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Tue, Dec 20, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 97% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0404111119
TOR115114211440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:45TORMichael BuntingAssists: William Nylander · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:01TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: Rasmus Sandin, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:09TBLVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Steven Stamkos · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:14TORPierre EngvallENAssists: David Kampf, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.74 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:28TORWilliam NylanderENAssists: Calle Jarnkrok · Wrist, 0.78 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:42TBLIan Cole: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:00TBLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 0:00TORMichael Bunting: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 5:49TBLNikita Kucherov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 10:28TORTimothy Liljegren: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 0:00TORTimothy Liljegren: High sticking2 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
49% to win51% 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
19Shots on goal40
1.3Expected goals5.4
44Shot attempts55
22Faceoffs won23
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
33Hits20
5Blocked shots14
11Giveaways9
4Takeaways8

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 – Namestnikov3:34

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Maroon – Bellemare3:07

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Namestnikov – Bellemare5:24

    xG 0.05–0.15 (25%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Stamkos – Paul5:40

    xG 0.02–0.13 (13%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Sergachev4:56

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Cernak – Sergachev2:39

    xG 0.03–0.08 (29%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hedman – Perbix13:17

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestNylander – Bunting – Matthews12:57

    xG 1.26–0.51 (71%)attempts 17–11goals 1–1

  2. Tavares – Jarnkrok – Marner9:12

    xG 0.45–0.03 (94%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Engvall – Kampf10:08

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Anderson – Aston-Reese – Holmberg7:32

    xG 0.01–0.14 (6%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiljegren – Sandin5:56

    xG 0.53–0.20 (72%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Timmins – Liljegren3:15

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Liljegren2:19

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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 5.4 xGTBL 1.3 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #1043 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 97% 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).