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Sat, Jan 26, 2013·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 88% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR230608217
NYR014111417542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:25TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: John-Michael Liles, Nikolay Kulemin · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:15TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Mikhail Grabovski · Snap, 0.55 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:43NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Marian Gaborik, Rick Nash · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:36NYRMarc StaalAssists: Michael Del Zotto, Marian Gaborik · Snap, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:57NYRMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Marc Staal, Brad Richards · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:08NYRMichael Del ZottoAssists: Derek Stepan, Brian Boyle · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:45NYRMarian GaborikENAssists: Rick Nash, Dan Girardi · Backhand, 0.78 xG2–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:07NYRRyan Callahan: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 3:59TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:59NYRArron Asham: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 4:01NYRMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 4:01TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 12:56TORMatt Frattin: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 15:39NYRBenn Ferriero: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  8. P1 19:35TORTyler Bozak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 8:41NYRJeff Halpern: Interference2 min
  10. P2 11:58TORMikhail Grabovski: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  11. P2 17:14TORClarke MacArthur: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 19:14NYRDerek Stepan: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
17Shots on goal42
2.8Expected goals5.7
39Shot attempts68
32Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
18Penalty minutes18
29Hits32
15Blocked shots13
5Giveaways6
2Takeaways5

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Kessel – Bozak7:36

    xG 0.65–0.39 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Orr – McClement – Brown2:29

    xG 0.01–0.07 (16%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Frattin – Kadri2:06

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Kulemin – van Riemsdyk9:31

    xG 0.48–0.68 (41%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Fraser5:13

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson2:54

    xG 0.10–0.20 (32%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Komisarek – Gunnarsson9:05

    xG 0.18–0.50 (27%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Gaborik – Nash16:08

    xG 1.89–0.92 (67%)attempts 19–12goals 3–0

  2. Callahan – Ferriero – Hagelin4:00

    xG 0.69–0.20 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Callahan – Stepan4:27

    xG 0.30–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Ferriero – Hagelin5:38

    xG 0.38–0.16 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Del Zotto15:56

    xG 1.60–0.70 (70%)attempts 15–10goals 4–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh14:50

    xG 1.38–0.80 (63%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  3. Eminger – Stralman4:12

    xG 0.34–0.09 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 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 5.7 xGTOR 2.8 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #115 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 88% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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