Game 70 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Panthers 4 vs. Leafs 1

Toronto weren’t able to keep things going against their Floridian visitors, but were pretty unlucky to lose as two fluky goals by Jussi Jokinen staked Florida to a lead.

Toronto got one back before Florida sealed the win with two empty net goals.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	17	6	6	5	16	6	53.3%	53.1%	43.5%
Fla	17	7	7	3	14	9	46.7%	46.9%	45.9%

The final scoreline ends up being pretty misleading, as the game was mostly level. Toronto ended up slightly ahead in Corsi and chances, and won the neutral zone; with a little luck, they could have easily taken a point from the game.

The two sides exchanged chances throughout the game, and after two fairly busy periods, the Panthers were able to defend a little better late in the third period. Toronto did manage to outchance the Panthers in the final frame, but they mustered only one chance in the last five minutes of the game.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:40	0	0	Fla	Bjugstad wide from loose puck	ES	16	18	20	26	45	51	1	3	24	26	27	46
1	17:02	0	0	Fla	Barkov from Huberdeau	ES	8	11	29	39	40	45	1	6	11	16	51	68
1	17:02	0	0	Fla	Barkov post from Jagr	ES	8	11	29	39	40	45	1	6	11	16	51	68
1	13:02	0	0	Fla	Jagr wide from Huberdeau	ES	23	24	38	44	45	52	1	6	11	16	51	68
1	11:57	0	0	Tor	Kadri from Rielly	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	1	3	11	16	46	68
1	09:56	0	0	Tor	Grabner drives	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	1	3	11	16	46	68
1	08:36	0	0	Fla	Jokinen wide from Purcell	ES	8	23	24	29	38	45	1	6	26	27	36	51
1	06:33	0	0	Tor	Hyman drives	ES	11	15	20	39	45	51	1	5	7	36	41	48
1	06:27	0	0	Tor	Nylander from Gardiner	ES	11	15	20	39	45	51	1	5	7	36	41	48
1	04:48	0	0	Tor	Greening drives wide	ES	8	23	24	38	45	51	1	3	24	26	27	46
1	03:19	0	0	Fla	McKegg drives	ES	11	15	20	39	45	52	1	6	28	41	48	51
1	02:40	0	0	Tor	Hyman deflects Gardiner shot	ES	11	15	20	39	45	51	1	6	28	41	48	51
1	01:10	0	0	Fla	Jagr from rebound	SH	11	23	44	45	52		1	5	11	16	27	68
2	15:56	0	1	Fla	Purcell drives	ES	11	18	26	38	44	45	1	5	24	26	27	46
2	13:42	0	1	Fla	Wilson wide from loose puck	ES	15	23	39	44	45	52	1	3	28	41	46	68
2	12:38	0	1	Fla	Trochek from loose puck	SH	26	40	45	51	52		1	18	21	26	36	51
2	09:34	0	2	Tor	Nylander drives	ES	23	24	39	44	45	51	1	3	24	26	41	46
2	09:29	0	2	Tor	Nylander from Rielly	ES	23	24	39	44	45	51	1	3	24	26	41	46
2	09:01	0	2	Fla	Hudler from Ekblad	ES	8	23	24	38	45	51	1	5	7	24	26	27
2	08:08	0	2	Tor	Kadri deflects Rielly shot	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	1	6	11	16	51	68
2	07:06	0	2	Fla	Smith drives post	ES	16	18	26	29	45	51	1	3	18	21	36	46
2	06:02	0	2	Fla	Bjugstad from loose puck	ES	8	11	15	29	39	45	1	5	7	24	26	27
2	04:25	0	2	Tor	Nylander from loose puck	ES	8	11	15	39	44	45	1	6	28	41	48	51
2	03:27	0	2	Tor	GOAL! Rielly from Grabner	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	1	5	7	11	16	18
2	02:26	1	2	Fla	Smith drives	ES	16	20	23	24	45	51	1	6	18	21	24	51
2	00:57	1	2	Tor	Gardiner drives	PP	24	38	41	43	45	51	1	6	7	16	36
3	19:25	1	2	Fla	Barkov drives wide	PP	11	15	16	39	45	51	1	5	16	18	51
3	16:57	1	2	Fla	Campbell from Barkov	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	1	6	11	16	51	68
3	15:20	1	2	Tor	Nylander wide from faceoff	ES	11	15	39	44	45	52	1	6	24	26	27	51
3	14:25	1	2	Fla	Wilson wraparound	ES	8	16	24	26	44	45	1	3	28	41	46	48
3	11:03	1	2	Tor	Laich drives	ES	8	18	23	29	38	45	1	5	7	24	26	27
3	10:14	1	2	Tor	Grabner wide from Kadri	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	1	6	11	16	51	68
3	07:49	1	2	Tor	Kadri drives	ES	8	15	24	43	44	45	1	3	6	11	16	68
3	04:57	1	2	Tor	Carrick from loose puck	ES	8	40	41	43	45	51	1	3	11	27	46	68

