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Thu, Mar 28, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 87% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0721015322
TOR11318415636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:58TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:03TORCody FransonPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:29CAREric StaalSHAssists: Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:52CARAlexander SeminPPAssists: Joe Corvo · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:55CARJordan StaalAssists: Tuomo Ruutu, Joe Corvo · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:35TORDion PhaneufAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Tyler Bozak · Slap, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:50TORJoffrey LupulGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.21 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:15TORJay McClementENAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:57TORNikolay KuleminENAssists: Tyler Bozak, Carl Gunnarsson · Backhand, 0.76 xG3–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:59TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:59CARKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 4:13TORColton Orr: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:08TORMichael Kostka: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:25CARRiley Nash: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:09CARTuomo Ruutu: Interference2 min
  7. P2 14:39TORPhil Kessel: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:32CARJay Harrison: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 12:30CAREric Staal: Closing hand on puck2 min
  10. P3 19:15CARAlexander Semin: Misconduct10 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 Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTOR
22Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals3.7
57Shot attempts66
35Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
23Penalty minutes11
34Hits38
18Blocked shots17
14Giveaways22
10Takeaways15

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. bestHall – Brent – Westgarth4:18

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty11:32

    xG 0.41–0.38 (52%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  3. Dwyer – Nash – Bowman9:15

    xG 0.10–0.16 (39%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Staal – Skinner10:05

    xG 0.10–0.59 (15%)attempts 6–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Bellemore14:25

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Corvo – Gleason12:27

    xG 0.26–0.49 (35%)attempts 8–16goals 1–1

  3. Pitkanen – McBain16:37

    xG 0.25–0.50 (33%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak9:06

    xG 0.63–0.06 (92%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak2:48

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 2–0

  3. Grabovski – Hamilton – Frattin6:47

    xG 0.12–0.07 (65%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Orr – McClement – McLaren2:42

    xG 0.01–0.02 (44%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Fraser14:20

    xG 0.60–0.15 (80%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson14:14

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  3. Liles – Kostka13:54

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 17–7goals 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 3.7 xGCAR 1.4 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 94/100 · #51 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 87% 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).