Game 28 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 3 vs. Devils 2 (SO)

The Maple Leafs had one of their strongest games of the season, but there was very little even strength scoring on the night.

The Devils managed a pair of power-play goals, while the Leafs were the beneficiary of a strange goal from centre ice and ended up forcing a shoot-out. Nazem Kadri continued his strong run with the clinching goal, and the Leafs were able to head to their week off in high spirits.

Toronto dominated the possession numbers, and that was clearly reflected in these numbers. They limited the Devils to just seven ES chances, and heavily out-chanced them overall, as well as dominating the neutral zone, limiting the Devils both in total entries and in controlled entries.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Tor	23	6	9	5	3	12	9	63.2%	54.5%	44.9%	27.7%
Njd	15	6	4	4	1	7	6	36.8%	45.5%	-	-

New Jersey had a strong pair of powerplays in the opening period, and that produced the bulk of their chances, as they didn’t earn an ES chance until midway through the second frame. The Leafs also had a series of effective powerplays, and had the better of the final period, out-chancing the Devils 5-2 in the last six minutes and overtime.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:36	0	0	NJD	GOAL! Stempniak deflects Moore shot	SH	2	31	40	52	56		2	13	14	20	26	35
1	16:20	0	1	Tor	Phaneuf from Holland	ES	2	3	24	31	43	47	2	5	14	21	35	48
1	10:49	0	1	Tor	Van Riemsdyk from Bozak	PP	3	15	21	28	31	42	5	6	14	20	35
1	04:26	1	1	NJD	Stempniak from Elias	SH	2	23	31	46	56		2	13	14	20	26	35
1	04:02	1	1	NJD	Stempniak deflects Cammarlleri shot	SH	2	23	31	46	56		2	13	14	20	26	35
1	03:57	1	1	NJD	Elias from rebound	SH	2	23	31	46	56		2	13	14	20	26	35
1	03:50	1	1	Tor	Froese drives	SH	2	23	31	46	56		2	13	20	22	26	35
1	03:39	1	1	NJD	Tootoo from Josefson	SH	3	16	31	40	44		2	13	16	22	35	51
1	03:33	1	1	NJD	Josefson wide from rebound	SH	3	16	31	40	44		8	16	21	22	35	51
1	02:09	1	1	Tor	Holland drives wide	ES	2	24	31	43	46	47	6	11	18	23	28	35
1	01:16	1	1	Tor	Boyes from Bozak	PP	3	15	21	28	31	42	5	6	11	18	35
1	01:01	1	1	Tor	Boyes deflects Phaneuf shot	PP	3	15	21	28	31	42	5	6	11	18	35
2	17:56	1	1	Tor	Van Riemsdyk deflects Bozak shot	PP	3	15	21	28	31	42	5	6	14	20	35
2	17:48	2	1	Tor	GOAL! Van Riemsdyk deflects Phaneuf shot	PP	3	15	21	28	31	42	5	6	11	18	35
2	13:14	2	1	NJD	Henrique from Severson	ES	2	15	21	31	42	44	2	14	20	28	35	48
2	10:32	2	1	Tor	Parenteau from Bozak	PP	3	15	21	28	31	42	5	6	11	16	35
2	08:59	2	1	Tor	Winnik wide from loose puck	ES	16	26	31	40	44	46	2	8	16	18	26	35
2	08:53	2	1	Tor	Grabner wide from Winnik	ES	16	26	31	40	44	46	2	8	16	18	26	35
2	08:00	2	1	NJD	Cammalleri from Stempniak	SH	2	16	31	40	46		2	13	14	20	26	35
2	06:40	2	1	NJD	GOAL! Palmieri from Schlemko	SH	3	23	31	44	47		8	16	21	22	35	51
2	02:35	2	2	NJD	Farnham from Elias	ES	3	24	31	43	47	51	7	18	23	26	28	35
2	01:18	2	2	Tor	Kadri wide from faceoff	PP	24	31	43	47	51	56	5	6	16	20	35
2	00:42	2	2	Tor	Holland from Kadri	PP	3	24	31	43	47	56	6	7	16	20	35
2	00:38	2	2	Tor	Holland from rebound	PP	3	24	31	43	47	56	6	7	16	20	35
2	00:18	2	2	Tor	Holland wide from Phaneuf	PP	3	24	31	43	47	56	6	7	16	20	35
3	16:11	2	2	Tor	Phaneuf wide from Grabner	ES	2	3	16	26	31	40	8	26	28	35	48	51
3	13:21	2	2	NJD	Cammalerri wide from rebound	ES	2	16	26	31	40	44	2	13	16	21	28	35
3	10:35	2	2	Tor	Bozak drives	ES	3	15	21	31	42	51	7	8	13	16	35	48
3	06:43	2	2	NJD	Palmeiri drives wide	ES	3	16	26	31	40	51	2	11	21	28	35	48
3	06:26	2	2	Tor	Winnik drives	ES	16	26	31	40	44	46	2	11	23	28	35	48
3	06:03	2	2	NJD	Greene from Josefson	ES	2	24	31	43	44	47	5	6	13	16	20	35
3	05:21	2	2	Tor	Parenteau from loose puck	ES	3	15	21	31	42	51	7	8	21	26	35	48
3	05:12	2	2	Tor	Parenteau from rebound	ES	3	15	21	31	42	51	7	8	21	26	35	48
3	00:34	2	2	NJD	Moore from Josefson	ES	2	3	15	21	31	42	2	5	13	16	20	35
4	02:28	2	2	Tor	Komarov from rebound	ES	21	31	44	47			6	13	20	35
4	01:07	2	2	Tor	Grabner wraparound	ES	2	31	40	43			6	26	35	48
4	01:00	2	2	Tor	Kadri drives	ES	2	31	40	43			6	26	35	48
4	00:47	2	2	NJD	Greene wraparound	ES	21	31	44	47			6	13	26	35

