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Mon, Mar 14, 2011·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 6, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL113310213636
TOR07212013232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:53TBLNate ThompsonAssists: Teddy Purcell, Brett Clark · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:12TORDion PhaneufAssists: Tim Brent, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:25TBLMattias RitolaAssists: Adam Hall, Nate Thompson · Snap, 0.35 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:34TBLMattias RitolaGWGAssists: Teddy Purcell, Brett Clark · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:37TORNikolay KuleminUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:53TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: Simon Gagne, Brett Clark · Tip-in, 0.28 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:47TBLDominic MooreAssists: Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos · Snap, 0.16 xG5–2
  8. P3 14:32TBLMike LundinAssists: Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis · Slap, 0.02 xG6–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:41TBLSean Bergenheim: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 3:41TORPhil Kessel: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 6:23TBLMike Lundin: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 7:27TBLSean Bergenheim: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 7:27TORMikhail Grabovski: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 19:58TBLEric Brewer: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:18TBLMattias Ohlund: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lecavalier won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
36Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals2.0
65Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won35
0Power plays3
10Penalty minutes4
38Hits38
14Blocked shots15
4Giveaways9
5Takeaways8

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Thompson – Ritola7:18

    xG 1.09–0.24 (82%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Lecavalier – Gagne – Purcell5:46

    xG 0.34–0.12 (73%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  3. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Stamkos5:53

    xG 0.12–0.02 (83%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Moore – Purcell5:09

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOhlund – Clark11:59

    xG 1.33–0.27 (83%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  2. Ohlund – Hedman4:14

    xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Clark – Brewer2:20

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Sjostrom – Brent – Brown5:26

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  2. Crabb – Boyce – Brown2:24

    xG 0.02–0.05 (26%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin11:45

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

  4. Armstrong – Crabb – Boyce6:06

    xG 0.04–0.08 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Schenn2:30

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Gunnarsson4:39

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Komisarek – Aulie2:03

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 1–5goals 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 2.0 xGTBL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #529 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

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

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