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Thu, Oct 21, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Rangers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR21507010232
TOR0801116125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:11NYRRuslan FedotenkoAssists: Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:12NYRArtem AnisimovGWGAssists: Michal Rozsival, Ryan Callahan · Snap, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:04TORColby ArmstrongAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Mikhail Grabovski · Snap, 0.34 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:21NYRDerek Boogaard: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:21TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:36TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 6:55NYRDerek Stepan: Interference2 min
  5. P1 12:53NYRTodd White: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P1 18:11NYRSean Avery: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 3:41NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 1:56TORBrett Lebda: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 11:16NYRBrandon Prust: Hooking2 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 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTOR
32Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.3
55Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
25Hits21
30Blocked shots12
5Giveaways11
6Takeaways9

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. bestFrolov – Christensen – Prust9:15

    xG 0.89–0.13 (87%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Dubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov11:05

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Fedotenko – Avery – Stepan10:37

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  4. White – Boogaard – Boyle2:44

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSauer – Gilroy8:32

    xG 0.98–0.11 (90%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Rozsival – Staal13:04

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Girardi3:04

    xG 0.03–0.01 (72%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestZigomanis – Orr – Brown3:59

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Zigomanis – Versteeg – Kessel2:02

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sjostrom – Brent – Brown2:30

    xG 0.01–0.01 (40%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Versteeg – Kessel – Bozak7:53

    xG 0.25–0.53 (32%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Kaberle – Schenn14:46

    xG 0.55–0.58 (48%)attempts 11–18goals 1–1

  2. Beauchemin – Phaneuf13:53

    xG 0.49–0.71 (41%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  3. Komisarek – Lebda10:22

    xG 0.06–0.71 (8%)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.

TOR 2.3 xGNYR 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

TOR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line TOR is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #985 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

TOR winsNYR wins

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

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