Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York RangersFeb 28, 2025

FinalFriday, Feb 28, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	1	1	1	3		TOR	4	6	6	16
NYR	1	0	1	2		NYR	14	9	12	35

: TOR 38NYR 78
: TOR 2.72NYR 3.29
PP goals: TOR 1NYR 0
Hits: TOR 21NYR 21
Blocks: TOR 25NYR 9
PIM: TOR 6NYR 6
: TOR 38%NYR 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge New York Rangers 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat New York Rangers 3–2 at NYR. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 24:44, +6:03 up on his 18:41 season average over 81 games.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:44.Zibanejad
Usage
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 24:44, +6:03 up on his 18:41 season average over 81 games.Zibanejad
Goalie
Anthony Stolarz (TOR) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +7 against a season average of 28.1; the win.Stolarz
New line
New look for TOR: Reaves–Lorentz–Kampf skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Lorentz Kampf
Usage
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (TOR) played 16:11, −4:57 down on his 21:08 season average over 76 games.Ekman-Larsson
Usage
Vincent Trocheck (NYR) played 25:52, +4:50 up on his 21:02 season average over 81 games.Trocheck
Usage
Artemi Panarin (NYR) played 24:04, +4:26 up on his 19:38 season average over 79 games.Panarin
Usage
Matt Rempe (NYR) played 4:12, −4:25 down on his 8:37 season average over 41 games.Rempe

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · NYR 78 · TOR 38

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 19% of the game, NYR 51%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	TOR	NYR
	35	72
	1.78	2.99
	1.77	2.81
	11	19
	2	10
	19	29
	−0.078	+0.078
	19%	51%

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

L1Tavares – Nylander – Holmberg
11:2540% CF
L2Marner – Matthews – Knies
10:4736% CF
L3Domi – Robertson – McMann
7:4017% CF
L4Reaves – Lorentz – Kampf
6:1250% CF
D1McCabe – Myers
13:2436% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly
11:0625% CF
D3Timmins – Benoit
10:0730% CF

PP1Tavares – Nylander – Marner – Matthews – Knies
4:1867% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly – Domi – Robertson – McMann
2:16100% CF
PK1FMarner – Kampf
3:04
PK2FMatthews – Knies
0:51
PK1DMcCabe – Benoit
3:35
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Timmins
0:53

Current TOR line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
12:1488% CF
L2Zibanejad – Miller – Cuylle
9:2870% CF
L3Smith – Carrick – Vesey
6:1769% CF
L4Brodzinski – Rempe – Othmann
2:44100% CF
D1Lindgren – Vaakanainen
14:1264% CF
D2Borgen – Miller
13:3675% CF
D3Jones – Schneider
11:0271% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Lafrenière
4:17100% CF
PP2Smith – Brodzinski – Miller – Jones – Cuylle
1:06100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Zibanejad
1:30
PK2FCarrick – Cuylle
0:47
PK1DBorgen – Miller
2:56
PK2DLindgren – Schneider
2:20

Current NYR 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
William Nylander R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	0	1	2	19:03	—	—	39	46
John Tavares C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	1	2	18:06	—	—	35	34
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	39	41
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.63	2	2	0	23:58	—	—	39	64
Auston Matthews C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.55	1	3	0	21:56	—	—	39	62
Matthew Knies L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.23	1	1	0	18:07	—	—	38	61
Bobby McMann C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	2	1	2	12:48	—	—	18	2
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	12:27	—	—	22	3
Max Domi C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	14	2
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	44	37
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:02	—	—	25	30
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	8:16	—	—	22	14
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:08	—	—	39	57
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:28	—	—	36	56
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	33	27
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	25	15
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	4	0	18:55	—	—	37	40
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	14:36	—	—	27	33

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.29	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	1	2	0	25:52	—	—	80	69
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	0	0	24:04	—	—	71	55
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	20:20	—	—	83	80
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.41	1	1	2	24:44	—	—	57	46
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	19:42	—	—	61	42
Will Cuylle L	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.47	4	0	0	16:05	—	—	58	53
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	59	65
Sam Carrick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	3	0	2	13:14	—	—	52	59
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:52	—	—	65	60
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	7:31	—	—	78	97
Brennan Othmann L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	2	0	0	6:31	—	—	75	92
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	4:12	—	—	83	97
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	2	2	18:40	—	—	67	62
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	63	60
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	0	2	0	23:30	—	—	76	71
Will Borgen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	74	69
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:12	—	—	65	62
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	67	60

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	16	13	3	.813	2.02	57:35

Goal anatomy

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

Oliver Ekman-Larsson (TOR PP) 1st 1:47 · assists Max Domi, Morgan Rielly · Forecheck turnover · 64.5 mph shot.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson · 1st 1:47 · TOR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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William Nylander · 2nd 0:51 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 1.9 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Mika Zibanejad · 1st 13:08 · NYR

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: deflection

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Will Cuylle · 3rd 3:47 · NYR SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Matthew Knies · 3rd 6:21 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 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 RangersFeb 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Toronto Maple Leafs edge New York Rangers 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Oliver Ekman-Larsson · 1st 1:47 · TOR PP

William Nylander · 2nd 0:51 · TOR

Mika Zibanejad · 1st 13:08 · NYR

Will Cuylle · 3rd 3:47 · NYR SH

Matthew Knies · 3rd 6:21 · TOR