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Sun, Nov 20, 2011·RBC Center, Raleigh

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 86% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0507213225
CAR110119112341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:31CARJay HarrisonAssists: Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:05CARJussi JokinenPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Alexei Ponikarovsky · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:31TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:08CARJeff SkinnerGWGAssists: Eric Staal, Bryan Allen · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:00TORPhil KesselAssists: John-Michael Liles, Tim Connolly · Snap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:46TORDion Phaneuf: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:06TORMatt Frattin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:54TORPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:54CARBrandon Sutter: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:24TORCarl Gunnarsson: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 14:10CARTuomo Ruutu: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 19:21TORTyler Bozak: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 3:08TORJoe Colborne: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 3:08CARChad LaRose: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 4:06CARAlexei Ponikarovsky: Elbowing2 min
  11. P3 16:24TORPhil Kessel: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCAR
25Shots on goal41
2.4Expected goals5.1
47Shot attempts79
20Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
14Penalty minutes8
17Hits22
19Blocked shots12
9Giveaways16
10Takeaways14

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. Steckel – Crabb – Colborne7:51

    xG 0.09–0.08 (54%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  2. Connolly – Lupul – Kessel3:56

    xG 0.02–0.09 (17%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak10:55

    xG 0.36–0.73 (33%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  4. Orr – Dupuis – Rosehill4:00

    xG 0.17–0.58 (23%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – Phaneuf3:12

    xG 0.02–0.36 (5%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Franson10:22

    xG 0.26–0.86 (23%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson14:40

    xG 0.52–1.31 (28%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRuutu – Staal – Skinner10:18

    xG 1.15–0.14 (89%)attempts 16–6goals 2–0

  2. Brent – Stewart – Boychuk3:29

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Dwyer – Tlusty – Sutter10:33

    xG 0.60–0.34 (64%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  4. Ponikarovsky – Jokinen – LaRose7:17

    xG 0.37–0.28 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Gleason17:54

    xG 2.76–0.37 (88%)attempts 35–9goals 1–0

  2. Harrison – Faulk13:46

    xG 0.96–0.33 (74%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  3. Kaberle – McBain9:21

    xG 0.41–0.34 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 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 5.1 xGTOR 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #860 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 86% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).