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Wed, Mar 20, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 50% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL06011211228
TOR1831008426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:56TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Nazem Kadri, Carl Gunnarsson · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:52TORDion PhaneufAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Nazem Kadri · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:53TORTyler BozakGWGAssists: Phil Kessel, Mark Fraser · Snap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:22TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Nazem Kadri, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 7:44TBLRadko GudasAssists: Pierre-Cedric Labrie, B.J. Crombeen · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:02TBLCory ConacherAssists: Tyler Johnson, Martin St. Louis · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:14TBLAlex Killorn: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:39TORJoffrey Lupul: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:29TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 0:29TORMark Fraser: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:09TORNazem Kadri: Interference2 min
  6. P2 10:05TORMark Fraser: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 10:05TBLCory Conacher: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:45TORJoffrey Lupul: Illegal check to head2 min
  9. P3 5:07TORCarl Gunnarsson: Holding2 min
  10. P3 10:53TBLTeddy Purcell: Hooking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
28Shots on goal26
1.8Expected goals1.8
58Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
35Hits46
14Blocked shots18
10Giveaways8
5Takeaways12

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. Pyatt – Killorn – Conacher4:19

    xG 0.28–0.24 (53%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Tyrell – Johnson – Palat2:29

    xG 0.01–0.05 (20%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Stamkos – Conacher2:23

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie5:26

    xG 0.04–0.10 (30%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Gudas6:42

    xG 0.87–0.15 (85%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Aulie – Gudas7:09

    xG 0.15–0.11 (57%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  3. Hedman – Gudas3:08

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Kulemin – Kadri10:31

    xG 0.64–0.13 (83%)attempts 12–10goals 3–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:21

    xG 0.69–0.32 (68%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Orr – McClement – Komarov5:12

    xG 0.01–0.13 (7%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Frattin9:38

    xG 0.18–0.80 (18%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Gardiner14:26

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson15:37

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 12–23goals 3–1

  3. Franson – Fraser12:25

    xG 0.31–0.70 (31%)attempts 16–13goals 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 1.8 xGTBL 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #297 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 50% 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).