New York Rangers vs. Dallas StarsDec 20, 2024

FinalFriday, Dec 20, 2024· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	2	0	1	3		NYR	14	11	5	30
DAL	1	0	0	1		DAL	9	18	15	42

: NYR 47DAL 80
: NYR 3.15DAL 5.02
PP goals: NYR 0DAL 0
Hits: NYR 28DAL 13
Blocks: NYR 14DAL 8
PIM: NYR 27DAL 8
: NYR 57%DAL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Rangers beat Dallas Stars 3–1

New York Rangers beat Dallas Stars 3–1 at DAL. Vincent Trocheck (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DAL scored 1 goal on 5.02 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:26.Trocheck
Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 5.02 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +13 against a season average of 28.7; the win.Shesterkin
New line
New look for NYR: Smith–Zibanejad–Berard skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Zibanejad Berard
New line
New look for DAL: Benn–Stankoven–Johnston skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Benn Stankoven Johnston
New line
New look for NYR: Carrick–Edstrom–Rempe skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Edstrom Rempe
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Chytil–Cuylle skated 4:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Chytil Cuylle
Usage
Jason Robertson (DAL) played 22:05, +4:21 up on his 17:44 season average over 81 games.Robertson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYR attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · DAL 80 · NYR 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 26% of the game, DAL 52%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

DAL

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYR	DAL
	41	43
	2.12	2.46
	2.02	2.34
	10	12
	2	2
	18	13
	+0.025	−0.025
	26%	52%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
8:5259% CF
L2Smith – Zibanejad – Berard
5:3740% CF
L3Kreider – Chytil – Cuylle
4:3560% CF
L4Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe
4:0033% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
11:2360% CF
D2Borgen – Schneider
10:5947% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Vaakanainen
6:5738% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:5583% CF
PP2Smith – Fox – Chytil – Lafrenière – Cuylle
1:16100% CF
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
6:54
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
3:45
PK1DFox – Lindgren
5:37
PK2DRuhwedel – Vaakanainen
5:11

Current NYR line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Blackwell – Steel – Bäck
7:3757% CF
L2Hintz – Robertson – Bourque
7:2052% CF
L3Benn – Stankoven – Johnston
5:0627% CF
L4Dadonov – Duchene – Marchment
4:0929% CF
D1Heiskanen – Harley
4:5154% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Bichsel
3:5120% CF
D3Lindell – Lundkvist
3:4083% CF

PP1Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
6:5990% CF
PP2Benn – Duchene – Robertson – Harley – Johnston
3:29100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
2:08
PK2FHintz – Johnston
1:03
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
2:38
PK2DHeiskanen – Harley
0:46

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:46
DALRoope Hintz (Nils Lundkvist, Jason Robertson)snap0.26 xG
NYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Borgen, Schneider, BerardDAL: Lindell, Hintz, Robertson, Lundkvist, Bourque
NYR 0 – 1 DAL
10:44
NYRReilly SmithSHsnap0.11 xG
NYR: Smith, Trocheck, Borgen, SchneiderDAL: Dadonov, Duchene, Marchment, Harley, Stankoven
NYR 1 – 1 DAL
15:20
NYRVincent Trocheck (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)slap0.07 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, LafrenièreDAL: Dadonov, Duchene, Lindell, Marchment, Heiskanen
NYR 2 – 1 DAL

3rd period

17:54
NYRChris KreiderEN (Will Cuylle, Vincent Trocheck)snap0.49 xG
NYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Borgen, Schneider, CuylleDAL: Benn, Duchene, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen, Johnston
NYR 3 – 1 DAL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	1	2	+3	5	0.40	5	3	0	23:26	—	—	52	57
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.52	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	56	57
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	15:24	—	—	55	50
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	1	1	0	18:18	—	—	35	22
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:27	—	—	47	35
Brett Berard L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	7:46	—	—	41	26
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.49	2	0	2	15:48	—	—	55	12
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.30	1	1	0	15:15	—	—	63	62
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	2	9:55	—	—	56	35
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	14:28	—	—	33	64
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:30	—	—	22	49
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	5	0	17	5:32	—	—	33	65
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.24	0	2	0	27:15	—	—	56	45
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	20:00	—	—	61	51
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	2	0	20:24	—	—	44	53
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	2	1	0	17:17	—	—	42	52
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	35	23
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	2	14:52	—	—	36	28

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	42	41	1	.976	5.02	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	74	68
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	67	51
Oskar Bäck C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	53	53
Jason Robertson L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.36	1	1	0	22:05	—	—	57	78
Roope Hintz C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.83	1	1	2	19:23	—	—	52	72
Mavrik Bourque C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.61	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	54	74
Wyatt Johnston C	L3	0	0	0	-1	9	0.65	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	43	50
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	0	0	19:21	—	—	39	34
Logan Stankoven C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.40	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	40	34
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	-3	4	0.56	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	43	12
Mason Marchment L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.36	2	0	2	15:06	—	—	36	9
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	42	14
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.44	0	3	0	24:06	—	—	39	68
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	54	51
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	41	26
Lian Bichsel D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:25	—	—	37	26
Esa Lindell D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	68	79
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	0	2	14:59	—	—	76	68

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	2.66	57:48

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Roope Hintz (DAL) 1st 1:46 · assists Nils Lundkvist, Jason Robertson · Rebound · 47.6 mph shot.

Roope Hintz · 1st 1:46 · DAL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: rebound

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Reilly Smith · 1st 10:44 · NYR SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.3 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Vincent Trocheck · 1st 15:20 · NYR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Type: rebound

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Chris Kreider · 3rd 17:54 · NYR EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.0 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.