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Tue, Mar 15, 2016·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0506116127
TOR061939424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:34TORConnor CarrickAssists: Peter Holland, Colin Greening · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:33TBLBrian BoyleAssists: Anton Stralman · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:07TORBen SmithGWGAssists: Michael Grabner, Milan Michalek · Snap, 0.29 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:27TORZach HymanENAssists: Ben Smith, Martin Marincin · Snap, 0.75 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:47TORPA ParenteauENAssists: Zach Hyman, Martin Marincin · Wrist, 0.63 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:53TORPA Parenteau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 0:33TORFrank Corrado: Interference2 min
  3. P2 15:55TBLJonathan Marchessault: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 19:11TBLSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 0:25TBLAnton Stralman: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 2:35TORPeter Holland: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:35TORPeter Holland: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 2:35TBLSteven Stamkos: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:22TBLRyan Callahan: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 17:22TORPA Parenteau: Interference2 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 20:00Johnson won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
27Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals2.9
71Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
22Hits21
21Blocked shots23
8Giveaways5
9Takeaways6

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. bestJohnson – Palat – Namestnikov7:56

    xG 0.20–0.04 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Blunden – Marchessault3:32

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Johnson – Palat4:13

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Kucherov – Namestnikov3:35

    xG 0.36–0.34 (51%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Carle – Sustr3:48

    xG 0.04–0.02 (69%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Nesterov4:05

    xG 0.02–0.00 (91%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Nesterov3:02

    xG 0.02–0.02 (48%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMichalek – Grabner – Smith6:42

    xG 0.35–0.04 (90%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Laich – Greening – Holland7:06

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Parenteau – Hyman – Nylander9:30

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Soshnikov10:30

    xG 0.04–0.11 (26%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Corrado7:03

    xG 0.34–0.09 (79%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Carrick6:10

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Carrick – Valiev2:43

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

TOR 2.9 xGTBL 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #743 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 60% 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).