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Mon, Feb 4, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 68% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01222027439
TOR11805019142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:44TORMatt FrattinAssists: Nazem Kadri, Leo Komarov · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:21CARJordan StaalAssists: Patrick Dwyer, Jeff Skinner · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:21CAREric StaalPPGWGAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Tim Brent · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:43CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:58CARPatrick DwyerAssists: Jordan Staal, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:55CARKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:55TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 7:35CARJamie McBain: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 13:54CARKevin Westgarth: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 9:41TORJay McClement: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:48TORMark Fraser: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 13:05CARJamie McBain: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 19:16TORMichael Kostka: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 19:46TORKorbinian Holzer: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 6:21CARAlexander Semin: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 18:52CARTim Brent: Holding2 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
43% to win57% 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
39Shots on goal42
2.7Expected goals3.8
57Shot attempts77
37Faceoffs won45
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
18Hits29
17Blocked shots9
13Giveaways10
7Takeaways8

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. bestSemin – Staal – Tlusty9:28

    xG 0.80–0.28 (74%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Brent – Wallace – Westgarth3:43

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – LaRose – Bowman7:56

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Dwyer – Staal – Skinner11:21

    xG 0.49–1.41 (26%)attempts 8–18goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Sanguinetti8:49

    xG 0.73–0.15 (83%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

  2. Pitkanen – Faulk2:43

    xG 0.11–0.05 (68%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Gleason – Faulk15:21

    xG 0.70–0.83 (46%)attempts 14–21goals 2–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin13:18

    xG 1.09–0.59 (65%)attempts 19–9goals 0–1

  2. Komarov – Frattin – Kadri8:49

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak11:01

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  4. Orr – McClement – McLaren4:14

    xG 0.04–0.41 (8%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Fraser8:46

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Holzer14:21

    xG 0.99–0.97 (50%)attempts 13–20goals 1–1

  3. Fraser – Holzer2:02

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 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 3.8 xGCAR 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #463 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 68% 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).