Game 52 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Flames 4 vs. Leafs 3

After getting crushed by Ottawa, Toronto made its biggest move of the season, trading away Dion Phaneuf on the eve of their game against his old team.

The Leafs put up a good fight without their captain, but gave up a couple of first period goals on special teams, and were down 4-1 midway through the second. They fought back to within one goal, but couldn’t get the winner.

The two teams were even in Corsi and chances after one period, but Toronto were able to shut down the Flames after that, and were very unfortunate to fall so far behind. Part of the Flames’ lack of offense comes down to them defending a lead, but it was still a strong overall showing. Toronto also had a high proportion of controlled entries, especially for a road game — again down to them chasing for so much of the game.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	19	7	5	7	16	6	64.0%	50.6%	43.2%
Cgy	11	8	2	1	9	7	36.0%	49.4%	34.2%

Toronto were the only team generating chances in the second half of the game, dominating 10-1. However, the Flames did have a good lead by that point, and the Leafs did struggle to generate much in the last ten minutes of the game, getting only one ES chance in that time.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:39	0	0	Cgy	Hudler from loose puck	ES	2	15	24	33	34	44	1	5	7	8	24	60
1	17:29	0	0	Tor	Komarov wide from giveaway	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	1	4	18	27	29	52
1	17:13	0	0	Cgy	Stajan drives	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	1	4	18	27	29	52
1	16:44	0	0	Cgy	Frolik deflects Smid shot wide	ES	16	26	32	34	44	46	1	11	15	33	67	93
1	15:24	0	0	Tor	Grabner from loose puck	ES	20	34	40	43	47	52	1	5	7	24	60	79
1	13:40	0	0	Cgy	Frolik from Bennett	ES	2	16	26	32	34	44	1	4	11	33	67	93
1	09:20	0	0	Cgy	GOAL! Granlund drives	PP	15	24	32	34	44	47	1	5	7	60	67
1	08:32	0	1	Tor	Boyes from loose puck	PP	25	28	33	34	43	51	1	7	29	60	67
1	08:26	0	1	Tor	GOAL! Holland deflects Corrado shot	PP	2	15	20	24	34	43	1	5	7	11	16
1	06:03	1	1	Cgy	Bennett from Giordano	ES	34	40	44	47	52	56	1	5	11	27	67	93
1	06:01	1	1	Cgy	Frolik wide from loose puck	ES	34	40	44	47	52	56	1	5	11	27	67	93
1	04:47	1	1	Tor	Kadri from loose puck	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	1	5	7	11	67	93
1	02:33	1	1	Tor	Parenteau from Froese	ES	15	20	24	34	51	56	1	15	18	29	52	67
1	01:57	1	1	Cgy	GOAL! Backlund deflects Hamilton shot	SH	2	16	34	40	46		1	5	11	27	79	93
1	00:33	1	2	Tor	Holland drives post	ES	15	20	24	34	46	56	1	4	8	18	27	67
2	16:24	1	2	Tor	Froese from Winnik	ES	16	26	34	44	52	56	1	5	7	19	60	93
2	15:54	1	2	Cgy	GOAL! Ferland from Colborne	ES	20	34	40	43	47	52	1	4	7	8	11	79
2	15:13	1	3	Tor	Boyes from loose puck	ES	25	28	34	46	51	56	1	4	18	19	27	52
2	13:19	1	3	Cgy	Frolik from Hamilton	ES	15	24	34	44	51		1	4	16	27	67
2	09:23	1	3	Tor	Parenteau from loose puck	ES	15	24	33	34	46	51	1	5	7	11	67	93
2	03:34	1	4	Tor	Boyes from Winnik	ES	2	16	26	28	34	44	1	4	11	27	67	93
2	02:43	1	4	Tor	GOAL! Leivo drives	ES	20	25	32	34	52	56	1	8	15	19	29	60
3	19:36	2	4	Cgy	Backlund from Bennett	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	1	5	7	11	67	93
3	17:30	2	4	Tor	Froese wraparound	ES	15	20	24	34	52	56	1	8	15	19	29	60
3	17:29	2	4	Tor	Holland from rebound	ES	15	20	24	34	52	56	1	8	15	19	29	60
3	13:34	2	4	Tor	Kadri drives	ES	34	40	43	44	46	47	1	5	7	11	67	93
3	11:23	2	4	Tor	GOAL! Gardiner drives	ES	26	28	33	34	46	51	1	11	15	29	67	93
3	10:17	3	4	Tor	Holland from rebound	ES	15	24	33	34	46	51	1	4	8	16	27	79
3	02:23	3	4	Tor	Arcobello deflects Rielly shot wide	ES	2	15	24	33	34	44	1	4	8	27	60	67
3	01:11	3	4	Tor	Parenteau drives	EN	15	24	33	40	44	51	1	5	7	11	19	79

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Boyes	3	0	100.0%	11:23	37.5%	48.1%	38.5%	28.6%
Clune	2	0	100.0%	07:50	33.3%	54.5%	33.3%	60.0%
Arcobello	4	1	80.0%	13:20	80.0%	38.5%	46.7%	25.0%
Parenteau	7	2	77.8%	16:16	83.3%	42.2%	52.6%	34.6%
Holland	7	2	77.8%	15:55	77.8%	42.2%	57.9%	34.6%
Froese	7	2	77.8%	10:34	33.3%	51.6%	31.3%	53.3%
Winnik	3	2	60.0%	14:32	44.4%	57.8%	26.9%	10.5%
Kadri	4	3	57.1%	15:16	80.0%	53.1%	53.8%	43.5%
Spaling	2	2	50.0%	13:28	44.4%	57.5%	30.4%	11.8%
Grabner	4	5	44.4%	13:44	80.0%	50.0%	54.2%	41.7%
Komarov	4	5	44.4%	14:57	92.3%	53.2%	52.0%	45.5%
Leivo	1	2	33.3%	11:21	60.0%	59.0%	30.4%	25.0%
Corrado	6	1	85.7%	16:12	69.2%	53.2%	24.0%	31.8%
Polak	6	1	85.7%	20:33	60.0%	48.4%	56.7%	31.3%
Gardiner	5	1	83.3%	23:50	66.7%	49.2%	53.3%	25.8%
Marincin	5	3	62.5%	09:19	60.0%	51.7%	26.7%	35.7%
Hunwick	4	4	50.0%	15:26	60.0%	47.4%	44.4%	43.3%
Rielly	6	8	42.9%	19:36	80.0%	54.7%	42.9%	37.9%

There were some very strong chance numbers from a couple of lines in this game, led by Peter Holland and P.A. Parenteau, who played mostly with Mark Arcobello on the second line. Parenteau and Holland were both on for seven ES chances, and they had excellent controlled entry numbers.

Byron Froese also had a great night, as did Rich Clune and Brad Boyes, who made for a solid bottom six line. The top line was close to even, as Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov mostly matched against the Backlund line. They were one of the worst lines at preventing controlled entries, but generated plenty themselves.

Frank Corrado has had a strong run of late, and looks poised to take on a lot more minutes without Phaneuf. That proved to be the case tonight, and he and Martin Marincin formed an effective bottom pairing. Corrado was also given some time with Jake Gardiner, and that pairing also worked well. Gardiner was normally playing with Roman Polak; they were the best of the pairings, both finishing clearly in the positive. Morgan Rielly was the only defenseman to finish below even after some early struggles, as Mike Babcock continued to use that pairing against the opponent’s top line.