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Mon, Feb 12, 2018·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL09114211334
TOR192816423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:55TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews, Jake Gardiner · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:08TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:36TORJake GardinerAssists: William Nylander, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:59TBLAlex KillornAssists: Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:58TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Alex Killorn · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:18TBLYanni GourdeAssists: Braydon Coburn, Steven Stamkos · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:37TORJames van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak · Snap, 0.20 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:20TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:02TORNikita Zaitsev: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:22TORTyler Bozak: 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
34Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals3.1
67Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
27Hits20
11Blocked shots15
10Giveaways12
3Takeaways9

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. bestStamkos – Gourde – Erne3:42

    xG 0.26–0.05 (83%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Callahan – Namestnikov – Erne3:42

    xG 0.17–0.02 (90%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Callahan – Paquette3:41

    xG 0.14–0.13 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Kucherov – Point13:38

    xG 0.92–0.93 (50%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Sergachev3:01

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – Sergachev10:15

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – Girardi2:53

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown9:03

    xG 0.43–0.14 (76%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews12:45

    xG 0.48–0.45 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 2–1

  3. Moore – Komarov – Kapanen7:22

    xG 0.21–0.30 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Kadri – Marner13:57

    xG 0.63–0.90 (41%)attempts 10–19goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Dermott12:32

    xG 0.62–0.43 (59%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  2. Hainsey – Rielly13:23

    xG 0.88–0.76 (54%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

  3. Hainsey – Zaitsev2:35

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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 3.1 xGTBL 3.1 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 84/100 · #207 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 51% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).