Game 66 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 4 vs. Islanders 3 (SO)

The Islanders and Toronto exchanged goals throughout the game, with neither side holding a lead for more than a few minutes.

This included late in the third, as William Nylander tied the game with less than two minutes remaining. As with the Buffalo game, the result was decided in a shootout, but this time it was Toronto with the decisive goal as Nikita Soshnikov scored the winner.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	24	6	5	10	3	19	15	57.6%	50.0%	50.0%
Nyi	15	5	6	1	3	14	11	42.4%	50.0%	40.0%

The two teams were almost level in Corsi in the first part of the game, but in the last half of the second period Toronto carried the play and opened up a big advantage. A similar pattern was seen in chances, with the Leafs finishing ahead. The two teams had the same number of zone entries, but the Leafs were more effective at entering with control.

After those two close periods, the third was a blowout, with Toronto allowing only a single Islander chance while generating ten themselves. Unfortunately for the Leafs, that one chance ended up being a go-ahead goal, and could have ended up costing them until Nylander’s late answer.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	17:20	0	0	Nyi	Kulemin from Okposo	ES	8	23	26	31	38	51	1	2	11	21	55	86
1	15:31	0	0	Tor	Kadri drives	ES	31	41	43	44	47	52	1	3	14	18	29	91
1	15:20	0	0	Nyi	Strait from Nielsen	ES	20	23	26	29	31	38	1	6	12	21	37	51
1	13:17	0	0	Tor	Michalek wide from Gardiner	ES	8	18	24	31	40	51	1	3	14	15	17	53
1	11:53	0	0	Nyi	Tavares drives	ES	8	26	31	43	47	51	1	12	21	37	55	91
1	11:52	0	0	Nyi	GOAL! Tavares from rebound	ES	8	26	31	43	47	51	1	12	21	37	55	91
1	11:11	0	1	Tor	Rielly drives	ES	11	15	29	31	39	44	1	3	11	14	27	86
1	08:58	0	1	Nyi	Nielsen drives	ES	11	15	20	29	31	39	1	2	12	21	51	55
1	08:33	0	1	Tor	GOAL! Hyman from Greening	ES	11	31	38	39	44	52	1	2	17	21	51	55
1	07:22	1	1	Tor	Soshnikov wraparound	ES	31	41	43	44	47	52	1	3	14	18	29	91
1	00:47	1	1	Tor	Kadri from Marincin	ES	31	41	43	44	47	52	1	3	6	18	29	91
2	16:12	1	1	Tor	Laich wraparound	ES	23	26	31	43	44	52	1	2	18	29	53	55
2	15:46	1	1	Nyi	Nelson wide from Strome	ES	31	41	43	44	47	52	1	3	14	18	29	91
2	14:41	1	1	Nyi	Grabner from Michalek	ES	18	24	31	40	51	52	1	6	12	21	37	51
2	10:21	1	1	Nyi	Lee wide from loose puck	SH	11	31	44	47	52		1	2	21	27	51	91
2	10:04	1	1	Tor	Nylander from rebound	ES	8	15	31	39	51		1	3	12	14	29
2	09:15	1	1	Tor	GOAL! Rielly from Kadri	PP	29	31	41	43	44	47	1	3	15	37	53
2	07:31	2	1	Nyi	Tavares drives	ES	31	41	43	44	47	52	1	6	21	37	51	91
2	07:06	2	2	Nyi	GOAL! Leddy drives	ES	11	15	31	39	51	52	1	2	12	27	55	86
2	04:52	2	2	Tor	Greening deflects Marincin shot wide	ES	23	26	31	38	44	52	1	3	14	15	17	53
2	04:47	2	2	Tor	Greening wraparound	ES	23	26	31	38	44	52	1	3	14	15	17	53
2	02:13	2	2	Nyi	Kulemin deflects Hickey shot	ES	8	11	15	31	39	51	1	3	12	14	27	86
3	15:36	2	2	Tor	Laich from loose puck	ES	8	23	26	31	38	51	1	6	11	15	37	53
3	13:03	2	2	Tor	Michalek deflects Gardiner shot	PP	15	18	24	31	39	51	1	3	14	51	86
3	10:58	2	2	Tor	Hyman drives wide	ES	8	11	15	31	51		1	6	18	29	37
3	08:18	2	2	Tor	Michalek from Holland	ES	8	15	18	24	31	51	1	2	18	29	51	55
3	08:17	2	2	Tor	Parenteau from rebound	ES	8	15	18	24	31	51	1	2	18	29	51	55
3	05:36	2	2	Tor	Carrick from rebound	ES	8	18	24	31	40	51	1	2	18	29	51	55
3	05:19	2	2	Nyi	GOAL! Strome drives	ES	8	15	18	24	31	51	1	6	11	18	37	51
3	03:24	2	3	Tor	Nylander wide from Hyman	ES	8	11	15	31	39	51	1	3	12	21	51	55
3	02:37	2	3	Tor	Holland drives	PP	15	18	24	31	39	51	1	3	37	51	86
3	01:26	2	3	Tor	Parenteau wide from Holland	EN	15	39	43	44	47	51	1	3	14	51	86
3	01:13	2	3	Tor	GOAL! Nylander from rebound	EN	15	39	43	44	47	51	1	3	14	51	86
4	04:15	2	3	Nyi	Tavares from Leddy	ES	31	39	44	47			1	2	51	91
4	04:13	2	3	Nyi	Tavares drives	ES	31	39	44	47			1	2	51	91
4	03:20	2	3	Tor	Soshnikov wide from Parenteau	ES	15	31	41	52			1	3	12	21
4	02:28	2	3	Tor	Rielly drives	ES	24	31	40	44			1	3	12	21
4	01:32	2	3	Tor	Rielly drives wide	ES	31	43	44	47			1	2	51	91
4	00:18	2	3	Nyi	Nielsen drives	ES	15	31	39	44			1	14	29	51

