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Sat, Nov 30, 2024·Amalie Arena, Tampa

Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 70% of the time.

TBL winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1731517529
TBL010013318341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:13TORMatthew KniesAssists: Chris Tanev, Auston Matthews · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:06TORChris TanevAssists: Mitch Marner, Pontus Holmberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:39TORNick RobertsonAssists: Fraser Minten, Simon Benoit · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 18:59TORJohn TavaresGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P3 11:21TBLMichael EyssimontAssists: Darren Raddysh · Slap, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:19TBLJake GuentzelAssists: Brandon Hagel, Victor Hedman · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:38TBLCam AtkinsonPPAssists: Brandon Hagel, Victor Hedman · Tip-in, 0.13 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:44TORWilliam NylanderENAssists: Auston Matthews, Matthew Knies · Wrist, 0.47 xG5–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:50TBLBrayden Point: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:25TORNikita Grebenkin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P3 6:19TORAuston Matthews: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 17:27TOROliver Ekman-Larsson: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORTBL
29Shots on goal41
2.6Expected goals3.9
46Shot attempts75
34Faceoffs won36
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
22Hits20
15Blocked shots12
11Giveaways9
4Takeaways2

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. bestNylander – Matthews – Knies13:22

    xG 0.69–0.21 (76%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Lorentz – Robertson – Minten7:02

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Nylander – Dewar – Grebenkin4:50

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  4. Tavares – Marner – Holmberg11:48

    xG 0.46–0.59 (44%)attempts 19–15goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Benoit5:12

    xG 0.34–0.08 (82%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly14:11

    xG 0.84–0.62 (57%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – McCabe7:49

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 2–0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestCirelli – Hagel – Geekie13:10

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  2. Girgensons – Sheary – Eyssimont6:34

    xG 0.14–0.15 (49%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

  3. Guentzel – Point – Goncalves9:24

    xG 0.25–0.31 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcDonagh – Cernak15:35

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. Raddysh – Lilleberg2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Perbix – Lilleberg8:27

    xG 0.20–0.31 (39%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

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 3.9 xGTOR 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 84/100 · #207 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 70% 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).