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Sat, Mar 12, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

New York Rangers 7, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

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

DAL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR4141827729
DAL21111319433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:49DALEsa LindellAssists: Joel Hanley · Backhand, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:53DALTyler SeguinAssists: Joel Kiviranta, Esa Lindell · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:45NYRGreg McKeggAssists: K'Andre Miller, Julien Gauthier · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:59NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P1 14:14NYRAdam FoxAssists: Jacob Trouba, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P1 14:50NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: K'Andre Miller, Dryden Hunt · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P2 7:10DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: John Klingberg, Roope Hintz · Deflected, 0.22 xG4–3
  8. P2 18:20NYRPatrik NemethGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Dryden Hunt · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG5–3
  9. P3 8:09DALJoe PavelskiAssists: Roope Hintz, John Klingberg · Tip-in, 0.08 xG5–4
  10. P3 14:07NYRBarclay GoodrowAssists: Filip Chytil · Wrist, 0.04 xG6–4
  11. P3 18:23NYRRyan StromeENAssists: Dryden Hunt, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.69 xG7–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:52DALRoope Hintz: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:47DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:12NYRRyan Lindgren: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:46NYRJonny Brodzinski: 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRDAL
29Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.5
46Shot attempts58
19Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits23
13Blocked shots10
9Giveaways14
6Takeaways5

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. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière12:15

    xG 0.40–0.35 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Goodrow – Brodzinski – Chytil11:32

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Hunt – Panarin13:54

    xG 0.83–0.85 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 2–2

  4. McKegg – Goodrow – Gauthier2:59

    xG 0.01–0.26 (2%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller17:02

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 11–9goals 2–1

  2. Fox – Hajek2:42

    xG 0.31–0.22 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Hajek – Schneider2:39

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Gurianov10:50

    xG 0.70–0.52 (58%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson12:02

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 15–5goals 2–2

  3. Radulov – Peterson – Kiviranta3:32

    xG 0.42–0.32 (57%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Faksa – Raffl9:30

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Hanley10:47

    xG 0.71–0.35 (67%)attempts 8–8goals 2–2

  2. Klingberg – Harley14:57

    xG 0.84–0.81 (51%)attempts 17–13goals 1–2

  3. Hakanpää – Hanley2:31

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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 3.5 xGNYR 2.8 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 91/100 · #140 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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.

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).