LFR17 - Game 29 - Leafy Bounce - Rangers 5, Maple Leafs 2

Steve Dangle recaps and analyzes Game 29 of the Toronto Maple Leafs season against the New York Rangers.
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[@Blackenedin92]

Rangers fan here. Trust me, we get sooo little puck luck. It all culminated tonight. GG leafs. Matthews is a monster.

[@johndoherty6433]

You must be Canadian lol

[@flixz_ark3224]

The Chanel The Hockey Guy breaks down advanced stats and it shows that the Rangers are one of the luckiest teams when it comes to goals

[@helloimshawn]

Great game! Your team is scary as hell

[@TB_SlayerX]

Thx man your good rangers fan I am leafs fan but I also am a fan of the rangers

[@Bum_Hip]

@@flixz_ark3224I just watched that one. Rangers were not mentioned in the “lucky” category. Breadman’s expected goals, and shooting % is slightly elevated, but no other outliers in that video. Possible I missed something. Can you point out what I missed?

[@mylawren]

STEVEEEE WE MISS DANG-ITS

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Me too! 🥲 Sadly, I'm pretty sure Rogers owns the trademark. And even if they didn't, Steve doesn't own the rights to the NHL footage (although in theory, he could demonetize the videos so he can do it anyway)

[@danmac6185]

I often take my 14 year old daughter to the Canadian Brewhouse to watch Leafs games..... the one downside to Matthews scoring so much is her celebration of choice.... she SCREAMS, and I mean SCREAMS "Sí Papi!!!!!!" in EXACTLY the voice you have in your head right now.... and she's a quarter spanish so her accent is 👌. It's mortifying to say the least, at least after the excitement of the goal wears off.

[@bray2424]

oh man i am praying for you in a few years

[@livinginorangevilleontario4246]

You should embrace it and be proud of it!

[@matthewdowling6549]

Oh god

[@junk3996]

3 goals went in off leafs, but also 2 of those were DOUBLE deflections. so pretty rough. im actually okay with this loss. leafs played hard, and looked actually really great. they have definitely cleaned up their own end play. it looks like they have a system with how they get out of their own end! they actually looked like a competent NHL hockey franchise! still love Knies. probably my favourite NHL hockey player now. guy is a beast

[@speed150mph]

I know right. I told my buddy, the second half of the first period may have been some of the best defensive hockey I’ve seen us play. The rangers were struggling to get pucks in our zone and maintain pressure. There was a lot of good things in that game. Puck luck and the greatness of the rangers power play is what won them that game.

[@benjaming9912]

got myself a rielly jersey a couple weeks ago and i couldnt be happier. rielly might not be the flashiest leaf out there (like matthews or willy) but hes still my favourite (on and off the ice) just seems like a great guy

[@FrankDimarco-ok1fz]

well you had to pic a defenceman i guess since holl is no longer with us he will have to do

[@gonzalocabernigus6602]

Been my favourite player ever since he was drafted. Should’ve gotten the C instead of Tavares

[@jnasty8138]

Let's go Rangers 😎 💪 🗽 💙

[@ronh8047]

Watched Dangle Data it's really good. 'Generally I don't like math that involves letters', quote of the LFR.

[@ThisIsSparta300]

Man I love knies. What a stud man. Not even this game in general but just all together

[@LindsayKisa]

@ThisIsSparta, agreed! Knies is my fave player on the Leafs. I see big things for him. He's already a stud, like you said, but he's definitely going to shoot to elite status. He's nearly (like super close to being) the full package you want in a forward. Go #23 Go! 💙

[@cjvs1604]

This was only our second regulation loss in like 6 weeks and it took bounces pinball machines would be proud of to get it. It happens.

[@safejewel2072]

"I'm not a doctor but I do have a Tik Tok account which is close" - Steve Dangle 2023

[@curtisallan4285]

Watched the Dangle data. It was great, just the right level of info dump.

[@samuelt.o.branch7413]

“I think they’re at the tail end of it, but they’re not quite done.” Hilarious unintentional description of their poop sickness.

[@lankancheetah]

Steve, Martin Jones is 3-0 (SJ 2016&2019) as a starter in game 7 and 5-0 as a backup (LA 2014, Seattle 2023).

