (9%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Hakanpää10:47

    xG 0.52–0.18 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Sekera3:23

    xG 0.14–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Heiskanen2:09

    xG 0.25–0.15 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestReaves – Hunt – Rooney7:35

    xG 0.70–0.11 (86%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière7:59

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Panarin – Kakko11:19

    xG 0.69–0.43 (61%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Goodrow2:01

    xG 0.26–0.06 (83%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller15:38

    xG 1.11–0.32 (78%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren14:50

    xG 1.01–0.30 (77%)attempts 20–4goals 1–0

  3. Nemeth – Lundkvist10:57

    xG 0.16–0.53 (23%)attempts 10–10goals 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 3.9 xGDAL 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #430 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, New York Rangers win this game 64% 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).