2023020489
[NHL.com Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020489)
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|0|2|3|5|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|0|1|1|2|
##Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[NYR](/r/rangers)|36|36|15|53.2%|8|8|2/2|0|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|33|20|17|46.8%|15|9|0/0|4|
##Goals
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|2nd|06:11|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Even|[Mika Zibanejad (10) deflected shot, assist(s): Blake Wheeler (6), Chris Kreider (9)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343565202112)|
|2nd|07:32|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|[Auston Matthews (24) wrist shot, assist(s): Morgan Rielly (18), Tyler Bertuzzi (8)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343565015112)|
|2nd|09:50|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Power Play|[Alexis Lafrenière (9) wrist shot, assist(s): Jonny Brodzinski (6), Erik Gustafsson (14)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343564031112)|
|3rd|01:16|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|[Auston Matthews (25) wrist shot, assist(s): Jake McCabe (8), William Nylander (26)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343567130112)|
|3rd|08:08|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Even|[Braden Schneider (2) wrist shot, assist(s): Erik Gustafsson (15), Blake Wheeler (7)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343568815112)|
|3rd|15:08|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Power Play|[Artemi Panarin (17) wrist shot, assist(s): Erik Gustafsson (16), Vincent Trocheck (20)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6343568829112)|
|3rd|16:47|[NYR](/r/rangers)|Even|Mika Zibanejad (11) wrist shot, assist(s): Blake Wheeler (8), Ryan Lindgren (2)|
##Penalties
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|2nd|07:59|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|William Lagesson holding against Tyler Pitlick|
|3rd|13:42|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|David Kampf tripping against Ryan Lindgren|
**Officials**
* Referees: Brian Pochmara, Peter MacDougall
* Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Justin Johnson
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Not a bad game honestly. Horrible bounces on every goal against & not a single PP. Oh well.
Gotta give props for the Rangers to play 60 minutes of pure skill, infractionless and harmless hockey
Keefe needs to tear into the refs after this one. Even if it’s passive aggressive like “I was really impressed with our opponents ability to play a completely clean game” or something, you can’t say nothing. Completely unacceptable from the refs.
Weird game
Most undeserved L of the season. 3 goals off unlucky bounces and refs calling NOTHING for the Leafs meanwhile the Rangers were dIsIpLinCeD. Suck my ass
Good game really. Coulda gone either way
There better not be any Martin Jones shit talk in this thread.
Bounces be crazy.
Meh can’t be mad at the Leafs on this one. Played well overall just had unlucky bounces and refs who bet on the Rangers.
That was the fakest loss of the season
Bullshit, unlucky stupid game. What else is there to say really?
Goodnight.
What an unlucky game for us. I think at worst it was an even game and at best we were the better team for more of the game. Just one of those games where nothing goes our way.
Shit luck.
Benoit is better with Timmins than Lagesson.
For 5M Brodie should have a Muzzin/Mo esque impact. He’s not even close to that. Brodie + Sammy + Reaves = 9.9M. That gets us the stud we need on the back end.
I for one am amazed by the cleanness of the New York Rangers… zero penalties…. Incredible
great game by tavares after that whole ceremony
Unfortunate result but the boys fought hard and AUSTON MATTHEWS is a maple leaf. Take the L with a grain of salt, on to Buffalo
When you’re in Chicago all those years, when you play and come into Toronto, you know what goes on.
Hard to be too bothered by that one, it was a hard fought game against a top team that was much closer than the score indicates.
Some weird bounces, a few big saves, an impressive display of clean hockey by the Rangers. One bad defensive breakdown on the Schneider goal.
On the plus side, Auston looks like Hart trophy Auston again.
Matthews would be at 30G if he played Pittsburgh
3 goals against with deflections off our own players.
Tavares I feel got so many chances in front of net and couldn’t convert.
Apparently NY played a perfectly clean game
That’s a “burn the tape” game if I have ever seen one. Leafs played fine, refs didn’t give them a single call, and the puck had a mind of its own.
Shake it off and win the next one.
Trading Rasmus Sandin for a 1st and Gustaffson only to let Gustaffsson walk in the off season for an exorbitant contract of…$825K, truly one of the more baffling moves of the off season.
Other than that, this was a loss vs one of the best teams in the league and it was a close game for the most part. Can’t really complain too much.
https://preview.redd.it/wq0ri2qz4d7c1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4f45eac6a7ab4f48607e6a0e5315d8b4f39e64d
I’m glad the refs didn’t call anything, especially late when it doesn’t matter. 2-0 on penalties is a fucking joke considering the standard they’ve set of “evening up” games.
All the players, coaches and fans want from this league is consistency. Why no even up calls today? I’m glad this is an outlier and not a “2-1” pp game based on some late call that they made once the game was out of hand because they felt like they had to. This officiating team decided fuck the Leafs today, and that’s the only way their performance can be described or justified.
Rangers fan here: we just played the Bruins. I’d much rather play them in the playoffs than you guys.
I fucking knew the calls weren’t going to go our way as soon as it was mentioned this would be the Rangers fastest record to 45 points in a season. What an absolute joke. Imagine how the game would have gone if the game was called the way it should have been.
Media has to start pushing the penalties thing. Show the stats during games, talk about it on podcasts, but they don’t do that for the same reason the Leafs are reffed like they are:
Everyone is terrified of being accused of being a leafs homer by sensfan69 and bandpridetape420.
I’d like to congratulate the Rangers for playing a 100% clean game. Not even one play that warranted a penalty. Wow!
Enjoy the goals, enjoy the wins when they happen, but lower your expectations. They’re playing a rigged game they can’t possibly win.
I’m not too mad about that game. As it was, I think if you play that game ten times it’s pretty close to 50/50. The difference was primarily one flukey goal and one unlucky deflection. I do think the Rangers were playing playoff type hockey while we were just playing very good regular season hockey and that’s why the game was close.
We were just way too casual with the puck. Looking for soft saucers, lazy drop passes, and just so many passes to areas and not players just lacking any purpose. Sure the ice looked extra shitty tonight but the Rangers were playing us tight, making zone entries difficult and getting sticks on pucks and bodies on players.
Even despite playing us tight I thought we were generating some good looks and our forechecking was very good. Knies especially was so incredible tonight and looked unstoppable. I generally like Timmins but guy was struggling tonight. I feel like we were totally capable of taking over that game against a really strong effort from the Rangers but they played hard enough to deserve the win and just got luckier.
I mean, at least we outscored the Rangers! Too bad 3 of them were wild bounces into the wrong net!
Credit to the refs, I thought for SURE they were going to call two Rangers penalties after they had scored the ENG just to make it look even on the box score.