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Tue, Jan 3, 2012·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 81% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL1112706324
TOR213316213742

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:58TBLVincent LecavalierAssists: JT Wyman, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:25TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Tim Connolly, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:46TORCarl GunnarssonAssists: Tim Connolly, Joffrey Lupul · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:55TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Martin St. Louis · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:28TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:26TBLPavel KubinaAssists: Eric Brewer · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P2 13:43TORDarryl BoyceGWGAssists: Matt Frattin, Keith Aulie · Snap, 0.22 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:22TORMatt FrattinAssists: Nazem Kadri, Matthew Lombardi · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–5
  9. P3 1:23TORDion PhaneufPPAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Clarke MacArthur · Snap, 0.24 xG3–6
  10. P3 12:28TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.51 xG3–7
Penalties (21)
  1. P1 1:15TBLMarc-Andre Bergeron: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:58TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 11:58TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:58TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 14:40TORCody Franson: Boarding2 min
  6. P1 17:20TORLuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 18:35TORTim Connolly: Elbowing2 min
  8. P2 6:34TORMatt Frattin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P2 13:59TBLSteve Downie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 13:59TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 13:59TBLSteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 13:59TORKeith Aulie: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 13:59TORDarryl Boyce: Roughing2 min
  14. P2 13:59TBLSteve Downie: Misconduct10 min
  15. P2 13:59TORDarryl Boyce: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 0:56TBLTeddy Purcell: Interference2 min · PPG
  17. P3 6:35TORJonas Gustavsson: Tripping2 min
  18. P3 11:32TBLPavel Kubina: Holding2 min · PPG
  19. P3 12:04TBLAdam Hall: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 16:32TBLNate Thompson: Fighting5 min
  21. P3 16:32TORLuke Schenn: Fighting5 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
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
24Shots on goal42
1.6Expected goals3.4
62Shot attempts68
33Faceoffs won33
5Power plays6
33Penalty minutes31
30Hits32
13Blocked shots19
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways10

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. St. Louis – Downie – Stamkos7:39

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  2. Hall – Jones – Tyrell3:17

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos4:25

    xG 0.03–0.14 (16%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Lecavalier – Moore – Wyman9:10

    xG 0.22–0.55 (28%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bergeron – Gilroy2:11

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Gervais8:06

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Gilroy2:26

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestConnolly – Lupul – Kessel9:50

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 14–11goals 2–2

  2. Lombardi – MacArthur – Kadri6:22

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Steckel – Boyce – Frattin6:05

    xG 0.28–0.34 (45%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  4. Crabb – Grabovski – Kulemin9:52

    xG 0.30–0.49 (38%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Schenn9:43

    xG 0.39–0.13 (74%)attempts 10–6goals 2–1

  2. Franson – Gunnarsson3:05

    xG 0.15–0.04 (77%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Aulie13:04

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 13–16goals 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 xGTBL 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 83/100 · #177 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 81% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).