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Thu, Feb 3, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0609012027
TOR013213115341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:28TORClarke MacArthurGWGAssists: Tomas Kaberle, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:52TORDarryl BoycePPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:25TORKris VersteegAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Colby Armstrong · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:45CARJay Harrison: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 12:48TORJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:48CARTim Gleason: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:27TORMike Komisarek: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:51TORJames Reimer: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:10CARZach Boychuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 16:43TORDion Phaneuf: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 0:00TORKris Versteeg: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 0:00CARJeff Skinner: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 10:50CARTuomo Ruutu: Slashing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← CAR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTOR
27Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals2.6
70Shot attempts69
25Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
24Hits16
13Blocked shots28
12Giveaways16
3Takeaways9

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestLaRose – Staal – Boychuk5:14

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  2. Cole – Staal – Boychuk5:26

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Ruutu – Skinner4:16

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Samsonov – Cole – Staal2:27

    xG 0.02–0.06 (24%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – McBain2:29

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – White4:39

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Harrison2:42

    xG 0.12–0.10 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:38

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Sjostrom – Kessel – Bozak3:10

    xG 0.28–0.09 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Armstrong – Brent – Versteeg5:34

    xG 0.49–0.36 (57%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Armstrong – Boyce – Versteeg4:47

    xG 0.04–0.03 (59%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Schenn2:44

    xG 0.28–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Phaneuf15:04

    xG 0.69–0.56 (55%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

  3. Komisarek – Gunnarsson8:00

    xG 0.24–0.17 (58%)attempts 12–9goals 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.

TOR 2.6 xGCAR 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1126 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

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

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