Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

TorontoMaple LeafsAway

2–6

Final

SOG 32–24

NY RangersRangersHome

TSN4 · MSG

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Maple Leafs outshot the Rangers 32-24.

Will Cuylle scored twice. Matias Maccelli, Easton Cowan, Vladislav Gavrikov, Alexis Lafrenière, Jaroslav Chmelar and Mika Zibanejad also scored.

Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Joseph Woll stopped 18 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TOR	1	1	0	2	32
NYR	1	1	4	6	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matias Maccelli (12)William Nylander (37)1–000:13 TOR
Will Cuylle (14)Braden Schneider (10)1–106:45 NYR

2nd period

Easton Cowan (8)Matthew Knies (35), John Tavares (30)Zibanejad 1:28 into shift2–105:27 TOR
Vladislav Gavrikov (11)Taylor Raddysh (7), Jonny Brodzinski (7)2–207:29 NYR · PPG

3rd period

Alexis Lafrenière (14)Mika Zibanejad (30)McCabe 1:36 into shift2–305:38 NYR
Jaroslav Chmelar (1)Unassisted2–410:27 NYR
Mika Zibanejad (25)Alexis Lafrenière (22), Adam Fox (25)2–511:19 NYR
Will Cuylle (15)Alexis Lafrenière (23), Mika Zibanejad (31)2–617:09 NYR · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:36

2–3 · 3rd 5:38 · Lafrenière. TOR stayed on through an icing. McCabe was 1:36 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTOR on iceNYR on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 TOR

1st 0:13 · Maccelli

Zibanejad 0:13

Fresh legsZibanejad 0:13

1–1 NYR

1st 6:45 · Cuylle

Quillan 0:49

NormalQuillan 0:49

2–1 TOR

2nd 5:27 · Cowan

Long shift: Zibanejad 1:28

Long shiftZibanejad 1:28

2–2 NYR

2nd 7:29 · PP · Gavrikov

Jarnkrok 0:14

Fresh legsJarnkrok 0:14

2–3 NYR

3rd 5:38 · Lafrenière

Stuck out there: McCabe 1:36

Stuck out thereMcCabe 1:36

2–4 NYR

3rd 10:27 · Chmelar

Robertson 0:57

NormalRobertson 0:57

2–5 NYR

3rd 11:19 · Zibanejad

Nylander 0:52

NormalNylander 0:52

2–6 NYR

3rd 17:09 · EN · Cuylle

Tavares 1:03

Empty netTavares 1:03

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TORNYR

32Shots on goal24

54%Faceoff %46%

0/1Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes2

27Hits22

24Blocked shots9

12Giveaways13

3Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 00:38Matias Maccelli · slashing2 min
1st 15:34Juuso Parssinen · hooking2 min
2nd 06:06Morgan Rielly · hooking2 min

Season series

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

23Matthew KniesL	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:39
53Easton CowanR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	16:48
63Matias MaccelliL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	–	19:32
88William NylanderR	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	18:18
91John TavaresC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	36	17:11
11Max DomiC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	56	13:09
18Steven LorentzC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:07
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:40
26Jacob QuillanC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	33	09:53
34Auston MatthewsC	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	77	20:46
81Dakota JoshuaC	0	0	0	-3	1	8	2	0	–	13:27
89Nick RobertsonL	0	0	0	-3	4	1	0	0	100	14:42
2Simon BenoitD	0	0	0	-1	1	5	2	0	–	15:36
22Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	5	0	–	20:23
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	4	0	–	19:48
28Troy StecherD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	20:25
44Morgan RiellyD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	20:47
51Philippe MyersD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	–	18:26

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Anthony StolarzG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Joseph WollG	L	23	18	5	.783	57:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

13Alexis LafrenièreL	1	2	3	+1	3	0	1	0	–	20:55
93Mika ZibanejadC	1	2	3	+1	2	0	1	0	45	21:12
50Will CuylleL	2	0	2	+3	5	1	1	0	60	17:57
14Taylor RaddyshR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	13:40
22Jonny BrodzinskiC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	33	13:11
49Jaroslav ChmelarR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	09:32
4Braden SchneiderD	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	–	19:56
23Adam FoxD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	23:13
44Vladislav GavrikovD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	22:25
24Tye KartyeL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	16:55
42Noah LabaC	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	50	15:51
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	15:03
71Juuso ParssinenC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	50	09:23
84Adam EdstromC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	08:54
94Gabe PerreaultR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:48
6Vincent IorioD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	16:14
17Will BorgenD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	18:04
29Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	17:51

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	W	32	30	2	.938	59:56
32Jonathan QuickG		0	0	0	–	00:00