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Fri, Nov 20, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 70% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR080418052225
CAR01201019031134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 7:47CARBrad MaloneAssists: Justin Faulk, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 16:27TORNazem KadriPPAssists: Leo Komarov, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Chris Terry stopped
  2. 2. TOR Peter Holland scored
  3. 3. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  4. 4. TOR PA Parenteau stopped
  5. 5. CAR Riley Nash scored
  6. 6. TOR Nazem Kadri stopped
  7. 7. CAR Elias Lindholm stopped
  8. 8. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  9. 9. CAR Nathan Gerbe stopped
  10. 10. TOR Joffrey Lupul scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:40CARBrad Malone: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:43CARBrad Malone: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 11:43TORMichael Grabner: Embellishment2 min
  4. P1 18:40TORByron Froese: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:14TORRoman Polak: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:19CARElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:58CARBrett Pesce: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:58TORShawn Matthias: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 15:44CARElias Lindholm: Delaying game face off violation2 min · PPG
  10. OT 2:13CARJustin Faulk: 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
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCAR 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.

TORCAR
25Shots on goal34
3.4Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts64
29Faceoffs won42
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
31Hits27
15Blocked shots11
8Giveaways7
13Takeaways11

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. bestBoyes – Grabner – Holland5:46

    xG 0.64–0.27 (71%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak11:38

    xG 0.40–0.21 (65%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Lupul – Holland2:22

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Winnik – Froese5:44

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Rielly3:16

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Marincin8:57

    xG 0.47–0.37 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Rielly16:57

    xG 0.53–0.72 (42%)attempts 11–20goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Nash – Nordstrom11:08

    xG 0.36–0.06 (86%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm9:13

    xG 0.45–0.38 (54%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Versteeg – Terry12:34

    xG 0.45–0.57 (44%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Gerbe – Malone8:36

    xG 0.30–0.52 (37%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Faulk11:49

    xG 0.73–0.12 (86%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Liles – Hanifin4:48

    xG 0.37–0.23 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Pesce16:27

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 16–7goals 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.

CAR 2.2 xGTOR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #615 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 70% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

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

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

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