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Sat, Mar 16, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Carolina Hurricanes 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 72% of the time.

TOR winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR09216213021540
TOR09314111060440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:47TORJohn TavaresAssists: TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:27TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Morgan Rielly · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:03TORNick RobertsonAssists: John Tavares, Timothy Liljegren · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:27CARJordan MartinookAssists: Brent Burns, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:57CARSeth JarvisPPAssists: Jake Guentzel, Sebastian Aho · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 2:55TORDavid KampfAssists: Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:28CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Jake Guentzel, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:53CARSebastian AhoAssists: Brent Burns, Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tip-in, 0.11 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR William Nylander stopped
  2. 2. CAR Evgeny Kuznetsov stopped
  3. 3. TOR Auston Matthews stopped
  4. 4. CAR Andrei Svechnikov stopped
  5. 5. TOR Max Domi stopped
  6. 6. CAR Jake Guentzel scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:39CARJesper Fast: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:56TORJohn Tavares: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:41CARJordan Staal: Holding2 min
  4. P1 18:02TORConnor Dewar: Holding2 min
  5. P2 9:20TORMatthew Knies: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:51TORJake McCabe: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 5:16CARJordan Martinook: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 17:06TORDavid Kampf: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. OT 2:13CARJake Guentzel: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% 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
40Shots on goal40
4.1Expected goals5.8
75Shot attempts73
31Faceoffs won33
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
25Hits37
15Blocked shots16
11Giveaways16
11Takeaways5

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 – Fast – Martinook4:18

    xG 0.70–0.20 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 1–1

  2. Kuznetsov – Guentzel – Necas5:21

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Necas – Svechnikov4:41

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Fast – Aho – Svechnikov5:47

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield11:49

    xG 0.96–0.28 (77%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Burns – Slavin13:51

    xG 0.78–0.68 (53%)attempts 17–12goals 1–2

  3. Skjei – Pesce13:15

    xG 0.41–0.56 (42%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Bertuzzi – Matthews – McMann2:40

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Gregor – Kampf – Dewar8:35

    xG 0.23–0.35 (40%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Tavares – Robertson – Knies8:52

    xG 0.27–0.41 (40%)attempts 4–9goals 2–0

  4. Domi – Nylander – McMann8:22

    xG 0.35–0.71 (33%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Liljegren2:39

    xG 0.12–0.06 (68%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Rielly – Lyubushkin12:37

    xG 0.51–0.58 (47%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Liljegren12:59

    xG 0.55–0.88 (39%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

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 5.8 xGCAR 4.1 xG
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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 95/100 · #78 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 72% 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).