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Thu, Oct 10, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 7, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 84% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL41411029733
TOR31301104328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:28TBLBrayden PointAssists: Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:19TORAndreas JohnssonPPAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:46TORJohn TavaresAssists: Justin Holl, Kasperi Kapanen · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P1 11:24TBLNikita KucherovPPAssists: Victor Hedman, Anthony Cirelli · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P1 12:45TBLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Tyler Johnson · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P1 17:56TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Jake Muzzin, William Nylander · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–3
  7. P1 19:17TBLSteven StamkosPPGWGAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Brayden Point · Snap, 0.16 xG4–3
  8. P2 10:46TBLBrayden PointAssists: Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos · Tip-in, 0.12 xG5–3
  9. P3 3:56TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Anthony Cirelli, Mikhail Sergachev · Deflected, 0.02 xG6–3
  10. P3 6:57TBLNikita KucherovAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.17 xG7–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:16TBLVictor Hedman: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:42TORJason Spezza: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:23TORKasperi Kapanen: Interference2 min
  4. P1 18:27TORNic Petan: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:46TBLNikita Kucherov: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cirelli won the faceoff against Kerfoot
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
33Shots on goal28
3.7Expected goals1.6
61Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits15
19Blocked shots14
9Giveaways7
5Takeaways6

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 – Kucherov – Point14:39

    xG 1.41–0.37 (79%)attempts 19–13goals 3–0

  2. Killorn – Palat – Cirelli11:58

    xG 0.58–0.17 (77%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Gourde – Joseph9:58

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev13:56

    xG 1.29–0.49 (73%)attempts 14–15goals 2–1

  2. Coburn – Shattenkirk9:58

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  3. McDonagh – Cernak12:15

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews13:30

    xG 0.61–0.57 (52%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

  2. Spezza – Petan – Gauthier8:27

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  3. Kerfoot – Moore – Mikheyev10:35

    xG 0.27–0.61 (30%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner12:02

    xG 0.31–0.81 (28%)attempts 10–13goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Holl2:50

    xG 0.43–0.19 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Barrie – Sandin2:52

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Rielly2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 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.

TOR 1.6 xGTBL 3.7 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 79/100 · #227 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 84% 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).