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Fri, Jan 13, 2017·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2111917427
NYR011111114236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:49TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Nazem Kadri, Matt Hunwick · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:28TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:05NYRChris KreiderAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Mats Zuccarello · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:27TORConnor BrownGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:20TORConnor CarrickPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.39 xG4–1
  6. P3 18:35NYRJ.T. MillerAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Adam Clendening · Snap, 0.04 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:12NYRBrady Skjei: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:17TORFrederik Andersen: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:44TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  4. P1 15:39NYRBrandon Pirri: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 0:52TORMorgan Rielly: Holding2 min
  6. P2 6:31NYRAdam Clendening: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 9:23TORJames van Riemsdyk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 19:50TORJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:08NYRKevin Klein: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:53TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 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
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
27Shots on goal36
2.9Expected goals2.9
51Shot attempts67
35Faceoffs won22
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
21Hits13
14Blocked shots16
9Giveaways18
7Takeaways8

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. bestKomarov – Kadri – Nylander6:01

    xG 0.59–0.11 (84%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Kadri – Nylander – Matthews2:29

    xG 0.23–0.05 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:21

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov5:32

    xG 0.20–0.49 (29%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hunwick10:11

    xG 0.73–0.24 (76%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

  2. Gardiner – Carrick11:49

    xG 0.23–0.46 (34%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Rielly – Zaitsev14:16

    xG 0.51–0.83 (38%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFast – Miller – Buchnevich2:42

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Grabner – Hayes – Miller7:37

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Lindberg – Vesey4:55

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Grabner – Hayes3:04

    xG 0.03–0.02 (58%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Clendening11:28

    xG 0.66–0.38 (63%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Girardi – Holden12:06

    xG 0.36–0.30 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Skjei13:41

    xG 0.67–0.76 (47%)attempts 12–13goals 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 2.9 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 43/100 · #649 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 51% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).