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Ice Lab

Sat, Jan 14, 2012·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Rangers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 62% of the time.

TOR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR0821418330
TOR050708020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:35NYRMike RuppGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Wojtek Wolski · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:28NYRBrian BoyleAssists: Brandon Prust, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:01NYRDerek StepanAssists: Carl Hagelin, Martin Biron · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:49TORTim Connolly: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:03TORCody Franson: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 9:17NYRMichael Del Zotto: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 0:52NYRCarl Hagelin: Too many men on the ice2 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
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Steckel won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTOR
30Shots on goal20
1.7Expected goals2.2
63Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
48Hits39
23Blocked shots21
13Giveaways26
4Takeaways11

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. bestFedotenko – Boyle – Prust5:34

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Callahan – Anisimov6:12

    xG 0.35–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Prust – Hagelin6:40

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Rupp – Wolski – Anisimov4:16

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh17:35

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Stralman2:44

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto4:14

    xG 0.09–0.05 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLombardi – Crabb – Kadri5:42

    xG 0.45–0.10 (82%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Steckel – Boyce – Brown9:08

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Lombardi – MacArthur – Kadri2:41

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Kulemin – Kadri2:37

    xG 0.06–0.01 (81%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKomisarek – Franson12:02

    xG 0.64–0.35 (65%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  2. Phaneuf – Aulie14:43

    xG 0.50–0.39 (57%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Franson2:51

    xG 0.01–0.13 (10%)attempts 1–4goals 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 2.2 xGNYR 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1117 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 62% 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).