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Thu, Jan 19, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

New York Rangers 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 69% of the time.

TOR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR21911626541
TOR191907225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:42NYRBrady SkjeiAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:16TORTyler BozakAssists: Mitch Marner, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:44NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Rick Nash, Brady Skjei · Tip-in, 0.35 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:02NYRJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Kevin Hayes, Adam Clendening · Snap, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:02TORZach HymanSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:57NYRMichael GrabnerSHAssists: Kevin Hayes, Nick Holden · Snap, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:03NYRMichael GrabnerENUnassisted · Snap, 0.63 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:22TORConnor Carrick: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:28NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  3. P2 11:21TORFrank Corrado: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:12TORFrank Corrado: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 4:12TORMatt Hunwick: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 13:52NYROscar Lindberg: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:24TORMatt Martin: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 19:24NYRAdam Clendening: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTOR
41Shots on goal25
4.5Expected goals3.2
65Shot attempts58
35Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
34Hits21
18Blocked shots9
11Giveaways15
10Takeaways15

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. bestNash – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:04

    xG 1.01–0.22 (82%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Grabner – Hayes – Miller9:53

    xG 0.66–0.72 (48%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Pirri – Lindberg – Vesey7:21

    xG 0.02–0.21 (7%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello12:26

    xG 0.33–0.95 (26%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClendening – Skjei12:17

    xG 0.91–0.65 (58%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh14:44

    xG 0.66–0.56 (54%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Skjei2:07

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKomarov – Kadri – Nylander10:07

    xG 0.91–0.40 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:44

    xG 0.83–0.46 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  3. Martin – Gauthier – Soshnikov9:04

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Brown – Matthews10:39

    xG 0.51–1.15 (31%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev8:53

    xG 0.68–0.42 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Corrado4:22

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Zaitsev5:47

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

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.

TOR 3.2 xGNYR 4.5 xG
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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 56/100 · #496 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TOR 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 69% 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).