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Thu, Dec 15, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, New York Rangers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 55% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1904010123
NYR191615320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:52NYRFilip ChytilPPAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Alexis Lafrenière · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:06TORMichael BuntingAssists: David Kampf, Conor Timmins · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:33NYRJimmy VeseyGWGAssists: Vincent Trocheck, K'Andre Miller · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:47NYRJimmy VeseyENAssists: Jacob Trouba, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.69 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:23TORMark Giordano: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:07NYRJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:04NYRBarclay Goodrow: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 2:21NYRFilip Chytil: 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
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
23Shots on goal20
2.9Expected goals3.2
54Shot attempts41
24Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
8Hits19
11Blocked shots14
29Giveaways9
11Takeaways14

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. bestAnderson – Aston-Reese – Holmberg6:26

    xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Engvall2:21

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Engvall – Kampf8:20

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Bunting – Marner – Matthews4:23

    xG 0.11–0.04 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin8:56

    xG 0.71–0.14 (84%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Holl11:48

    xG 0.41–0.02 (96%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Timmins13:14

    xG 0.54–0.42 (56%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Trocheck – Vesey8:49

    xG 0.37–0.11 (77%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Brodzinski – Gauthier – Kravtsov6:24

    xG 0.06–0.21 (23%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Zibanejad – Goodrow – Panarin12:11

    xG 0.31–0.58 (35%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Gauthier – Kravtsov2:30

    xG 0.00–0.51 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fox – Lindgren15:41

    xG 0.05–0.09 (34%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Harpur – Schneider11:38

    xG 0.23–1.02 (19%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Miller18:48

    xG 0.25–1.17 (18%)attempts 16–22goals 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.

NYR 3.2 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 21/100 · #1112 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 55% 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).