GRIT & GF

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Toronto Maple Leafs

Tampa Bay Lightning

Expected goals, TOR–TBL
3.5–5.2
all situations, empty nets out
TBL share of xG
60.0%
50% is even
Shots on goal
34–36
TOR–TBL
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Lightning beat the Maple Leafs 4-2, and the chances agreed: 5.1 expected goals to 3.6. Nikita Kucherov has a point in 11 straight games. Three points for Brayden Point: two goals and one assist.

  • Nikita Kucherov has a point in 11 straight games. He finished with one goal and two assists. His goal stood up as the winner. It finished 4-2 for the Lightning.

  • Brayden PointBig night

    Three points for Brayden Point: two goals and one assist. He also had 11 shot attempts against an average of 3.9. It finished 4-2 for the Lightning.

  • Three points for Gage Goncalves: one goal and two assists. That was his seventh goal of the season. The Lightning beat the Maple Leafs 4-2.

  • Jake Guentzel generated 1.4 expected goals on five shots and did not score. He has 60 points in 56 games this season. It finished 4-2 for the Lightning.

  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson had 10 shot attempts. Three reached the net and none went in. He came in averaging 3.5 attempts a game. The Maple Leafs lost 4-2 to the Lightning.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

TORTBL

Where the shots came from

6 goals from 107 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← TOR shootingTBL shooting →

Toronto Maple Leafs

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Auston Matthews C22:540120.131333
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D22:400030.481338
Jake McCabe D22:000010.000330
Morgan Rielly D20:090030.092042
William Nylander R19:020240.380048
Max Domi C18:310020.200020
Matthew Knies L17:481130.351047
Brandon Carlo D17:430010.030338
John Tavares C17:291030.270152
Troy Stecher D16:280010.010034
Nicolas Roy C15:220000.190031
Simon Benoit D14:320010.064137
Bobby McMann C14:240030.453013
Matias Maccelli L14:150040.360143
Nick Robertson L12:520010.265146
Scott Laughton C12:020010.02108
Steven Lorentz C10:180010.160143
Calle Jarnkrok C8:110000.030011

Tampa Bay Lightning

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Nikita Kucherov R23:571220.240273
Darren Raddysh D23:550030.261057
Jake Guentzel C22:250051.400155
Brayden Point C22:162151.410076
Brandon Hagel L20:300040.521161
Yanni Gourde C19:530030.344045
J.J. Moser D18:530020.321265
Zemgus Girgensons C17:540020.262159
Erik Cernak D17:040000.000050
Ryan McDonagh D16:190000.000143
Pontus Holmberg R15:430100.001177
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D15:090200.041087
Oliver Bjorkstrand R12:290040.641170
Victor Hedman D11:510010.070055
Gage Goncalves C11:511220.420078
Dominic James C10:590030.061044
Emil Lilleberg D9:330000.002098
Scott Sabourin R5:540000.092152

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.