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Mon, Jan 20, 2025·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL06112212330
TOR1112829528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:06TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Matthew Knies, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:45TORWilliam NylanderAssists: Morgan Rielly, Steven Lorentz · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:07TBLNick PaulAssists: Darren Raddysh, Brayden Point · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:37TORMatthew KniesAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Snap, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:07TBLDarren RaddyshAssists: Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:09TORMatthew KniesPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Bobby McMann · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:05TBLNick PaulPPAssists: Brandon Hagel, Victor Hedman · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:55TORMitch MarnerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG3–5
Penalties (3)
  1. P3 1:15TORPontus Holmberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 9:21TBLEmil Lilleberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 11:02TORDavid Kampf: Tripping2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← TBL attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Holmberg won the faceoff against Cirelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLTOR
30Shots on goal28
2.7Expected goals3.3
60Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
19Hits12
10Blocked shots11
13Giveaways13
3Takeaways6

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. bestGuentzel – Paul – Point7:53

    xG 0.23–0.02 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Kucherov – Guentzel – Point6:07

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  3. Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel12:21

    xG 0.39–0.38 (50%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  4. Paul – Cirelli – Hagel4:56

    xG 0.14–0.17 (46%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hedman – Raddysh18:22

    xG 0.87–0.82 (51%)attempts 23–13goals 2–0

  2. McDonagh – Crozier16:43

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  3. Perbix – Lilleberg11:19

    xG 0.25–0.36 (40%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarner – Matthews – Knies13:53

    xG 0.69–0.34 (67%)attempts 16–10goals 2–1

  2. Domi – Robertson – Minten8:38

    xG 0.38–0.26 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Lorentz – Kampf – Dewar4:42

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Nylander – Kampf – McMann3:25

    xG 0.16–0.19 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Tanev18:55

    xG 0.83–0.55 (60%)attempts 18–20goals 2–1

  2. Timmins – Benoit11:03

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Rielly2:15

    xG 0.15–0.02 (89%)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 3.3 xGTBL 2.7 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 66/100 · #437 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 61% 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).