[@falloutjunkie9199]

I opened both videos to compare, and the difference is bottom middle where you added 10 stickers of teams, I believe, since I recognized the leafs logo in the middle left of the 10, but it was too blurry to fully grasp what the others were

[@galenhoeflinger7003]

As a Rangers fan, I want to thank Steve for opening my eyes about the Maple Leafs. Because if it wasn’t for 1994 the Rangers would just be the Maple leafs but worse.

[@angrydalailama6089]

You never want to lose but this was far from their worst effort. On to Buffalo - the trappiest of all trap games.

[@LemonsGraphics]

Pray for me cause im going to that game 🥲🥲

[@angrydalailama6089]

@@LemonsGraphics woof. Drink lots.

[@sc2jolt]

lol i was litterly eating a Börje#21 burger from Zibanejads burger chain as i was wathcing this

[@eehoo1]

I wish I was a Leafs fan. Win a game - great! Lose a game - you get entertained by Steve.

[@Qmocean]

You didnt mention that the one shot that beat him clean was a whiffed shot. Only reason jones missed it was because like the shooter, he thought it was going top cheese and it got about 3 cm of lift instead.

[@Justthatguy1998]

Yea the rangers had the devils luck this game.

[@TheRandomRedSoxGuy]

Put “the poops have been heavily implied” on the 2024-25 opening sequence shortlist. 🤣

[@jordanl5436]

I watch every ranger game and I was so confused we got this kinda puck luck it’s always the opposite I can’t wait for the next one

[@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

Unfortunate the way fate went tonight. It was a well played game by both sides. Can’t be too mad about not getting this one the Ranger are really good.

[@davelambert3284]

The difference is the Global Series logo / item on the far left of the screen, halfway up the wall.

[@pathindsley]

Reilly has looked like a different player within the past year. I’m not sure if it lined up with when he got paid or not, but his game has gone to another level consistently and he always seems to do the right thing and be in the right spot.

[@lonewolfpoetics]

Only difference I can see is far left centre, the space between the mini goalie mask, the Leafs' logo and the small heritage game logo. There was no heritage logo in the last video.

[@johnlawrie5236]

JT next to the rainbow leafs logo too

[@NXT_LVL]

“Leafy” the confusing way of not saying“Murphy’s Law”

[@jackvaughan7540]

Like " CATCH 22" 👍

[@NXT_LVL]

yep or depending on how many levels of meta you want to go, "No good deed ever goes unpunished." aka Rule of Acquisition no285 (Star Trek DS9)@@jackvaughan7540

[@-phenom-]

I've been thinking about this for awhile and since Morgan Rielly's name was brought up at the end of the video, let me share my thoughts. What a classy guy Rielly is. I mean, he has a pretty decent playoffs last year for the Leafs, including scoring some big goals, he has been with the club for awhile now so he has seniority. And the Leafs go out and sign Klingberg and basically hand him Rielly's spot on the power play. Rielly doesn't complain at all, which ain't easy to do, since I think we can all relate to that situation. Just want to acknowledge something that could easily get over-looked. Good job #44!!!

[@johnsummerhill8323]

Agreed. But last year, most people wanted to run home out of town. So called fans always have to have someone to pick on.

[@stevendchu]

They tried giving his spot on the PP to Barrie in Keefe's first year. Then Sandin. Now Klingberg. Yet Mo always gets his spot back in the end. He should be a serious contender for an All Star selection this season. Perfect timing too, with the game in Toronto!

[@johnsummerhill8323]

@@stevendchu Agreed.

[@DallyMedia]

Lots of puck luck for the Rangers tonight. Let's bounce back Thursday in Buffalo!

[@getsilenced3434]

How is it “luck”. Bounces are a part of hockey. Chance after chance and a puck deflecting off of somebody after constant pressure is hockey. Leafs got shit on.

[@6XXyeahdudeXX9]

2 power plays for and 0 against helps too lol

[@cheddarandsourcream]

Matthews on pace for a metric shit ton of goals and nobody really paying a ton of attention to it because it’s what’s expected. Hes had his slumps this year but 25 tucks in 28 games is STUPID.

[@DavidSmith-rv2hw]

he only has 10 now, he gifted them to ovi for christmas

[@dmonsef]

Winning the Cup should be the focus and not Matthews goal scoring! No wonder you guys haven't won a Cup since '67!

[@cheddarandsourcream]

@@dmonsefgreat point. Guess he should just sit out the entire regular season then.

[@Kyt2024]

@@dmonsef please do explain how we're supposed to do anything about winning the cup in December. What a stupid comment.

