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Wed, Jan 27, 2016·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 53% of the time.

TBL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR06011013030
TBL1170507129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:38TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Anton Stralman, Valtteri Filppula · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:59TORRoman Polak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:13TORJake Gardiner: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:32TORRich Clune: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 3:12TORFrank Corrado: Interference2 min
  5. P2 5:45TBLNikita Kucherov: Embellishment2 min
  6. P2 7:48TORNazem Kadri: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 7:48TBLBrian Boyle: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 14:19TORPA Parenteau: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 17:40TBLCedric Paquette: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 5:10TBLTyler Johnson: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 9:42TORMorgan Rielly: Tripping2 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
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Spaling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORTBL
30Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals2.7
58Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays6
14Penalty minutes8
41Hits21
12Blocked shots16
6Giveaways9
4Takeaways12

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. bestKomarov – Grabner – Kadri8:11

    xG 0.52–0.32 (62%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Winnik – Clune – Froese5:01

    xG 0.24–0.11 (70%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Lupul – Matthias – Spaling5:44

    xG 0.08–0.18 (31%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Bozak – Holland10:57

    xG 0.31–0.58 (34%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Corrado3:40

    xG 0.31–0.01 (96%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Rielly2:35

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Hunwick3:35

    xG 0.12–0.09 (56%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Palat – Namestnikov9:58

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Marchessault – Paquette5:34

    xG 0.11–0.08 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov8:49

    xG 0.38–0.40 (49%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Callahan – Brown6:39

    xG 0.28–0.43 (39%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGarrison – Sustr10:47

    xG 0.43–0.06 (88%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Nesterov9:28

    xG 0.50–0.25 (66%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Nesterov2:21

    xG 0.02–0.04 (30%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.7 xGTOR 2.9 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 11/100 · #1108 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 53% 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).