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Sat, Mar 2, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

New York Rangers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 55% of the time.

TOR winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR11016114051335
TOR012210112002434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:33NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:54TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:03NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:54TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Max Domi, Jake McCabe · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:17TORJohn TavaresAssists: Calle Jarnkrok, Morgan Rielly · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:53NYRVincent TrocheckAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.14 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR William Nylander stopped
  2. 2. NYR Artemi Panarin stopped
  3. 3. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  4. 4. NYR Mika Zibanejad scored
  5. 5. TOR Mitch Marner scored
  6. 6. NYR Alexis Lafrenière stopped
  7. 7. TOR Max Domi scored
  8. 8. NYR Vincent Trocheck stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:28NYRJacob Trouba: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:05TORTimothy Liljegren: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:19NYRVincent Trocheck: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:59TORSimon Benoit: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:48NYRRyan Lindgren: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 19:07TORMatthew Knies: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 14:01TORRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 14:01NYRMatt Rempe: Fighting5 min
  9. OT 4:53NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Too many men on the ice2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRTOR
35Shots on goal34
3.6Expected goals3.9
68Shot attempts67
31Faceoffs won43
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
45Hits35
13Blocked shots11
10Giveaways9
8Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière11:27

    xG 0.44–0.27 (62%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  2. Goodrow – Edstrom – Rempe3:12

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Brodzinski – Cuylle – Rempe2:16

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Vesey – Edstrom2:21

    xG 0.05–0.11 (30%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Schneider8:34

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  2. Trouba – Miller16:45

    xG 0.41–0.83 (33%)attempts 12–20goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren14:38

    xG 0.52–1.31 (29%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Jarnkrok – McMann10:58

    xG 1.64–0.05 (97%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies10:39

    xG 1.11–0.37 (75%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Reaves – Kampf – Holmberg6:45

    xG 0.04–0.07 (39%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Domi – Nylander8:26

    xG 0.26–0.67 (28%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Benoit12:10

    xG 0.92–0.31 (75%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Lyubushkin8:26

    xG 0.73–0.27 (73%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. McCabe – Liljegren3:40

    xG 0.60–0.25 (70%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

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 3.9 xGNYR 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #187 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.40 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 55% 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).