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Thu, Apr 6, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 50% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL01321027430
TOR01111105127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:34TBLBrayden PointPPAssists: Ondrej Palat, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:42TORNazem KadriAssists: Matt Hunwick, Tyler Bozak · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:50TBLNikita KucherovGWGAssists: Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:00TBLMichael BournivalAssists: Andrej Sustr, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P3 14:11TBLBrayden PointAssists: Ondrej Palat, Jake Dotchin · Snap, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:31TORZach Hyman: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:21TBLAndrej Sustr: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:13TBLAnton Stralman: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:09TBLBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min
  5. P2 4:55TBLBraydon Coburn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 4:55TORMatt Martin: Fighting5 min · PPG
  7. P2 6:37TORRoman Polak: Interference2 min
  8. P3 13:12TORTyler Bozak: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:12TBLNikita Kucherov: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 17:32TORMatt Martin: Misconduct10 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
44% to win56% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
30Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals2.3
53Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won50
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes21
35Hits28
19Blocked shots9
10Giveaways10
5Takeaways7

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. bestDumont – McKegg – Bournival8:39

    xG 0.40–0.19 (67%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  2. Palat – Kucherov – Point14:10

    xG 0.65–0.51 (56%)attempts 17–17goals 1–1

  3. Namestnikov – Erne – Drouin9:58

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Conacher – Gourde7:41

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sustr2:47

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 8–3goals 2–0

  2. Hedman – Dotchin13:18

    xG 0.70–0.48 (59%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Stralman – Hedman5:17

    xG 0.16–0.07 (68%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nylander – Matthews11:17

    xG 0.84–0.51 (62%)attempts 20–12goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Martin – Kapanen6:36

    xG 0.08–0.22 (27%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner12:37

    xG 0.09–0.36 (21%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  4. Komarov – Kadri – Brown9:26

    xG 0.30–0.68 (31%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Hunwick9:53

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Rielly2:31

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Zaitsev15:50

    xG 0.70–0.70 (50%)attempts 17–17goals 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 2.3 xGTBL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 31/100 · #813 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (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, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 50% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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