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Tue, Feb 20, 2024·Madison Square Garden, New York

Dallas Stars 1, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL010115017142
NYR1611416326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:46NYRAdam FoxAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Lindgren · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:23NYRKaapo KakkoGWGAssists: Erik Gustafsson, K'Andre Miller · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:10DALMiro HeiskanenPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:19NYRVincent TrocheckENAssists: Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.56 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:47DALMatt Duchene: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:37NYRAdam Fox: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:43NYRArtemi Panarin: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:41DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:44NYRVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:20DALJoel Hanley: Holding2 min
  7. P3 6:17DALRoope Hintz: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 10:17NYRErik Gustafsson: 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYR
42Shots on goal26
3.5Expected goals3.3
74Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits32
16Blocked shots22
4Giveaways10
5Takeaways11

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. bestPavelski – Benn – Steel3:17

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Hintz – Robertson – Johnston4:52

    xG 0.20–0.05 (79%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment9:07

    xG 0.61–0.48 (56%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Faksa – Dellandrea2:01

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPouliot – Lindell9:01

    xG 0.41–0.11 (78%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Heiskanen – Harley14:05

    xG 0.63–0.42 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Hanley10:54

    xG 0.36–0.72 (33%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière8:24

    xG 0.63–0.16 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey7:26

    xG 0.19–0.09 (69%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Edstrom – Rempe4:24

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Brodzinski – Kakko – Cuylle5:58

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

Defence pairs

  1. Gustafsson – Schneider11:14

    xG 0.51–0.48 (52%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller13:43

    xG 0.38–0.58 (40%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren11:57

    xG 0.26–0.72 (27%)attempts 5–15goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGDAL 3.5 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 20/100 · #1069 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 53% 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).