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Grabner	3	1	75.0%	09:20	25.0%	53.6%	33.3%	30.8%
Holland	5	2	71.4%	12:56	28.6%	48.7%	42.1%	20.0%
Michalek	4	2	66.7%	10:41	25.0%	52.9%	38.9%	25.0%
Laich	4	2	66.7%	14:02	66.7%	46.9%	39.1%	34.6%
Greening	4	2	66.7%	13:18	66.7%	52.2%	50.0%	27.3%
Soshnikov	4	2	66.7%	16:44	37.5%	46.0%	60.9%	33.3%
Parenteau	7	5	58.3%	15:19	72.7%	52.5%	52.4%	52.6%
Hyman	4	3	57.1%	14:40	63.6%	52.3%	52.2%	52.4%
Kadri	5	4	55.6%	20:18	42.1%	45.9%	57.1%	42.4%
Smith	4	4	50.0%	12:37	50.0%	46.2%	38.9%	42.9%
Nylander	4	6	40.0%	13:23	66.7%	57.5%	52.2%	58.8%
Komarov	4	6	40.0%	17:56	42.1%	48.1%	61.5%	39.3%
Rielly	10	5	66.7%	25:11	45.5%	47.4%	58.3%	40.0%
Marincin	8	4	66.7%	22:21	37.5%	47.6%	60.0%	33.3%
Carrick	8	5	61.5%	21:36	44.4%	46.8%	48.3%	30.3%
Gardiner	8	7	53.3%	25:38	40.0%	47.4%	55.6%	37.5%
Brennan	1	2	33.3%	09:46	80.0%	57.1%	25.0%	53.3%
Corrado	0	2	0.0%	09:48	83.3%	61.1%	31.8%	50.0%

The top line went head-to head with John Tavares’ line and mostly held their own, with Nazem Kadri and Nikita Soshnikov finishing just above even in chances while winning a lot of controlled entries. They weren’t the most effective line, as that title went to Peter Holland with Milan Michalek and Michael Grabner. This trio played about ten ES minutes, and was used against most of the Isles lines. They were easily the best at preventing controlled entries, and also managed to limit the chances against. William Nylander again had some of the weaker chance numbers, which were weighed down by his shifts in overtime.

T.J. Brennan drew into the lineup, playing with Frank Corrado, and that pair had a very quiet night, not on for much action in their ten minutes of ES time. That placed a much heavier burden on the other defencemen. Connor Carrick did very well, as he played well over 20 ES minutes with Jake Gardiner and finished in the positive in chances. The top pairing was Morgan Rielly and Martin Marincin, who were effective against the Tavares line and did well against the other units.