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Thu, Apr 13, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

NYR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR070539321
NYR0517112224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:38NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Vincent Trocheck · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:09TORTimothy LiljegrenAssists: David Kampf, Jake McCabe · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:26NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Slap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:48TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:21TORNoel AcciariGWGUnassisted · Poke, 0.16 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:55NYRNiko Mikkola: Holding2 min
  2. P3 6:13TORWilliam Nylander: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 17:12TORLuke Schenn: Tripping2 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 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORNYR
21Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals3.3
52Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won19
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
14Hits10
11Blocked shots17
10Giveaways14
9Takeaways13

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. bestO'Reilly – Nylander – Knies10:47

    xG 0.75–0.16 (83%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  2. Jarnkrok – Marner – Matthews3:06

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Kerfoot – Acciari6:37

    xG 0.17–0.40 (30%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Bunting – Marner – Matthews13:15

    xG 0.37–1.11 (25%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Liljegren13:24

    xG 0.42–0.25 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Brodie – Holl16:34

    xG 0.72–0.58 (55%)attempts 18–11goals 1–1

  3. Schenn – Rielly14:38

    xG 0.87–0.89 (49%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin13:11

    xG 1.00–0.25 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière8:59

    xG 0.38–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Zibanejad – Kakko – Lafrenière4:02

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Vesey – Motte8:28

    xG 0.13–0.49 (20%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller15:22

    xG 1.05–0.60 (63%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  2. Fox – Lindgren17:35

    xG 0.64–0.49 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Mikkola – Schneider15:40

    xG 0.71–1.06 (40%)attempts 10–21goals 0–2

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 3.3 xGTOR 2.5 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 51/100 · #742 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 63% 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).