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Sun, Nov 15, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1121915326
NYR08211211430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:57TORPeter HollandAssists: Byron Froese · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:44NYRRyan McDonaghAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Dan Girardi · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:55NYRDerek StepanAssists: Chris Kreider, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:38TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Byron Froese, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:37NYRDerick BrassardAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Klein · Snap, 0.22 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:15TORDion PhaneufAssists: Tyler Bozak · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:06NYRMats ZuccarelloGWGAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Backhand, 0.26 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:21TORNazem Kadri: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 9:41NYRDan Girardi: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:34NYRChris Kreider: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 9:21TORPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:36NYRDerick Brassard: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spaling won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
26Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.2
55Shot attempts50
37Faceoffs won39
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
23Hits20
6Blocked shots18
3Giveaways12
7Takeaways11

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 – Froese5:14

    xG 0.50–0.11 (82%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Grabner – Holland – Froese3:02

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak11:30

    xG 0.56–0.53 (51%)attempts 12–11goals 1–3

  4. Lupul – Spaling – Froese2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner13:37

    xG 0.88–0.22 (80%)attempts 16–8goals 2–1

  2. Polak – Harrington7:27

    xG 0.40–0.09 (81%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Polak – Gardiner2:26

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Brassard – Zuccarello12:42

    xG 1.43–0.84 (63%)attempts 20–9goals 3–1

  2. Stoll – Moore – Fast11:01

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Kreider – Miller12:10

    xG 0.11–0.30 (26%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  4. Stalberg – Lindberg – Hayes6:36

    xG 0.14–0.57 (20%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh16:06

    xG 0.97–0.54 (64%)attempts 21–12goals 3–0

  2. Klein – Yandle3:35

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal15:40

    xG 0.16–0.54 (23%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

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 2.2 xGTOR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 93/100 · #73 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 60% 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).