[@dmonsef]

​@@Kyt2024 First off I can relate to Leafs fans suffering since '67. Not as many years, but my Caps took 40+ years to win the Cup, man it was so tearful joy and glorious. I'm not trying to rub it in, but winning it something so special that you have to enjoy it bcuz you never know if you will get another chance. Anyway, OV and the Caps in their prime were a high scoring team just like the Leafs have been. Same sort of issue, High Powered offense, iffy d-group with inconsistent goaltending(Woll looks promising, but he needs to get healthy again and develop into a top #1 goalie for the Leafs). OV prime was breaking records with his goal scoring and the Caps were getting President's Trophies(3 in total), but no Cups. It's about the team finding a way to put it together and right as the playoffs start, persevere through adversity and go on a unbelievable run and capture that Huge Silver Chalice to drink some delicious Champagne from! OV had to become humble and buy-in to Trotz coaching(not sure Sheldon Keefe is right coach to do it) to win that Cup! OV put breaking goal scoring records behind him and focused on doing whatever it took to win as a team! Matthews needs to learn that. So that is why I say Leafs fans should not be caught up in Matthews breaking records. To answer your question it's about building a team mentality to winning the right way, and that means not getting hyped up about some great flashy goal scoring from Matthews. The regular season is there both mentally and physically to build the players and team up for a good playoff run!

[@RPierce84]

Mathews was in the lineup against the Rangers the first game..... He scored 2 goals in that one as well.....

[@CojoSC]

I'll try to one up Doug. Over the past 4 games the Leafs have scored 22 goals. I have seen exactly 1 goal. I was out for the 7-3 game vs the Rangers, I turned the Columbus game off after the second and watched the Petes game instead, I was out for the 7-0 Penguins game and my stream stopped working for the first goal of this game. I told my wife that if they lose this game and only score that one goal i'll never watch them again so they can actually score again.

[@Scottieguru]

The goal by Snieder was a fanned shot that fluked in under Jones' pad. Snieder was attempting to shoot at the top corner and Jones read that correctly but Snieder fanned on the shot and the puck slid underneath Jones' pad. It was a Homer "Dough!!"

[@fabz1509]

Tonight vs Sabres Samsanov is stinking the joint. Pulled off after the 5th goal. Help help please Mr. Treliving. Well update to Jones didn't do any better. A record loss since 2005. Bravo Sheldon!

[@theamanuel8825]

I figured out what was different in the background! It on the far left side above Steve's book. I can't tell what it is but I know it's different from last video

[@worldswatchdog]

Steve, did they have the poops? The poops? Yes, the poops. Oh they had the poops alright! lol

[@sg553lushruins8]

Dangle Data was great cant wait for mpre 👍

[@lastsinnersa8002]

This game felt overdue. Hope you get a chance to recover from multiple afflictions this silly season, Leafs.

[@TerriPhillips-xs1oz]

OK, so now I know when Reilly started playing for the Leafs. That's when I started watching the Leafs. I forgot what year it was. He's still my favourite.

[@traversmanse8693]

Dangle's right viewers left side puck is missing mid wall, looks like a new patch right on the edge of the frame, I think.

[@acidicfairy]

Thank you. This was driving me insane.

[@mikehannon4097]

If you watch the replay closely on the 3rd goal you will see the guy actually fanned on the shot and that is why it slid under Jones's pad. Had he gotten off the shot he meant to Jones would have had it.

[@BillyAu]

Bouncing ...bounces... bounced unexpectedly because of time in the zone, just shooting instead of over passing...⬅️👀

[@luketheduke44]

Can't quite make it out because it's too blurry, but that little white thing on the far left of the screen, under the picture of the guy with the cowboy hat.

[@Mattyman1987]

Rangers fan, Austin Matthews scares me. I also miss you hat picks and dang its man.

[@smaug1234]

Bounces are Bounces, sometimes they are on your side, sometimes not.

[@bobbyganoosh929]

I’m actually surprised how well the leafs have been playing as of late i kinda thought they were gonna stink

[@futuresequence.]

After a rocky start, the Leafs are actually losing well now. There's a calm amongst Leafs Nation. How will they Leaf it up next?

[@Surfer041]

The Atlantic still runs through Boston. Leafs have proven that they cannot beat them. Rangers on the other hand drive the Metro. Beat Boston twice.

