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Sat, Mar 25, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Carolina Hurricanes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 90% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR016218110344
CAR2160537528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:54CARBrent BurnsPPAssists: Martin Necas, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:52CARJordan StaalAssists: Jordan Martinook, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:41TORCalle JarnkrokAssists: Morgan Rielly, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:41TORAuston MatthewsUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:13CARStefan NoesenAssists: Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Poke, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:02TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Michael Bunting, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:34CARSebastian AhoGWGAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Martin Necas · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:43CARTeuvo TeravainenENAssists: Sebastian Aho, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:40TORJake McCabe: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 1:29TORNoel Acciari: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:59CARBrent Burns: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:04CARBrett Pesce: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 5:15CARJordan Martinook: Tripping2 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
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCAR
44Shots on goal28
6.3Expected goals2.8
78Shot attempts46
24Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
16Hits14
10Blocked shots16
11Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

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. bestJarnkrok – Marner – Matthews11:56

    xG 1.34–0.29 (82%)attempts 21–6goals 0–1

  2. Kerfoot – Acciari – Kampf2:19

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Lafferty – Acciari5:34

    xG 0.17–0.04 (82%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Acciari – Aston-Reese – Kampf3:35

    xG 0.12–0.01 (93%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – McCabe14:53

    xG 1.53–0.33 (82%)attempts 28–11goals 0–1

  2. Rielly – Liljegren5:32

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Schenn – Rielly8:33

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Puljujarvi – Drury5:51

    xG 0.18–0.11 (61%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis9:27

    xG 0.43–0.52 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Staal – Fast – Teravainen4:21

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Fast – Martinook7:35

    xG 0.43–0.73 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gostisbehere – Chatfield10:39

    xG 0.18–0.40 (32%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin17:14

    xG 0.56–1.31 (30%)attempts 15–18goals 1–2

  3. Skjei – Pesce16:25

    xG 0.49–1.25 (28%)attempts 10–23goals 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.

CAR 2.8 xGTOR 6.3 xG
0246P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #171 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.14 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 90% of the time.

CAR winsTOR wins

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

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

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