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Sat, Nov 8, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Rangers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 67% of the time.

TOR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR28114113435
TOR31601025531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53NYRChris KreiderAssists: Kevin Klein, Mats Zuccarello · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:27TORPhil KesselPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:11TORPeter HollandSHAssists: Leo Komarov · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:59TORRichard PanikAssists: Cody Franson, Nazem Kadri · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P1 19:20NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Chris Kreider, Derek Stepan · Snap, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:44NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Dominic Moore · Snap, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:33NYRRick NashAssists: Martin St. Louis, Derick Brassard · Tip-in, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:27TORRoman PolakAssists: Nazem Kadri · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. P3 14:26TORLeo KomarovGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.05 xG4–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:41NYRConor Allen: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:03NYRCarl Hagelin: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:29TORJosh Leivo: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:27TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Brassard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTOR
35Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals2.5
60Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won43
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
39Hits43
13Blocked shots16
10Giveaways17
12Takeaways16

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. bestGlass – Hayes – Duclair7:02

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello13:04

    xG 0.71–0.39 (65%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  3. St. Louis – Nash – Brassard13:19

    xG 0.65–0.57 (53%)attempts 15–17goals 1–2

  4. Moore – Stempniak – Hagelin12:21

    xG 0.70–1.11 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKostka – Allen11:55

    xG 0.83–0.32 (72%)attempts 10–10goals 0–2

  2. Staal – Girardi16:08

    xG 0.64–0.41 (61%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Klein – Staal2:52

    xG 0.12–0.11 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestClarkson – Kadri – Panik12:44

    xG 1.01–0.77 (57%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak14:10

    xG 0.85–1.01 (46%)attempts 17–19goals 0–1

  3. Frattin – Carrick – Leivo4:41

    xG 0.04–0.29 (12%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Santorelli – Komarov – Holland11:27

    xG 0.10–0.64 (13%)attempts 5–9goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Gardiner14:54

    xG 1.22–0.80 (60%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Franson16:36

    xG 0.54–0.99 (36%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Rielly13:48

    xG 0.16–0.99 (14%)attempts 7–12goals 0–2

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 2.5 xGNYR 3.5 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 95/100 · #50 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.32 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TOR 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 67% 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).