[@NYRCentral]

LFG Rangers!! Great game from both teams Shesty needed this W

[@Mattyman1987]

This and the Boston game. Nice to have Shesty back to normal.

[@mikepanick9362]

Trochek not having a penalty in ANY game is amazing. LGR!

[@zacharyshaw7903]

Found the difference on the wall. The puck, mid-wall over the right shoulder, got replaced. Can't make out what it is; guessing a patch?

[@KylePrice-y8k]

You know Samsonov would have been so out of place he might actually of stopped a bounce or two

[@Wolky324]

Do you have like 4 teams in your fantasy league that you can just pick up Morgan Reilly?

[@jonahthawne913]

Watching goals go in off of the Leafs own players is a lot like seeing Owls… 1 is rare 2 is strange 3 there’s some wizardry afoot

[@sc1344]

Bad luck, cant win em all. Thats how I felt afterwards. On to the next one

[@ilya3387]

far left, above the T-shaped picture frame to the left of the small leafs logo

[@acanadianineurope814]

from 2:00 to 2:30, pretty much sums up the Laffs since 1967.....

[@kevinstonehouse1925]

Hair is on point sir 👌

[@kielanellis117]

Far left of frame, above his book, three small objects, the furthest to the left is new.

[@greggburke7796]

Is it okay if the Rangers pull Shesterkin to say that the Rangers are "jerkin the Shesterkin?"

[@johnmichaelfioravanti8010]

OMG Steve one of your finest work , lol. Mika magic who didn't even know he scored bahahha. This was a fun game the last leafy tilt wasn't 🤭🤣😭

[@alexhenner484]

Could’ve easily been tied after 60. GG from a rangers fan

[@dariosunseri5326]

Johnny T in the corner!

[@holymackenaw]

James Dengate doesnt know that the Norris Trophy has nothing to do with defensive hockey. You have to score a ton and register as a D on the roster. Thats it.

[@stuartblanchard7527]

It’s alright man, with how my Bs have been playing I’m thinking you guys are still gearing up to blow past us in the next few weeks.

[@j.b.4296]

Bs fan here and Im down with it! Bruins need to battle in the reg season to be rdy for the real games later!

[@Gary-l6o]

Go Go Power Rangers.

[@HunterMagunter]

I love how leaf fans come prepared with a book of excuses after every single loss

[@mcgillverybronson7795]

Leafs played fine. Pucks going off leafs players. Its happens. That just facts bud.

[@Northerngirl15]

Nobody is making excuses or even that upset, heck, even Rangers fans are here talking about their puck luck, its ok, just tell us you didnt watch the game but still showed up with your opinion and we'll all understand

[@HunterMagunter]

@@Northerngirl15 you rn "😢"

[@HunterMagunter]

@@mcgillverybronson7795 1 month ago u said blow the team up lol

[@Northerngirl15]

@@HunterMagunter no, I just said if you actually watched the game you would have a clue, why would I be sad that you're stupid, its not my problem

[@speed150mph]

I’m curious Steve, Leaf’s Nation yesterday was commenting on what’s going on with the sens and throwing around the idea of making a push for Chychrun, even at the expense of one of our two “untradeable” prospects. Curious what you and everyone else think about this.

[@amazingkook143]

REVENGE. For Tuesday the 12th. I was in the building for that game and I am enjoying this win a lot.

[@matte_ray]

Left edge of the frame, mid-way up - used to be a puck, now its a logo for something. I win. So do the Rangers (this time) - Matthews is a beast, Rangers are a wagon.

[@alouie001]

Rangers are the #2 power play team in the league. Its the last team you would ever give PP oppty especially when you only have 5 min left in the game.

[@Wess_]

What did he change in the background?? help!!!

[@tommy_vids]

Goal's a goal 😛

[@AmericanWeather]

Tough L but ultimately nothing in the long term, just wanted to say Dangle Data was an awesome video and I am looking forward to more of the same. Thanks Steve!

[@brianmouland209]

Solid Ranger Win

[@Just-Matthew]

Steve might ad some ads but 20 mins should be the minimum 😅

[@ace2585]

Still have no idea what you're talking about with the Leafy shots against for Jones/Shersterkin stat in which goals went in....i look at SOG for both sides and both games and it seems like the leafs shot less SOG last game (29 vs 31), and the Rangers shot more SOG tonight (31 vs 35)

[@torontokid2727]

Vesey only looked so bad because nothing else negative towards players was shown. Keefe looked like an ass at times but every player was shown to be an angel. If they showed everything no one would have even talked about Vesey. It would be an "Oh that's how that went down, cool." If it wasn't for Tavares injury Vesey and Keefe telling the goalie coach to fuck off would be the only talking points. The Tavares injury though was far and away the most fascinating thing is the series.

