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Fri, Oct 30, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 54% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0609110125
NYR1907210326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:41NYRMats ZuccarelloAssists: Derick Brassard, Rick Nash · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:34NYRMats ZuccarelloGWGAssists: Derick Brassard, Rick Nash · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:09TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:11NYRMats ZuccarelloENAssists: Derick Brassard, Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.66 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 3:59TORLeo Komarov: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 6:10TORPeter Holland: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 14:28TORDion Phaneuf: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNYR 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.

TORNYR
25Shots on goal26
2.9Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts49
33Faceoffs won22
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
25Hits23
11Blocked shots13
7Giveaways8
5Takeaways2

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. bestLupul – Winnik – Bozak13:37

    xG 1.39–0.43 (77%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Clune – Grabner – Froese7:32

    xG 0.33–0.10 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Matthias – Holland8:06

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – van Riemsdyk – Kadri12:40

    xG 0.55–0.48 (53%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Marincin9:58

    xG 0.80–0.04 (96%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Rielly16:14

    xG 0.91–0.68 (57%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

  3. Phaneuf – Gardiner15:08

    xG 0.47–0.97 (32%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Brassard – Zuccarello11:28

    xG 0.98–0.18 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 2–0

  2. Lindberg – Hayes – Miller10:01

    xG 0.05–0.07 (44%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Fast12:26

    xG 0.50–0.78 (39%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Stoll – Moore – Etem11:13

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – McDonagh15:03

    xG 0.98–0.53 (65%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Girardi14:58

    xG 0.56–0.63 (47%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Girardi2:13

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 3.1 xGTOR 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1042 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 54% 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).