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Tue, Dec 2, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

Dallas Stars 2, New York Rangers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL1100121400226
NYR11001111812341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:51NYRCarson SoucyAssists: Noah Laba, Conor Sheary · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:04DALKyle CapobiancoUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:32DALMikko RantanenAssists: Wyatt Johnston · Snap, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:47NYRWill CuylleAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:09NYRVladislav GavrikovGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:41NYRCarson Soucy: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 11:40DALAlexander Petrovic: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 12:37DALJustin Hryckowian: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:10NYRCarson Soucy: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 17:59DALOskar Bäck: Holding2 min
  6. P3 4:13DALSam Steel: High sticking double minor4 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
47% to win53% 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
26Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals3.3
52Shot attempts72
33Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
17Hits27
14Blocked shots14
13Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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. bestBenn – Hintz – Robertson6:27

    xG 0.29–0.06 (82%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Blackwell – Faksa – Steel3:18

    xG 0.11–0.04 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Rantanen – Steel – Johnston6:23

    xG 0.34–0.30 (54%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Hintz – Robertson – Bourque2:05

    xG 0.18–0.18 (49%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLyubushkin – Kolyachonok8:41

    xG 0.58–0.10 (86%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – Heiskanen3:03

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Heiskanen12:09

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBerard – Cuylle – Laba8:01

    xG 0.54–0.09 (85%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Zibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière12:30

    xG 0.35–0.04 (89%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Sheary – Raddysh5:30

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Miller – Brodzinski10:09

    xG 0.34–1.10 (24%)attempts 11–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobertson – Morrow9:29

    xG 0.64–0.16 (80%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Gavrikov – Schneider16:55

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 19–17goals 0–2

  3. Soucy – Borgen11:45

    xG 0.32–0.55 (37%)attempts 10–12goals 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 2.2 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 · #428 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 69% of the time.

NYR winsDAL wins

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

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