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Mon, Dec 29, 2014·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

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

TBL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2401009223
TBL01521719341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28TORMike SantorelliAssists: Nazem Kadri, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:47TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Tyler Bozak, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:37TBLRyan CallahanPPAssists: Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman · Tip-in, 0.32 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:46TBLValtteri FilppulaAssists: Victor Hedman, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:05TBLSteven StamkosGWGAssists: Matt Carle · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:58TBLAndrej Sustr: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 11:20TORDavid Booth: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 5:30TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:27TORJake Gardiner: Holding2 min
  5. P3 11:23TBLAlex Killorn: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 15:59TORDavid Booth: High sticking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORTBL
23Shots on goal41
1.8Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won24
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits17
13Blocked shots12
7Giveaways6
6Takeaways11

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. Winnik – Smith – Ashton4:51

    xG 0.04–0.12 (26%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Santorelli – van Riemsdyk – Kadri9:27

    xG 0.21–0.41 (34%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak14:46

    xG 0.48–0.86 (36%)attempts 10–21goals 1–1

  4. Clarkson – Booth – Holland10:17

    xG 0.12–0.51 (19%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Polak – Gardiner2:15

    xG 0.04–0.13 (24%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Gardiner12:06

    xG 0.34–0.52 (39%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Polak – Rielly12:07

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Killorn11:08

    xG 0.64–0.11 (85%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Stamkos – Paquette – Drouin8:39

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Boyle – Connolly4:42

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Boyle – Stamkos2:05

    xG 0.11–0.04 (72%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Gudas11:36

    xG 0.71–0.30 (70%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Stralman13:47

    xG 0.68–0.29 (71%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  3. Hedman – Sustr13:00

    xG 0.51–0.26 (66%)attempts 17–7goals 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.

TBL 2.7 xGTOR 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #392 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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.

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).