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Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Maple Leafs logo
Maple Leafs
Toronto
2
vs
Lightning logo
Lightning
Tampa Bay
5
TOR 67%33% TBL
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Toronto Maple Leafs 67% to win. The top 3 signals favoring Maple Leafs:

  • Offensive Efficiency. Colorado Avalanche offense (3.8 PPG) outpaces Calgary Flames (2.4 PPG)
  • Home Field Advantage. Colorado Avalanche are 0-0 at home this season
  • Recent Form. Colorado Avalanche (41-10) in better form than Calgary Flames (24-30)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: TOR 60% (−7)
  • If the home-field edge were neutral: TOR 61% (−6)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: TOR 62% (−5)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: TOR 63% (−4)

Win probability movement

TOR home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement72%67%62%Mar 6Mar 7

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueScotiabank Arena
Toronto, ON

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Lightning (away)
Maple Leafs (home)
33%
Win probability
67%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Lightning defeated the Maple Leafs 5-2.

Our model predicted the Maple Leafs would win with 67% confidence, but the Lightning won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Offensive Efficiency favored the Maple Leafs and was a contributing factor: Colorado Avalanche offense (3.8 PPG) outpaces Calgary Flames (2.4 PPG)
  • Home Field Advantage favored the Maple Leafs and was a notable factor: Colorado Avalanche are 0-0 at home this season
  • Recent Form favored the Maple Leafs and was a contributing factor: Colorado Avalanche (41-10) in better form than Calgary Flames (24-30)

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Lightning won 2-5

Lightning won in a close game

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Maple Leafs at 67%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Offensive EfficiencyFavors Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Recent FormFavors Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Defensive EfficiencyFavors Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Rest DaysNeutral
  • Head to HeadNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

TBL
TOR
Offensive Efficiency
Home Field Advantage
Recent Form
Defensive Efficiency
Favours TBL|Favours TOR

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 3/7/2026, 8:50:01 AM

Key Players

Lightning

Harrison MeneghinG
Kyle KoninG
Andrei VasilevskiyG
Jonas JohanssonG
Dennis HildebyG

Maple Leafs

Anthony StolarzG
Samuel HlavajG
Sergei BobrovskyG
Calle JarnkrokC
Vinni LettieriC

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Maple Leafs has a 67% win probability, while Lightning has a 33% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON.

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