New York Rangers vs. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 19, 2023

FinalTuesday, Dec 19, 2023· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	2	3	5		NYR	11	14	11	36
TOR	0	1	1	2		TOR	5	17	11	33

: NYR 63TOR 63
: NYR 2.62TOR 2.36
PP goals: NYR 2TOR 0
Hits: NYR 41TOR 20
Blocks: NYR 15TOR 17
PIM: NYR 0TOR 4
: NYR 55%TOR 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 at TOR. Erik Gustafsson (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NYR scored 5 goals on 2.62 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Erik Gustafsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:11.Gustafsson
Points
Auston Matthews had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:36.Matthews
Points
Mika Zibanejad had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:23.Zibanejad
Points
Blake Wheeler had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:34.Wheeler
Points
Chris Kreider had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:09.Kreider
Luck
NYR scored 5 goals on 2.62 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Martin Jones (TOR) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +9 against a season average of 26.1; the loss.Jones
Usage
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 15:23, −4:25 down on his 19:48 season average over 80 games.Zibanejad

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

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

TOR
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · TOR 63 · NYR 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 29% of the game, TOR 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

NYR

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	NYR	TOR
	64	71
	1.82	2.65
	1.71	2.57
	5	11
	5	5
	25	19
	+0.031	−0.031
	29%	31%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
14:1958% CF
L2Pitlick – Goodrow – Vesey
11:5844% CF
L3Wheeler – Kreider – Zibanejad
8:5453% CF
L4Bonino – Brodzinski – Cuylle
8:3856% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
21:0936% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
17:4339% CF
D3Gustafsson – Schneider
12:3167% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:5175% CF
PP2Wheeler – Vesey – Gustafsson – Brodzinski – Lafrenière
0:26100% CF

Current NYR line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Bertuzzi – Marner
14:0361% CF
L2Nylander – Matthews – Knies
12:1260% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Domi – Robertson
7:0447% CF
L4Gregor – Kampf – McMann
6:2254% CF
D1Lagesson – Timmins
14:3048% CF
D2Brodie – Rielly
8:5135% CF
D3McCabe – Liljegren
8:1979% CF

PK1FJarnkrok – Gregor
1:15
PK2FMarner – Matthews
0:57
PK1DBrodie – McCabe
1:52
PK2DRielly – Liljegren
0:54

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:11
NYRMika Zibanejad (Blake Wheeler, Chris Kreider)deflected0.12 xG
NYR: Wheeler, Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, MillerTOR: Brodie, McCabe, Gregor, Kampf, McMann
NYR 1 – 0 TOR
7:32
TORAuston Matthews (Morgan Rielly, Tyler Bertuzzi)wrist0.20 xG
NYR: Goodrow, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, LafrenièreTOR: Rielly, Bertuzzi, Nylander, Matthews, Timmins
NYR 1 – 1 TOR
9:50
NYRAlexis LafrenièrePP (Jonny Brodzinski, Erik Gustafsson)wrist0.04 xG
NYR: Wheeler, Vesey, Gustafsson, Brodzinski, LafrenièreTOR: Jarnkrok, Rielly, Liljegren, Kampf
NYR 2 – 1 TOR

3rd period

1:16
TORAuston Matthews (Jake McCabe, William Nylander)wrist0.13 xG
NYR: Wheeler, Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, LindgrenTOR: Brodie, McCabe, Nylander, Matthews, Knies
NYR 2 – 2 TOR
8:08
NYRBraden Schneider (Erik Gustafsson, Blake Wheeler)wrist0.10 xG
NYR: Wheeler, Kreider, Zibanejad, Gustafsson, SchneiderTOR: Brodie, Tavares, McCabe, Bertuzzi, Marner
NYR 3 – 2 TOR
15:08
NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Erik Gustafsson, Vincent Trocheck)wrist0.09 xG
NYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Gustafsson, PanarinTOR: Jarnkrok, Lagesson, Gregor, Liljegren
NYR 4 – 2 TOR
16:47
NYRMika ZibanejadEN (Ryan Lindgren, Chris Kreider)wrist0.67 xG
NYR: Wheeler, Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, LindgrenTOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Marner, Matthews, Liljegren
NYR 5 – 2 TOR

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	2	20:09	—	—	53	76
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	-1	8	0.73	0	0	20:02	—	—	50	58
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	0	2	17:48	—	—	47	55
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	6	3	17:01	—	—	41	22
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	0	15:04	—	—	43	30
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	0	14:49	—	—	42	27
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	16:09	—	—	40	30
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0.88	0	0	15:23	—	—	52	41
Blake Wheeler R	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.05	0	0	11:34	—	—	46	36
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	12:34	—	—	42	33
Will Cuylle L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	5	1	11:26	—	—	56	48
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	1	1	0	6	0.13	2	0	11:13	—	—	59	47
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	7	3	24:11	—	—	39	23
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	1	23:36	—	—	39	24
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	1	21:47	—	—	41	24
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	18:52	—	—	41	24
Braden Schneider D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	4	0	14:11	—	—	68	77
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	3	3	+1	3	0.07	3	0	14:11	—	—	68	77

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.36	60:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	57	71
John Tavares C	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.40	4	1	0	18:36	—	—	58	69
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	66	88
Auston Matthews C	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	0.53	0	3	0	18:36	—	—	59	77
William Nylander R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	53	71
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	0	0	16:07	—	—	60	76
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	48	39
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	44	53
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	47	43
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	12:22	—	—	38	28
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	1	0	11:47	—	—	39	17
Bobby McMann C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:02	—	—	45	28
Conor Timmins D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	2	1	0	17:50	—	—	44	71
William Lagesson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	17:01	—	—	46	66
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	2	3	0	22:07	—	—	54	53
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	45	47
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	4	0	21:38	—	—	60	53
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	20:41	—	—	68	72

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	1.95	58:47

Goal anatomy

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

Mika Zibanejad (NYR) 2nd 6:11 · assists Blake Wheeler, Chris Kreider · Deflection · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 11.0 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.

Mika Zibanejad · 2nd 6:11 · NYR

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Alexis Lafrenière · 2nd 9:50 · NYR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 16:47 · NYR EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.8 mph
Distance: 83 ft

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Auston Matthews · 2nd 7:32 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Auston Matthews · 3rd 1:16 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.2 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Braden Schneider · 3rd 8:08 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 39.7 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Artemi Panarin · 3rd 15:08 · NYR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 35.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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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.