[@gillianpacker5613]

I don’t use Twitter/x anymore so I miss reading your tweets. Can you setup a “twittter like” conversation on your sdpn app?

[@MattHope13]

We definitely had the puck bounces go our way - especially the first goal. From a NYR POV, I absolutely can’t stand the Leafs first goal with how preventable that was. How often you going to see both Panarin and Fox make a pretty careless play - let alone each of them within a couple seconds of each other? Serious question- What is the Leafs goal song? I know it got changed because the song promoted like drunk driving or something, and then I know they had a knock off version of the Avs. What is it now?

[@Daniel_IFC]

Hey, at least the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023!

[@ninvoqninvoq6868]

Put pucks on net and good things happen. That’s hockey

[@JB0i]

First regulation loss since November 25th. That’s not bad. Speaking of 25, Matthews now leads the league with 25 Goals! (Leafs also lost 5-2, backwards thats 25!)

[@justinsmith8976]

It should be called Stats Dangled instead of the Data.

[@davidjohnson-fw5co]

Most of the goals by the Rangers were caused by the leafs poor defensive play. In past games, the leafs got away with poor defensive games against the weaker teams but not this team!

[@1313skr]

Won't go so far as to say Leafs deserved a win there, but arguably deserved a point. The bounces just found their way past Jones. Thought both sides looked good. Thought leafs where best they've looked all season on clearing out rebounds. Jones and Shesty looked really solid. Laf, is starting to look like a high first rounder. If the leafs fond the cap space to hold the group together. This could be a great rivalry for the next half decade!

[@JaYPeeDee1025]

panarins goal was a snipe he used the defender as a screen

[@SuperRangers21]

Go Rangahs

[@6XXyeahdudeXX9]

Bro how did we get 0 power plays?? Lol

[@dreamlivinent]

Far left middle of the screen. Under the guy with the cowboy hat.

[@mathwiz3145]

I like watching these, followed by the hockey guys game reviews. I get two perspectives of the leafs games

[@Gl-my8fw]

It is VERY clear the hockey guy dosent typically watch the leafs game and watches highlights though.

[@j.b.4296]

​@Gl-my8fw guy spreads himself real thin covering all teams as a 1 man crew but he's great : )

[@j.b.4296]

Check out ohnyquist as well he's my third along with the two you mentioned :)

[@Mario-qw2fo]

@@Gl-my8fwwhat does dosent mean? Im french…..

[@Gl-my8fw]

@@j.b.4296 he is great overall (and the kind of person i am happy to see gain popularity as he deserves it) im not blaming him for not being able to watch all games. Just saying that he often does miss details.

[@paddy160160]

Quit pissing on about Martin Jones,The Rangers beat the Leafs

[@quelchx]

Poor Doug... Myself I'm 0-7 when at Leafs games. Stopped attending + tickets are too expensive so it helps with decision.

[@Gav_Rangersfan]

GG Leafs nation, this game was full of unlucky bounces, I’m glad the Rangers got the win but in all honesty, no way we should’ve😂

[@lc2858]

Nah rangers put in a lot of leg work to get the chances and their defense and goaltending was pretty air tight, especially against the leafs offense.

[@Leafsfan91]

Is it just me or when the talk of we need a top 4 d comes up, Morgan Reilly, who is a great d man don’t get me wrong, plays out of his mind whenever the conversation gets heavier and heavier. It’s almost like he says “ you want a top 4 D?okay fuckers, I hear you, loud and clear.”

[@CanadaMatt]

Middle row,.left end. What do I win?

[@patodonnell3328]

The Ontario flu this year has been absurd. As much as i like the leafs losing, I’ve been down for almost a month.

[@darcylarivee4218]

Roughly only 1050 of those 7600 players won a cup. Thats about 14%. Not a big enough percentage to base a contract around trying to win.

[@michaelrevelle2229]

I hear Krug is available lol Yeet!!! ☝

[@HermesDM33]

Same ol leafs

[@scottmcfarlane7524]

Why do people think the 3 string back up goalie , that no one wanted is Answer??

[@gillianpacker5613]

They had Covid.