Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York IslandersJan 3, 2026

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 3, 2026· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
TOR	0	2	1	0	3		TOR	7	11	3	0	21
NYI	0	1	2	1	4		NYI	7	6	10	2	25

: TOR 54NYI 58
: TOR 2.62NYI 2.47
PP goals: TOR 0NYI 0
Hits: TOR 19NYI 21
Blocks: TOR 11NYI 11
PIM: TOR 4NYI 4
: TOR 57%NYI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Islanders edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in overtime at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NYI: Lee–Barzal–Heineman skated 12:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Auston Matthews had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:29.Matthews
Points
Matthew Schaefer had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:11.Schaefer
Points
Emil Heineman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:11.Heineman
Points
Jonathan Drouin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:56.Drouin
Points
Mathew Barzal had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:49.Barzal
New line
New look for NYI: Lee–Barzal–Heineman skated 12:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lee Barzal Heineman
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Drouin–Holmstrom skated 11:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Drouin Holmstrom
Usage
Bobby McMann (TOR) played 20:17, +4:25 up on his 15:52 season average over 77 games.McMann

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← TOR attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · NYI 58 · TOR 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI pressure
TOR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 26% of the game, NYI 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYI skaters (rows) against TOR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYI side.

Matchup matrix

NYI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TOR	NYI
	58	60
	2.47	2.21
	2.37	2.18
	8	8
	1	2
	22	30
	+0.042	−0.041
	26%	27%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Domi – Matthews – McMann
13:2338% CF
L2Tavares – Maccelli – Knies
11:3250% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Laughton – Lorentz
9:3147% CF
L4Roy – Robertson – Cowan
8:1273% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – McCabe
15:1344% CF
D2Rielly – Stecher
13:3244% CF
D3Benning – Benoit
8:0350% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Matthews – Maccelli – Knies
1:11100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Roy – Robertson – McMann
0:34
PK1FLaughton – Lorentz
0:26
PK2FJarnkrok – Roy
0:17
PK1DRielly – Benoit
0:43

Current TOR line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Barzal – Heineman
12:1160% CF
L2Pageau – Drouin – Holmstrom
11:2363% CF
L3Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
8:1438% CF
L4Ritchie – Tsyplakov – Shabanov
5:1370% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
15:2963% CF
D2Pulock – Schaefer
13:1848% CF
D3Mayfield – McWard
13:1129% CF

PP1Lee – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Tsyplakov – Shabanov
0:36100% CF
PP2Pageau – Pulock – Tsyplakov – Schaefer – Shabanov
0:12
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
0:59
PK2FCizikas – Heineman
0:17
PK1DPulock – Schaefer
0:49
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
0:37

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	2	0	2	0	6	0.63	0	2	0	22:29	—	—	35	38
Bobby McMann C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	0	2	0	20:17	—	—	35	38
Max Domi C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:21	—	—	42	37
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.26	1	0	0	19:03	—	—	52	63
John Tavares C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.34	0	0	2	17:04	—	—	54	68
Matias Maccelli L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	44	44
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	1	0	14:20	—	—	46	44
Steven Lorentz C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	53	29
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	47	29
Nick Robertson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.44	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	67	75
Easton Cowan R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	4	0	0	11:58	—	—	75	79
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	65	71
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	26:40	—	—	55	48
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:07	—	—	42	43
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.06	2	0	0	27:31	—	—	52	50
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	22:07	—	—	52	59
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	7	1	0	15:44	—	—	50	62
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	12:26	—	—	39	72

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	O	25	21	4	.840	2.47	64:11

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.35	0	1	2	22:49	—	—	58	59
Emil Heineman L	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.18	2	0	0	20:11	—	—	60	46
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	58	53
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:56	—	—	56	61
Simon Holmstrom R	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.33	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	59	83
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	57	75
Marc Gatcomb C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	7	2	0	13:16	—	—	28	4
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:12	—	—	35	6
Kyle MacLean C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:15	—	—	39	7
Max Shabanov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	40	34
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	44	34
Calum Ritchie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	9:10	—	—	44	28
Adam Pelech D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	1	0	24:04	—	—	58	62
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.17	0	0	0	22:42	—	—	65	67
Matthew Schaefer D	D2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.55	1	1	0	22:11	—	—	53	59
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	19:45	—	—	52	52
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	33	25
Cole McWard D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:50	—	—	35	25

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	21	18	3	.857	2.62	64:11

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Adam Pelech (NYI) 2nd 1:10 · assists Jonathan Drouin · Off the faceoff · 67.1 mph shot.

Adam Pelech · 2nd 1:10 · NYI

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.1 mph
Distance: 58 ft

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Auston Matthews · 2nd 9:30 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Auston Matthews · 2nd 17:19 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 73.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: one-timer

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Matthew Schaefer · 3rd 11:10 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 21.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Nick Robertson · 3rd 12:12 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 71 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Emil Heineman · 3rd 17:15 · NYI

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 71.2 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Matthew Schaefer · OT 4:11 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 52.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York IslandersJan 3, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Adam Pelech · 2nd 1:10 · NYI

Auston Matthews · 2nd 9:30 · TOR

Auston Matthews · 2nd 17:19 · TOR

Matthew Schaefer · 3rd 11:10 · NYI

Nick Robertson · 3rd 12:12 · TOR

Emil Heineman · 3rd 17:15 · NYI

Matthew Schaefer · OT 4:11 · NYI