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Mon, Feb 7, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR113072902331
TOR092101914432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:08CARNino NiederreiterAssists: Ian Cole, Martin Necas · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:16TORAuston MatthewsPPAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:37TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:08CARTony DeAngeloAssists: Jesper Fast, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:23CARDerek StepanAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Steven Lorentz · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:12TORMitch MarnerAssists: Timothy Liljegren · Snap, 0.39 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:51TORMitch MarnerGWGAssists: Morgan Rielly, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:11TORWayne Simmonds: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 14:11CARBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:00CARVincent Trocheck: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:56CARBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:30CARIan Cole: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:38CARSebastian Aho: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:54TORMorgan Rielly: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Kampf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTOR
31Shots on goal32
2.9Expected goals3.4
58Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won38
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
25Hits18
11Blocked shots17
10Giveaways15
8Takeaways5

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. bestStepan – Leivo – Lorentz6:19

    xG 0.70–0.01 (99%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast12:59

    xG 0.70–0.35 (67%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  3. Martinook – Aho – Necas12:06

    xG 0.69–0.59 (54%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  4. Trocheck – Svechnikov – Jarvis13:06

    xG 0.27–0.45 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – DeAngelo17:41

    xG 1.07–0.32 (77%)attempts 19–12goals 2–1

  2. Cole – Smith10:46

    xG 0.57–0.31 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce20:50

    xG 0.74–0.81 (48%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBunting – Marner – Matthews14:16

    xG 1.01–0.36 (74%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Simmonds – Engvall6:08

    xG 0.23–0.58 (28%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander12:18

    xG 0.32–0.74 (30%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

  4. Kase – Kampf – Mikheyev11:42

    xG 0.01–0.65 (2%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDermott – Liljegren11:47

    xG 0.82–0.35 (70%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Holl2:26

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Rielly15:33

    xG 0.46–1.02 (31%)attempts 8–18goals 1–1

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 3.4 xGCAR 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #161 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.39 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 60% 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).