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Mon, Jan 24, 2011·RBC Center, Raleigh

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Carolina Hurricanes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 64% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR16014310430
CAR1511548628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 12:16CARJoe CorvoPPAssists: Joni Pitkanen, Tuomo Ruutu · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:51TORTomas KaberleAssists: Phil Kessel, Joey Crabb · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:16CARJamie McBainAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Slap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:49CARBrandon SutterAssists: Ian White, Zach Boychuk · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:18TORTim BrentAssists: Luke Schenn, Francois Beauchemin · Backhand, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:29TORTim BrentSHAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Mike Brown · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:55CARBrandon SutterAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Snap, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:02CARJeff SkinnerPPGWGAssists: Joe Corvo, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.20 xG3–5
  9. P3 14:15TORMike BrownPPAssists: Tim Brent, Carl Gunnarsson · Tip-in, 0.20 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:13CARErik ColeENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.55 xG4–6
Penalties (20)
  1. P1 5:39TORTomas Kaberle: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:21TORCarl Gunnarsson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:19CARChad LaRose: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:19TORClarke MacArthur: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:51CARTim Gleason: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 0:00CARTim Gleason: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 0:00CARJoni Pitkanen: Holding2 min
  8. P1 0:00TORMikhail Grabovski: Roughing2 min
  9. P1 0:00CARTim Gleason: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P1 0:00TORNikolay Kulemin: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 2:58TORTomas Kaberle: Hooking2 min
  12. P2 5:22CARIan White: Hooking2 min
  13. P2 15:25CARJeff Skinner: Holding2 min
  14. P2 16:00CARErik Cole: Interference2 min
  15. P2 19:16TORColby Armstrong: Hooking2 min
  16. P3 3:42TORJoey Crabb: Hooking2 min
  17. P3 9:53TORFredrik Sjostrom: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  18. P3 12:21CARJay Harrison: Slashing2 min · PPG
  19. P3 14:41TORFredrik Sjostrom: Holding2 min
  20. P3 16:26TORFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
47% to win53% to win
← TOR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Boyce won the faceoff against Ruutu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCAR
30Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals4.0
64Shot attempts68
30Faceoffs won26
7Power plays7
25Penalty minutes32
11Hits30
18Blocked shots15
7Giveaways9
8Takeaways10

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSjostrom – Brent – Brown3:49

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Crabb – Kessel – Bozak5:50

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kessel3:43

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Armstrong – Boyce – Versteeg6:32

    xG 0.09–0.39 (19%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Phaneuf9:45

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Gunnarsson4:19

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Kaberle – Schenn10:09

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 10–13goals 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Tlusty – Sutter7:31

    xG 0.32–0.03 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  2. Cole – Jokinen – Staal2:10

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – Bodie – Carter2:52

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Staal – Boychuk5:17

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – White4:29

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Pitkanen – White4:55

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Corvo – Harrison5:41

    xG 0.11–0.13 (47%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CAR 4.0 xGTOR 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 96/100 · #38 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 64% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

Simulated goal difference (CAR − TOR), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).