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Tue, Mar 10, 2020·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 66% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL06115012133
TOR11705114236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:42TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: John Tavares, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:22TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Nikita Kucherov · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:38TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:53TBLRyan McDonagh: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:44TORRasmus Sandin: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:36TBLBarclay Goodrow: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:49TORMorgan Rielly: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 6:40TORJustin Holl: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:29TBLBlake Coleman: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 17:28TORJohn Tavares: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:02TBLCedric Paquette: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 14:09TBLErik Cernak: 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
45% to win55% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Point
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
33Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals3.4
63Shot attempts66
23Faceoffs won25
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits19
12Blocked shots15
9Giveaways14
14Takeaways15

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. bestPalat – Kucherov – Point7:19

    xG 0.69–0.06 (93%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Goodrow – Verhaeghe5:58

    xG 0.51–0.35 (59%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Coleman – Cirelli7:20

    xG 0.41–0.30 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Kucherov – Cirelli2:29

    xG 0.01–0.06 (17%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Bogosian9:42

    xG 0.54–0.45 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Shattenkirk2:25

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Sergachev12:50

    xG 0.29–0.48 (37%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Clifford – Gauthier4:29

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Engvall – Malgin6:29

    xG 0.29–0.19 (60%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Nylander – Matthews9:24

    xG 0.37–0.45 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Kapanen – Marner8:14

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Ceci12:42

    xG 1.02–0.52 (66%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Rielly2:03

    xG 0.29–0.03 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Dermott11:43

    xG 0.36–0.55 (40%)attempts 12–16goals 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 3.4 xGTBL 2.5 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 30/100 · #776 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 66% 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).