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Wed, Mar 5, 2014·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Rangers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR0111511013329
NYR0120921303237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:44TORTyler BozakUnassisted · Snap, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P3 2:00TORNazem KadriAssists: Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:34NYRRyan McDonaghSHAssists: Dominic Moore, Brian Boyle · Deflected, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:53NYRDominic MooreSHAssists: Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:51TORTyler BozakGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Paul Ranger · Snap, 0.43 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:21TORJames van Riemsdyk: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 1:44NYRJohn Moore: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P3 5:18NYRBrad Richards: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 12:47NYRChris Kreider: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 19:03TORNikolay Kulemin: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 19:03NYRDerick Brassard: Slashing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
29Shots on goal37
4.1Expected goals3.9
48Shot attempts79
39Faceoffs won33
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits18
21Blocked shots11
8Giveaways12
3Takeaways6

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. bestClarkson – Raymond – Holland8:57

    xG 0.88–0.11 (88%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Kulemin – Kadri14:18

    xG 1.10–0.48 (69%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak16:30

    xG 0.53–1.30 (29%)attempts 11–24goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson15:02

    xG 1.31–1.06 (55%)attempts 15–23goals 1–0

  2. Ranger – Rielly2:16

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – Gunnarsson2:01

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Dorsett – Brassard8:56

    xG 0.74–0.19 (79%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. St. Louis – Richards – Hagelin14:41

    xG 1.07–0.89 (55%)attempts 28–9goals 0–1

  3. Moore – Pouliot – Brassard2:07

    xG 0.09–0.09 (49%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Stepan – Kreider12:14

    xG 0.56–0.67 (45%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh22:25

    xG 1.49–0.90 (62%)attempts 25–16goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stralman15:47

    xG 1.03–0.79 (57%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  3. Klein – Staal2:33

    xG 0.01–0.40 (3%)attempts 2–5goals 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 3.9 xGTOR 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 64/100 · #364 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 53% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

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

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