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Fri, Nov 24, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 91% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0441219525
CAR014113320447

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:53TORZach HymanAssists: Jake Gardiner, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:14TORJosh LeivoAssists: Andreas Borgman · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:37TORRon HainseyAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:35CARDerek RyanAssists: Jeff Skinner, Justin Williams · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:24TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: William Nylander, Ron Hainsey · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 3:08CARJordan StaalAssists: Justin Faulk, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:27TORPatrick MarleauPPGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, Jake Gardiner · Tip-in, 0.16 xG5–2
  8. P3 13:58CARElias LindholmAssists: Noah Hanifin, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.28 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:49CARNoah HanifinAssists: Jeff Skinner, Justin Williams · Snap, 0.02 xG5–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:47TORZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:40TORRon Hainsey: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:48CARDerek Ryan: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 3:55CARJeff Skinner: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Kruger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCAR
25Shots on goal47
2.2Expected goals5.5
39Shot attempts91
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
27Hits33
22Blocked shots7
6Giveaways23
12Takeaways20

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. bestMarleau – Komarov – Kadri2:44

    xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Marner – Matthews12:22

    xG 0.49–0.49 (50%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Leivo4:58

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Marleau – Leivo – Brown2:14

    xG 0.04–0.42 (9%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hainsey – Zaitsev2:13

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Borgman9:57

    xG 0.38–0.59 (39%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  3. Gardiner – Carrick2:47

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Skinner – Ryan12:58

    xG 2.06–0.47 (82%)attempts 25–8goals 1–1

  2. Rask – McGinn – Lindholm9:53

    xG 1.09–0.19 (85%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho13:00

    xG 0.99–0.42 (70%)attempts 19–10goals 0–2

  4. Kruger – Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe5:42

    xG 0.01–0.08 (14%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Hanifin5:43

    xG 1.30–0.02 (98%)attempts 13–2goals 2–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce13:53

    xG 0.71–0.18 (80%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Hanifin8:00

    xG 0.77–0.28 (73%)attempts 13–6goals 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.

CAR 5.5 xGTOR 2.2 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 81/100 · #251 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 91% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

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

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

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