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Kadri	7	1	87.5%	15:50	80.0%	48.9%	59.1%	52.2%
Soshnikov	6	1	85.7%	14:00	80.0%	52.4%	54.5%	50.0%
Parenteau	6	3	66.7%	12:12	53.3%	60.9%	50.0%	55.6%
Grabner	6	3	66.7%	11:31	76.9%	52.8%	57.9%	41.2%
Nylander	7	5	58.3%	13:37	50.0%	62.1%	55.6%	54.5%
Hyman	5	5	50.0%	12:20	50.0%	55.6%	46.7%	58.3%
Laich	4	5	44.4%	13:52	40.0%	54.8%	41.2%	28.6%
Holland	4	5	44.4%	14:19	42.9%	45.7%	43.8%	47.4%
Greening	2	4	33.3%	09:56	50.0%	57.1%	31.3%	41.7%
Michalek	1	3	25.0%	09:59	0.0%	57.1%	18.8%	33.3%
Brown	0	4	0.0%	13:13	28.6%	48.6%	29.4%	44.4%
Smith	0	4	0.0%	10:44	22.2%	46.9%	13.3%	47.1%
Rielly	10	5	66.7%	23:55	77.8%	56.9%	51.4%	42.9%
Gardiner	7	4	63.6%	17:11	53.3%	64.3%	44.4%	53.3%
Marincin	6	4	60.0%	18:13	75.0%	51.9%	48.1%	36.0%
Corrado	3	3	50.0%	11:59	30.0%	63.0%	29.4%	80.0%
Carrick	5	6	45.5%	16:29	33.3%	43.2%	42.1%	36.0%
Valiev	1	5	16.7%	10:50	14.3%	37.9%	36.4%	50.0%

The top Toronto line was great, led by Nikita Soshnikov and Nazem Kadri. They went up against Jaromir Jagr’s line and dominated both possession and chances. Kadri finished a team best +6, with Soshnikov not far behind. Michael Grabner, inserted on that line in the absence of Leo Komarov, also had strong numbers. William Nylander also had a great game, as he, P.A. Parenteau and Zach Hyman equalled the Kadri line in terms of offense. They weren’t as good defensively, but those two lines combined to cause a lot of trouble for the Panthers.

Connor Brown made his NHL debut with Ben Smith and Milan Michalek, and that line struggled as the one Leaf unit that was clearly outchanced, beaten out by the Trocheck line.

Morgan Rielly had an excellent game, paired again with Martin Marincin for much of the game. They joined the top line in facing Jagr and both also put up excellent numbers. Rinat Valiev’s early career struggles continued, playing mostly with Connor Carrick. He had the highest defensive zone start ratio, but mostly avoided the top lines. Jake Gardiner, who played with both Carrick and Frank Corrado at times, had a strong night. Corrado’s chance numbers were fine, but he struggled to prevent controlled entries against.