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Sat, Mar 11, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 61% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR191601011326
CAR11211401101238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:59CARVictor RaskAssists: Elias Lindholm, Brett Pesce · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:52TORMitch MarnerAssists: Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:45CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Jordan Staal, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:37TORJames van RiemsdykUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:13TORMorgan RiellyGWGAssists: William Nylander, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:01TORNikita Zaitsev: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:23CARCam Ward: Interference2 min
  3. P3 0:42TORMartin Marincin: Holding2 min
  4. P3 11:27CARJoakim Nordstrom: High sticking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← TOR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Rask
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCAR
26Shots on goal38
2.1Expected goals2.7
50Shot attempts74
29Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits19
18Blocked shots10
3Giveaways11
16Takeaways21

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner11:48

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 13–13goals 2–0

  2. Boyle – Martin – Soshnikov8:19

    xG 0.31–0.06 (84%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Brown – Matthews2:29

    xG 0.06–0.06 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Brown9:24

    xG 0.40–0.44 (48%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gardiner – Marincin11:03

    xG 0.82–0.80 (51%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Polak – Hunwick13:32

    xG 0.11–0.20 (36%)attempts 4–16goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Zaitsev15:30

    xG 0.41–0.51 (44%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Rask – Lindholm12:17

    xG 0.80–0.21 (80%)attempts 23–7goals 1–1

  2. Staal – Teravainen – Aho12:11

    xG 0.54–0.42 (56%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Nordstrom – Ryan9:38

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Pesce8:13

    xG 0.67–0.18 (79%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin8:04

    xG 0.31–0.03 (92%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Slavin8:25

    xG 0.22–0.18 (54%)attempts 6–6goals 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 2.7 xGTOR 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 55/100 · #509 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

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 61% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

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

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