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Mon, Apr 8, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Rangers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 64% of the time.

TOR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR07113214334
TOR1828112428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:03TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: John-Michael Liles, Phil Kessel · Backhand, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:28TORRyan O'ByrneAssists: Nazem Kadri, Clarke MacArthur · Slap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:55NYRRick NashAssists: Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:18TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:50NYRRick NashAssists: John Moore, Steve Eminger · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:00NYRDerek StepanUnassisted · Snap, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:39TORPhil KesselGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.32 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:53TORJoe Colborne: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 12:32TORJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 18:32NYRRyan Callahan: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:59NYRMichael Del Zotto: High sticking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTOR
34Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals4.0
74Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
42Hits32
16Blocked shots18
15Giveaways13
8Takeaways6

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. bestRichards – Clowe – Zuccarello14:15

    xG 0.90–0.76 (54%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Brassard – Hagelin5:16

    xG 0.22–0.09 (71%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  3. Asham – Pyatt – Powe3:53

    xG 0.08–0.08 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Brassard – Hagelin2:32

    xG 0.19–0.39 (33%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Moore9:00

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – McDonagh17:00

    xG 1.26–1.07 (54%)attempts 27–12goals 1–0

  3. Girardi – McDonagh2:18

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak16:04

    xG 1.45–0.38 (79%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  2. McClement – Komarov – Kulemin5:09

    xG 0.62–0.26 (70%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Grabovski – Komarov8:00

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Orr – MacArthur – Kadri2:11

    xG 0.09–0.07 (55%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – O'Byrne12:48

    xG 1.64–1.10 (60%)attempts 14–22goals 2–0

  2. Franson – Fraser16:31

    xG 0.87–0.58 (60%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson17:37

    xG 0.47–0.55 (46%)attempts 13–20goals 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 4.0 xGNYR 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 74/100 · #194 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 64% 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).