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Wed, Apr 24, 2013·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 67% of the time.

TBL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1611309228
TBL0729310526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:03TORPhil KesselAssists: Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:54TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Nate Thompson, Matt Carle · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:48TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:36TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:13TBLRadko GudasGWGAssists: Teddy Purcell, Steven Stamkos · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:08TBLMartin St. LouisAssists: Keith Aulie, Dana Tyrell · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:11TBLMartin St. LouisENAssists: Vincent Lecavalier · Wrist, 0.76 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 1:14TBLTeddy Purcell: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 3:13TBLTom Pyatt: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:02TORClarke MacArthur: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:59TORMark Fraser: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORTBL
28Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits20
16Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
6Takeaways8

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. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak9:22

    xG 0.48–0.40 (55%)attempts 12–9goals 1–2

  2. Lupul – Kulemin – Kadri7:52

    xG 0.09–0.03 (77%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Frattin – Colborne8:06

    xG 0.49–0.48 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak3:37

    xG 0.11–0.19 (35%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Fraser12:32

    xG 0.62–0.50 (55%)attempts 17–11goals 1–2

  2. Gunnarsson – Kostka2:48

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Kostka15:56

    xG 0.58–0.62 (48%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Pyatt – Tyrell6:14

    xG 0.28–0.08 (77%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Crombeen – Thompson – Labrie10:58

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Purcell – Stamkos13:50

    xG 0.30–0.56 (35%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  4. Lecavalier – Killorn – Panik11:02

    xG 0.30–0.67 (31%)attempts 10–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Gudas11:35

    xG 0.65–0.23 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Brewer – Carle17:18

    xG 0.58–0.37 (61%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  3. Salo – Hedman15:22

    xG 0.35–0.81 (30%)attempts 13–16goals 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.

TBL 2.9 xGTOR 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLTOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

TBL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line TBL is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #304 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 67% of the time.

TBL winsTOR wins

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

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