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Wed, Jan 19, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR311010017338
NYR1721139627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:44TORIlya MikheyevAssists: Pierre Engvall · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:30TORMitch MarnerPPAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:52NYRRyan ReavesAssists: Greg McKegg, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:50TORMichael BuntingAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–1
  5. P2 2:58NYRRyan ReavesAssists: K'Andre Miller, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:49NYRAdam FoxAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:50NYRRyan StromeGWGAssists: Ryan Lindgren, Artemi Panarin · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:33NYRChris KreiderAssists: Jacob Trouba, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:36NYRAdam FoxENAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.45 xG3–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:17NYRChris Kreider: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:50NYRRyan Reaves: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 7:05TORPierre Engvall: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 4:16NYRArtemi Panarin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 18:20NYRRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 11:20TORIlya Mikheyev: Interference goalkeeper2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
38Shots on goal27
4.3Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts49
35Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
12Hits31
14Blocked shots15
8Giveaways9
6Takeaways10

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. bestEngvall – Kampf – Mikheyev11:31

    xG 1.26–0.11 (92%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Bunting – Marner – Matthews12:26

    xG 0.80–0.71 (53%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

  3. Spezza – Simmonds – Clifford4:37

    xG 0.16–0.27 (37%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander9:08

    xG 0.24–0.79 (23%)attempts 10–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin12:39

    xG 1.25–0.84 (60%)attempts 12–11goals 1–2

  2. Brodie – Rielly16:58

    xG 0.83–0.47 (64%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  3. Biega – Dermott10:45

    xG 0.55–0.43 (56%)attempts 11–10goals 0–2

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Kakko8:34

    xG 0.64–0.32 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Goodrow – Gauthier – Lafrenière6:55

    xG 0.11–0.16 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Reaves – McKegg – Rooney10:16

    xG 0.38–0.63 (38%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  4. Strome – Panarin – Chytil9:44

    xG 0.58–0.91 (39%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren16:08

    xG 0.57–0.29 (67%)attempts 14–12goals 3–0

  2. Fox – Schneider2:11

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller12:46

    xG 0.75–1.08 (41%)attempts 13–10goals 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 2.6 xGTOR 4.3 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 86/100 · #208 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 75% 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).