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Thu, Mar 17, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 63% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01408214236
TOR161619321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:48TORIlya MikheyevAssists: Justin Holl · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:39TORMitch MarnerAssists: John Tavares, Timothy Liljegren · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:09CAREthan BearAssists: Jesper Fast, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:20TOROndrej KaseGWGAssists: William Nylander, Alexander Kerfoot · Snap, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:56CARVincent TrocheckAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:44TORIlya Lyubushkin: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:32TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 4:19CARAndrei Svechnikov: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 9:11TORWilliam Nylander: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Kampf won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARTOR
36Shots on goal21
2.7Expected goals2.1
71Shot attempts45
23Faceoffs won20
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
41Hits36
14Blocked shots20
16Giveaways15
11Takeaways12

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. bestStaal – Niederreiter – Fast9:57

    xG 0.59–0.19 (76%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Martinook – Necas8:43

    xG 0.37–0.07 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Teravainen – Svechnikov2:54

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Lorentz – Kotkaniemi6:34

    xG 0.25–0.38 (39%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – Bear14:28

    xG 0.90–0.35 (72%)attempts 23–9goals 1–2

  2. Skjei – Pesce17:39

    xG 0.54–0.55 (50%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Smith11:43

    xG 0.16–0.43 (27%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestEngvall – Kampf – Mikheyev8:22

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Tavares – Bunting – Marner9:36

    xG 0.47–0.44 (52%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Spezza – Clifford – Robertson5:14

    xG 0.07–0.06 (53%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Nylander – Kase7:13

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Lyubushkin16:21

    xG 0.81–0.55 (59%)attempts 14–17goals 1–1

  2. Brodie – Holl16:23

    xG 0.34–0.18 (66%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Liljegren – Sandin11:03

    xG 0.17–0.53 (25%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

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.

TOR 2.1 xGCAR 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #991 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 63% 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).