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Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Lightning logo
Lightning
Tampa Bay
4
vs
Maple Leafs logo
Maple Leafs
Toronto
2
TBL 57%43% TOR
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Tampa Bay Lightning 57% to win. The top 2 signals favoring Lightning:

  • Home Field Advantage. Tampa Bay Lightning are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)
  • Recent Form. Tampa Bay Lightning (37-14) in better form than Toronto Maple Leafs (27-21)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: TBL 54% (−3)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: TBL 55% (−2)

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Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Maple Leafs (away)
Lightning (home)
43%
Win probability
57%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Lightning defeated the Maple Leafs 4-2.

Our model predicted the Lightning would win with 57% confidence -- and they delivered. Even with modest confidence, the model got this one right.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Lightning and was a contributing factor: Tampa Bay Lightning are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)
  • Recent Form favored the Lightning and was a contributing factor: Tampa Bay Lightning (37-14) in better form than Toronto Maple Leafs (27-21)
  • Defensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: Similar defensive efficiency (0.0 vs 0.0 YPP allowed)

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

Lightning won 4-2

Lightning won in a close game

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Lightning at 57%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Recent FormFavors Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Weather ImpactNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
  • Head to HeadNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

TOR
TBL
Home Field Advantage
Recent Form
Favours TOR|Favours TBL

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Understanding the win probability calculation

4 factors not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 2/18/2026, 10:35:01 AM

Key Players

Maple Leafs

Anthony StolarzG
Samuel HlavajG
Sergei BobrovskyG
Calle JarnkrokC
Vinni LettieriC

Lightning

Harrison MeneghinG
Kyle KoninG
Andrei VasilevskiyG
Jonas JohanssonG
Dennis HildebyG

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Lightning has a 57% win probability, while Maple Leafs has a 43% win probability based on our analysis.

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

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