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Tue, Mar 20, 2018·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 4

Expected result

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

TBL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR11221206330
TBL0611237425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:06TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Mitch Marner, Connor Carrick · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:29TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Nazem Kadri · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:41TORZach HymanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:40TBLVictor HedmanAssists: Steven Stamkos, Adam Erne · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:24TBLRyan McDonaghAssists: Yanni Gourde, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:32TBLNikita KucherovUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:14TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Yanni Gourde · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:04TORJosh Leivo: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 16:04TBLRyan Callahan: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:31TBLNikita Kucherov: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:57TORConnor Brown: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:36TBLSteven Stamkos: Elbowing2 min
  6. P3 11:46TBLAnthony Cirelli: 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackTBL 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.

TORTBL
30Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals2.2
56Shot attempts42
29Faceoffs won29
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
20Hits28
10Blocked shots15
5Giveaways8
8Takeaways7

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown9:41

    xG 0.38–0.28 (57%)attempts 11–2goals 0–1

  2. Hyman – Johnsson – Nylander11:10

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  3. Plekanec – Leivo – Kapanen6:46

    xG 0.25–0.31 (44%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Kadri – Marner10:51

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarrick – Dermott12:31

    xG 0.52–0.38 (58%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Gardiner14:58

    xG 0.65–0.54 (55%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Hainsey – Rielly12:47

    xG 0.21–0.96 (18%)attempts 7–14goals 0–3

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Kucherov – Miller9:46

    xG 0.85–0.34 (71%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Gourde – Cirelli5:40

    xG 0.29–0.09 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 2–0

  3. Kunitz – Stamkos – Erne2:50

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Gourde – Erne4:01

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Sergachev9:45

    xG 0.65–0.42 (61%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Hedman14:31

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Coburn – Stralman2:07

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

TBL 2.2 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 85/100 · #192 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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.

TBL winsTOR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).