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Tue, Jan 7, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

Dallas Stars 5, New York Rangers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 56% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL2191911011539
NYR39091800426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:56NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Artemi Panarin, Ryan Lindgren · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:55NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Will Borgen, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:24NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P1 12:57DALMatt DucheneAssists: Esa Lindell · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P1 15:56DALEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Mavrik Bourque, Thomas Harley · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:14DALJason RobertsonAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Roope Hintz · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 12:56NYRVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:21DALThomas HarleyAssists: Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:17DALJamie BennPPGWGAssists: Jason Robertson, Thomas Harley · Tip-in, 0.25 xG5–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:21NYRBraden Schneider: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:12DALNils Lundkvist: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 11:20DALThomas Harley: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. OT 0:25NYRArtemi Panarin: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALNYR
39Shots on goal26
2.9Expected goals3.3
72Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
12Hits25
15Blocked shots19
7Giveaways14
3Takeaways4

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. bestDadonov – Hintz – Robertson11:42

    xG 1.06–0.23 (82%)attempts 20–7goals 1–1

  2. Steel – Bourque – Stankoven11:33

    xG 0.50–0.79 (39%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Benn – Duchene – Johnston13:30

    xG 0.33–0.66 (34%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  4. Blackwell – Bäck – Hyry7:19

    xG 0.22–0.84 (21%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeiskanen – Harley14:42

    xG 1.03–0.45 (69%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Heiskanen4:17

    xG 0.08–0.01 (88%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Lundkvist2:01

    xG 0.05–0.04 (55%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière16:51

    xG 1.58–0.50 (76%)attempts 23–10goals 3–1

  2. Smith – Zibanejad – Brodzinski11:38

    xG 0.56–0.32 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Vesey – Edstrom9:26

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Chytil – Berard – Cuylle6:12

    xG 0.11–0.41 (21%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorgen – Miller16:08

    xG 1.05–0.58 (65%)attempts 18–17goals 2–1

  2. Vaakanainen – Schneider14:02

    xG 0.78–0.61 (56%)attempts 12–21goals 1–1

  3. Fox – Lindgren16:05

    xG 0.62–0.67 (48%)attempts 14–17goals 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.

NYR 3.3 xGDAL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 97/100 · #39 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 56% 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).