Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York RangersMar 5, 2026

FinalThursday, Mar 5, 2026· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	1	1	0	2		TOR	10	12	10	32
NYR	1	1	4	6		NYR	4	9	11	24

: TOR 54NYR 64
: TOR 2.87NYR 3.42
PP goals: TOR 0NYR 1
Hits: TOR 27NYR 22
Blocks: TOR 24NYR 9
PIM: TOR 4NYR 2
: TOR 54%NYR 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2

New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 at home. Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NYR: Zibanejad–Lafrenière–Perreault skated 13:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alexis Lafrenière had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:55.Lafrenière
Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:12.Zibanejad
Points
Will Cuylle had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:57.Cuylle
New line
New look for NYR: Zibanejad–Lafrenière–Perreault skated 13:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zibanejad Lafrenière Perreault
New line
New look for TOR: Nylander–Matthews–Maccelli skated 14:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nylander Matthews Maccelli
New line
New look for TOR: Tavares–Knies–Cowan skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tavares Knies Cowan
Luck
NYR scored 6 goals on 3.42 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Matias Maccelli (TOR) played 19:32, +5:02 up on his 14:30 season average over 70 games.Maccelli

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 118 of 118 attempts · NYR 64 · TOR 54

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 24% of the game, NYR 36%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NYR 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	NYR
	54	70
	2.54	2.75
	2.42	2.63
	12	18
	1	4
	18	18
	+0.018	−0.018
	24%	36%

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

L1Nylander – Matthews – Maccelli
14:1156% CF
L2Tavares – Knies – Cowan
10:3930% CF
L3Domi – Joshua – Robertson
10:1631% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Lorentz – Quillan
6:2136% CF
D1McCabe – Stecher
15:0741% CF
D2Rielly – Carlo
14:0261% CF
D3Myers – Benoit
13:1423% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews – Knies
1:10100% CF
PP2McCabe – Domi – Robertson – Maccelli – Cowan
0:40100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Lorentz
1:39
PK2FKnies – Quillan
0:36
PK1DMcCabe – Carlo
1:40
PK2DStecher – Benoit
1:07

Current TOR line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault
13:1457% CF
L2Sheary – Kartye – Laba
8:4777% CF
L3Brodzinski – Raddysh – Cuylle
7:4558% CF
L4Parssinen – Edstrom – Chmelar
6:4375% CF
D1Robertson – Iorio
15:4144% CF
D2Gavrikov – Fox
15:0571% CF
D3Borgen – Schneider
13:5155% CF

PP1Zibanejad – Fox – Lafrenière – Cuylle – Perreault
2:23100% CF
PP2Brodzinski – Sheary – Gavrikov – Raddysh – Schneider
0:52100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Cuylle
0:45
PK2FKartye – Laba
0:35
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
1:05
PK2DBorgen – Robertson
0:35

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
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.53	2	1	0	20:46	—	—	58	64
Matias Maccelli L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.37	0	0	2	19:32	—	—	53	56
William Nylander R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	55	62
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	1	0	0	17:39	—	—	35	33
John Tavares C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.44	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	35	30
Easton Cowan R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	2	0	0	16:48	—	—	46	42
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.28	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	29	29
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	8	2	0	13:27	—	—	43	42
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.32	0	1	0	13:09	—	—	38	43
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:40	—	—	44	65
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:07	—	—	47	75
Jacob Quillan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	2	0	9:53	—	—	33	52
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:25	—	—	42	47
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	5	0	20:23	—	—	40	40
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	2	20:47	—	—	57	57
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	3	4	0	19:48	—	—	57	62
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	5	0	18:26	—	—	28	35
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	2	0	15:36	—	—	26	32

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	2.85	57:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	1	2	3	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	21:12	—	—	57	64
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	1	2	3	+1	3	0.52	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	56	57
Gabe Perreault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	53	52
Tye Kartye L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	54	61
Noah Laba C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	5	0	0	15:51	—	—	52	61
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	81	87
Will Cuylle L	L3	2	0	2	+3	5	1.10	1	1	0	17:57	—	—	61	52
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	13:40	—	—	52	39
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	13:11	—	—	60	41
Jaroslav Chmelar R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	1	0	9:32	—	—	35	30
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:23	—	—	55	34
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:54	—	—	69	51
Matthew Robertson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	17:51	—	—	49	44
Vincent Iorio D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	46	46
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	0	1	0	23:13	—	—	67	74
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	0	1	0	22:25	—	—	64	65
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	19:56	—	—	56	37
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:04	—	—	52	34

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.87	59:56

Goal anatomy

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

Matias Maccelli (TOR) 1st 0:13 · assists William Nylander · Rebound · dumped in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 48.9 mph shot · 7.0 s from entry to goal.

Matias Maccelli · 1st 0:13 · TOR

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Will Cuylle · 1st 6:45 · NYR

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.9 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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Easton Cowan · 2nd 5:27 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Vladislav Gavrikov · 2nd 7:29 · NYR PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.7 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: rebound

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Alexis Lafrenière · 3rd 5:38 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: deflection

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Jaroslav Chmelar · 3rd 10:27 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 11:19 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.6 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Will Cuylle · 3rd 17:09 · NYR EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 59 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 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 RangersMar 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers rout Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2

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 Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Matias Maccelli · 1st 0:13 · TOR

Will Cuylle · 1st 6:45 · NYR

Easton Cowan · 2nd 5:27 · TOR

Vladislav Gavrikov · 2nd 7:29 · NYR PP

Alexis Lafrenière · 3rd 5:38 · NYR

Jaroslav Chmelar · 3rd 10:27 · NYR

Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 11:19 · NYR

Will Cuylle · 3rd 17:09 · NYR EN