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Thu, Oct 26, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR316111211638
TOR11521207334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:20CARJosh JoorisAssists: Trevor van Riemsdyk, Joakim Nordstrom · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:53CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Victor Rask · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 9:19TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P1 16:08CARElias LindholmAssists: Sebastian Aho, Haydn Fleury · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:47TORDominic MooreAssists: Matt Martin, Morgan Rielly · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P2 7:11TORZach HymanAssists: Jake Gardiner, Auston Matthews · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 13:37CARVictor RaskGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 10:15CARBrock McGinnAssists: Haydn Fleury, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.06 xG5–3
  9. P3 12:19CARJosh JoorisAssists: Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.08 xG6–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:30CARDerek Ryan: Slashing2 min
  2. P3 3:53CARBrett Pesce: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 3:53TORNazem Kadri: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  4. P3 18:21TORZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 18:37CARJordan Staal: Holding2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% 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
38Shots on goal34
3.1Expected goals2.9
71Shot attempts64
33Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits16
14Blocked shots16
13Giveaways21
9Takeaways7

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. bestRask – Teravainen – McGinn11:19

    xG 0.87–0.41 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Williams – Skinner – Ryan13:26

    xG 0.98–0.57 (63%)attempts 24–12goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Lindholm – Aho13:28

    xG 0.72–0.50 (59%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  4. Kruger – Nordstrom – Jooris7:42

    xG 0.13–0.78 (14%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Hanifin16:41

    xG 1.17–0.79 (60%)attempts 29–14goals 0–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Fleury10:27

    xG 0.61–0.44 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 4–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce17:28

    xG 1.00–0.94 (52%)attempts 18–19goals 2–2

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Martin – Marner4:37

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews12:05

    xG 0.88–0.79 (53%)attempts 18–16goals 1–1

  3. Marleau – van Riemsdyk – Marner4:18

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Komarov – Kadri9:48

    xG 0.31–0.57 (36%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly17:34

    xG 1.03–0.89 (54%)attempts 18–19goals 2–3

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev17:57

    xG 0.85–0.86 (50%)attempts 20–21goals 1–1

  3. Polak – Borgman14:22

    xG 0.62–0.96 (39%)attempts 17–22goals 0–2

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 2.9 xGCAR 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 84/100 · #204 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 51% 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).