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Thu, Feb 25, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 75% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR16011014131
TOR1151519329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:12TORBrad BoyesPPAssists: Colin Greening, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.40 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:01CARJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Eric Staal · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:33TORJosh LeivoGWGAssists: PA Parenteau, Viktor Loov · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:59TORPA ParenteauAssists: Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:56CARJordan Staal: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:53CARJohn-Michael Liles: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:04TORRich Clune: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:09TORJosh Leivo: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:59CAREric Staal: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:47TORPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:20CARJeff Skinner: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 5:20TORPA Parenteau: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 11:43TORDaniel Winnik: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 17:10CARVictor Rask: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:00CARJordan Staal: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:00TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTOR
31Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals3.9
56Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes12
21Hits21
20Blocked shots10
7Giveaways4
8Takeaways15

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 – Terry – Nash2:00

    xG 0.18–0.02 (91%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Versteeg – Di Giuseppe8:43

    xG 0.47–0.40 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom4:38

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Nash – Nordstrom2:27

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Slavin15:48

    xG 0.84–0.74 (53%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Slavin2:03

    xG 0.06–0.02 (81%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Pesce11:10

    xG 0.10–0.14 (43%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – Greening – Holland2:01

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Arcobello – Leivo7:53

    xG 0.23–0.06 (78%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  3. Boyes – Greening – Froese4:33

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Grabner – Kadri – Leipsic11:07

    xG 0.39–0.44 (48%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorrado – Loov7:18

    xG 0.41–0.03 (93%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Marincin – Rielly14:45

    xG 0.37–0.60 (38%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Percy12:32

    xG 0.12–0.64 (16%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

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 3.9 xGCAR 2.3 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 33/100 · #866 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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 75% 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).