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Mon, Feb 29, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0152508228
TOR09011112132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:53TBLTyler JohnsonAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:28TBLTyler JohnsonGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:45TORNazem KadriAssists: Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:09TORMartin Marincin: Holding2 min
  2. P2 16:56TBLNikita Nesterov: Holding2 min
  3. P3 0:41TBLCedric Paquette: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P3 6:55TORNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 6:55TBLAlex Killorn: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 17:06TORConnor Carrick: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 17:06TBLJT Brown: Fighting5 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
47% to win54% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nylander won the faceoff against Filppula
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
28Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts70
19Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
11Penalty minutes9
24Hits22
16Blocked shots17
11Giveaways12
7Takeaways9

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. bestFilppula – Brown – Paquette11:26

    xG 1.05–0.27 (80%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Callahan – Killorn – Stamkos12:58

    xG 0.51–0.16 (75%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Kucherov – Namestnikov2:26

    xG 0.02–0.06 (24%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Palat – Kucherov11:55

    xG 0.14–0.26 (35%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Nesterov6:58

    xG 0.78–0.25 (75%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Carle – Sustr4:43

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Nesterov2:56

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyes – Holland – Kapanen6:25

    xG 0.45–0.12 (78%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Komarov – Kadri – Soshnikov11:13

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Boyes – Grabner – Holland2:03

    xG 0.11–0.02 (83%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Nylander – Kapanen4:12

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Corrado10:15

    xG 0.60–0.14 (81%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Marincin – Carrick11:47

    xG 0.47–0.27 (64%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Hunwick – Carrick2:26

    xG 0.06–0.07 (47%)attempts 4–2goals 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 2.2 xGTBL 1.9 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 12/100 · #1072 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 54% 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).