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Wed, Feb 5, 2020·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 57% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR19111110330
NYR313112110535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:36TORJohn TavaresAssists: William Nylander, Justin Holl · Snap, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:50NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Marc Staal · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:18NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Chris Kreider · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:24NYRChris KreiderAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Mika Zibanejad · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:56TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Andreas Johnsson, Kasperi Kapanen · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:30NYRPavel BuchnevichGWGAssists: Brady Skjei · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:32TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: John Tavares, Mitch Marner · Slap, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:02NYRGreg McKeggENAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:11TORZach Hyman: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:59NYRRyan Lindgren: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 5:16TORTyson Barrie: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 15:44NYRGreg McKegg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:02TORZach Hyman: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 19:02NYRJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 19:42TORJohn Tavares: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 19:42NYRRyan Lindgren: Roughing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
30Shots on goal35
4.1Expected goals4.7
66Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
11Penalty minutes11
12Hits29
8Blocked shots21
14Giveaways14
6Takeaways13

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. Spezza – Timashov – Moore6:11

    xG 0.07–0.10 (42%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Marner – Matthews13:53

    xG 1.28–1.51 (46%)attempts 21–18goals 0–3

  3. Johnsson – Kapanen – Engvall8:00

    xG 0.38–0.64 (37%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander11:22

    xG 0.38–1.04 (27%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Barrie2:07

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Dermott4:04

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Dermott11:39

    xG 0.82–0.88 (48%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich10:53

    xG 1.50–0.11 (93%)attempts 19–7goals 3–0

  2. Fast – Strome – Panarin8:52

    xG 0.82–0.42 (66%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. McKegg – Di Giuseppe – Howden3:24

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Fast – Panarin – Chytil2:41

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – DeAngelo12:26

    xG 1.18–0.67 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  2. Fox – Lindgren18:31

    xG 1.40–1.37 (50%)attempts 20–21goals 2–0

  3. Skjei – Trouba14:44

    xG 0.61–0.86 (42%)attempts 11–22goals 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 4.7 xGTOR 4.1 xG
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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 67/100 · #358 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 57% 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).