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Thu, Apr 4, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0121829329
TOR1909012130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:41TORMitch MarnerAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:37TBLSteven StamkosSHAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:12TBLAlex KillornGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:05TBLNikita KucherovENAssists: Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 5:17TBLBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:53TORTrevor Moore: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:27TBLMikhail Sergachev: 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 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Stamkos
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
29Shots on goal30
3.6Expected goals3.2
55Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won20
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
28Hits26
14Blocked shots10
8Giveaways22
8Takeaways11

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. bestKucherov – Gourde – Point14:06

    xG 0.93–0.53 (64%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Killorn – Joseph – Cirelli9:22

    xG 0.28–0.20 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Callahan – Paquette – Erne8:55

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Johnson – Palat12:28

    xG 0.74–1.04 (41%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – McDonagh2:03

    xG 0.45–0.05 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Rutta14:08

    xG 0.88–0.55 (62%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak16:37

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestBrown – Johnsson – Nylander8:22

    xG 0.34–0.22 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Gauthier – Moore8:16

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Kapanen – Matthews14:08

    xG 0.93–0.93 (50%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Hyman – Marner12:58

    xG 0.69–0.93 (43%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDermott – Rosen11:57

    xG 0.47–0.25 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev13:06

    xG 0.73–0.59 (55%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Dermott2:16

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 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 3.2 xGTBL 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #1014 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 56% 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).