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Tue, Dec 11, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 69% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1151727429
CAR08110012130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:35TORTyler EnnisAssists: Frederik Gauthier, Travis Dermott · Snap, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:44CARJustin WilliamsPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Victor Rask · Snap, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:51TORMorgan RiellyGWGAssists: Auston Matthews, William Nylander · Deflected, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:49TORPatrick MarleauAssists: William Nylander, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:29TORJohn TavaresAssists: Mitch Marner, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:31TORWilliam Nylander: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 9:07CARDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:30TORRon Hainsey: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:22TORWilliam Nylander: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:20TORNazem Kadri: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 15:41CARJaccob Slavin: Interference2 min
  7. P3 17:49CARWarren Foegele: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 19:57CARBrett Pesce: 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wallmark won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCAR
29Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals4.2
62Shot attempts68
23Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits24
19Blocked shots17
12Giveaways21
9Takeaways16

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. bestEnnis – Gauthier – Lindholm6:06

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Kadri – Nylander10:59

    xG 0.56–0.44 (56%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  3. Johnsson – Kapanen – Matthews10:22

    xG 0.44–0.53 (46%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Tavares – Brown – Marner9:07

    xG 0.26–0.67 (28%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Ozhiganov2:25

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Dermott – Ozhiganov9:10

    xG 0.60–0.46 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Gardiner – Zaitsev14:46

    xG 0.50–0.94 (35%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTeravainen – Martinook – Aho8:17

    xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  2. Williams – Wallmark – Svechnikov10:56

    xG 0.74–0.29 (72%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Di Giuseppe – McGinn – Bishop3:17

    xG 0.08–0.04 (68%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – McGinn – Bishop3:10

    xG 0.04–0.41 (9%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Faulk12:51

    xG 0.77–0.20 (79%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Slavin – Pesce3:46

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Slavin10:05

    xG 0.69–0.67 (51%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

CAR 4.2 xGTOR 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 33/100 · #815 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 69% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).