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Wed, Mar 19, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 62% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL3811418530
TOR27010122339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:59TBLRadko GudasAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:31TORPhil KesselAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:32TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Tim Gleason, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:22TBLSteven StamkosPPAssists: Valtteri Filppula · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P1 15:39TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Tyler Johnson, Sami Salo · Snap, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P2 5:55TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Ryan Malone, Eric Brewer · Wrist, 0.34 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:20TORJake GardinerAssists: Cody Franson, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:56TBLTyler JohnsonPPAssists: Ryan Malone, Teddy Purcell · Snap, 0.11 xG5–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:36TORDavid Clarkson: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:17TORTyler Bozak: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:55TBLAlex Killorn: Boarding5 min
  4. P1 19:55TBLAlex Killorn: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P2 2:22TORJoffrey Lupul: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:32TORDavid Clarkson: Holding2 min
  7. P2 11:32TBLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 11:32TORDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 4:51TBLEric Brewer: Interference2 min
  10. P3 11:42TORJay McClement: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 15:27TORJames van Riemsdyk: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
30Shots on goal39
2.8Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts66
33Faceoffs won24
5Power plays3
22Penalty minutes17
20Hits27
14Blocked shots16
9Giveaways10
8Takeaways5

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. bestPyatt – Purcell – Brown3:18

    xG 0.38–0.05 (89%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  2. Killorn – Stamkos – Johnson3:48

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 1–1

  3. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson5:59

    xG 0.26–0.20 (58%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Callahan – Palat10:22

    xG 0.18–0.20 (47%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrewer – Kostka9:38

    xG 1.00–0.36 (74%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Salo – Hedman4:37

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Gudas8:45

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:54

    xG 0.54–0.40 (57%)attempts 21–10goals 2–1

  2. McClement – Bodie – Kulemin4:19

    xG 0.18–0.05 (78%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Raymond – Kadri2:49

    xG 0.02–0.01 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Clarkson – Kulemin – Kadri5:47

    xG 0.05–0.17 (24%)attempts 2–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Gunnarsson2:20

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Franson – Gardiner10:38

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Gardiner – Rielly2:08

    xG 0.02–0.01 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.5 xGTBL 2.8 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 70/100 · #290 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 62% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).