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Grabner	6	2	75.0%	09:09	0.0%	62.5%	40.0%	22.2%
Spaling	4	2	66.7%	09:27	0.0%	64.0%	37.5%	22.2%
Winnik	4	2	66.7%	09:07	0.0%	65.2%	40.0%	12.5%
Kadri	4	2	66.7%	17:02	44.4%	53.7%	44.8%	36.0%
Parenteau	3	2	60.0%	13:18	50.0%	50.0%	44.4%	22.2%
Bozak	3	2	60.0%	13:56	45.5%	53.7%	54.5%	21.1%
Van Riemsdyk	4	3	57.1%	13:08	50.0%	50.0%	52.6%	26.3%
Holland	2	2	50.0%	15:42	50.0%	57.4%	41.9%	34.8%
Komarov	3	3	50.0%	16:34	44.4%	50.0%	44.4%	40.7%
Matthias	0	0	-	06:38	0.0%	55.0%	36.4%	0.0%
Boyes	0	0	-	07:11	0.0%	52.0%	46.2%	16.7%
Froese	0	0	-	08:41	0.0%	58.3%	42.9%	0.0%
Polak	4	0	100.0%	15:47	20.0%	48.9%	39.1%	16.7%
Phaneuf	5	3	62.5%	17:02	57.1%	57.7%	46.7%	31.8%
Gardiner	3	2	60.0%	14:06	66.7%	55.8%	50.0%	36.8%
Hunwick	5	4	55.6%	19:02	27.3%	51.0%	42.3%	24.0%
Rielly	4	4	50.0%	16:27	37.5%	59.6%	48.4%	23.8%
Marincin	0	0	-	09:18	22.2%	53.3%	25.0%	7.1%

It was an excellent night from Michael Grabner, Nick Spaling and Daniel Winnik, who played more ES time against the Cammalleri line than any other Leaf line and still managed to finish on top of the table in terms of chances while boasting excellent Corsi numbers. That is despite not receiving single offensive zone start, which didn’t cause much harm to their chance numbers.

The two top lines also played well, with Tyler Bozak and James van Riemsdyk putting up some excellent numbers for controlled entries, as well as finishing positive in chances. Shawn Matthias with Brad Boyes and Byron Froese didn’t get a lot of ES ice time, and had a very quiet night, not on for a chance either way. Matthias and Froese were both not on the ice for a single Devils controlled entry.

Roman Polak mostly avoided the top New Jersey line, and ended up posting excellent numbers, not on for a single chance against. Martin Marincin mirrored the Matthias line with a very quiet, low-event nine minutes. Matt Hunwick and Morgan Rielly had the biggest defensive assignment, and finished just above even in chances while doing a strong job of preventing controlled entries for the Devils.