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Thu, Jan 21, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 77% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR01001301513141
TOR0120130304032

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 2:54CARJordan StaalGWGAssists: Justin Faulk, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:32TORMartin Marincin: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:12CARPhillip Di Giuseppe: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:33CARJeff Skinner: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 1:34TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 1:34CARJordan Staal: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:54TORNazem Kadri: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:18TORDion Phaneuf: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 14:01TORTyler Bozak: Tripping2 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 win54% to win
← CAR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTOR
41Shots on goal32
4.7Expected goals2.8
61Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
19Hits19
6Blocked shots12
9Giveaways10
2Takeaways5

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. bestStaal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom8:31

    xG 0.74–0.13 (85%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Versteeg – Di Giuseppe7:23

    xG 0.61–0.22 (74%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Gerbe – Nash8:15

    xG 0.76–0.48 (62%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm5:42

    xG 0.36–0.11 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Slavin3:05

    xG 0.63–0.03 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – Hanifin13:21

    xG 0.70–0.34 (67%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Pesce10:37

    xG 0.64–0.35 (64%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – Clune – Froese6:42

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Boyes – Lupul – Holland6:23

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri11:58

    xG 0.68–0.76 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak11:06

    xG 0.20–0.63 (24%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Marincin11:13

    xG 0.48–0.39 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Rielly15:32

    xG 0.60–0.90 (40%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gardiner11:52

    xG 0.10–0.68 (13%)attempts 5–9goals 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 2.8 xGCAR 4.7 xG
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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 12/100 · #1081 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 77% 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).