Game 79 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Panthers 4 vs. Leafs 3

Toronto again found themselves fighting from behind against Florida, as three goals in the second period opened up a comfortable Panther advantage.

Toronto scored twice early in the third to stay alive before the Panthers re-opened the lead and Leafs fell to a second straight one-goal loss.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	17	3	6	8	12	2	48.0%	54.8%	41.2%
Fla	20	6	10	4	13	9	52.0%	45.2%	41.1%

Florida opened a huge Corsi advantage, in addition to the lead, during the second period, and held onto that advantage the rest of the way. The chances were more even, and the two teams finished almost level at even strength. Toronto also had the better of the neutral zone, as they took the lead in that metric while chasing in the third period.

The game turned on Florida’s dominant stretch in the first half of the second period, when they outchanced the Leafs 9-0 and scored two goals. Toronto finished strongly, getting the last five chances of the game, including one goal, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	19:01	0	0	Fla	Jokinen from Smith	ES	15	20	38	39	45	51	5	18	27	35	36	51
1	18:45	0	0	Fla	Jokinen from Bjugstad	ES	15	20	38	39	45	51	5	18	27	35	36	51
1	13:41	0	0	Fla	Barkov from Huberdeau	ES	23	40	44	45	52	54	5	11	16	35	51	68
1	07:12	0	0	Tor	Gauthier wide from loose puck	ES	23	40	44	45	52	54	7	11	16	35	44	68
1	06:06	0	0	Tor	Grabner drives	ES	23	29	39	40	45	48	7	11	16	35	44	68
1	04:05	0	0	Fla	Wilson from loose puck	ES	25	28	44	45	52	56	7	17	28	35	42	44
1	02:15	0	0	Fla	Smith deflects Kindl shot	EN	15	29	38	39	45	48	3	18	24	27	36	46
1	01:40	0	0	Tor	Grabner drives	SH	40	44	45	52	54		18	24	26	35	36	51
1	00:44	0	0	Fla	Huberdeau drives wide	SH	23	45	51	52	56		5	11	16	27	35	68
2	18:27	0	0	Fla	Bjugstad from rebound	ES	20	38	39	42	45	51	5	18	27	35	36	51
2	18:26	0	0	Fla	GOAL! Bjugstad from rebound	ES	20	38	39	42	45	51	5	18	27	35	36	51
2	16:08	0	1	Fla	Smith deflects Hudler shot	SH	40	44	45	52	54		7	18	24	35	36	44
2	14:46	0	1	Fla	Ekblad wide from Huberdeau	SH	40	44	45	52	54		5	11	16	27	35	68
2	13:43	0	1	Fla	Smith from Jokinen	SH	40	45	51	52	56		18	24	27	35	36	51
2	13:12	0	1	Fla	Hudler from rebound	SH	23	45	51	52	54		18	24	26	35	36	51
2	12:31	0	1	Fla	Hudler wide from Grimaldi	ES	20	23	45	51	52	54	3	23	24	26	35	51
2	12:04	0	1	Fla	MacKenzie from Grimaldi	ES	20	23	45	51	52	54	3	17	23	35	42	51
2	09:29	0	1	Fla	GOAL! Grimaldi drives	ES	20	25	28	45	51	56	5	23	24	26	35	51
2	09:07	0	2	Tor	Greening drives	ES	15	38	39	44	45	52	5	17	28	35	42	51
2	07:29	0	2	Tor	Greening from Nylander	ES	15	29	38	39	45	48	3	18	27	35	36	46
2	06:49	0	2	Fla	GOAL! Grimaldi from Smith	ES	20	37	38	42	45	51	7	18	23	24	35	44
2	02:35	0	3	Tor	Froese from loose puck	SH	40	44	45	52	56		16	18	26	35	36	51
2	01:09	0	3	Tor	Kapanen from rebound	ES	37	42	44	45	46	51	17	28	35	44	46	68
2	01:01	0	3	Tor	Kapanen wraparound wide	ES	37	42	44	45	46	51	17	28	35	44	46	68
2	00:39	0	3	Tor	Lindberg drives wide	ES	37	42	44	45	46	51	3	17	28	35	42	46
3	17:40	0	3	Tor	Clune from Rielly	ES	25	28	44	45	51	56	3	23	24	26	35	46
3	16:17	0	3	Fla	Barkov wide from loose puck	SH	40	44	45	52	54		5	11	16	23	27	35
3	14:10	0	3	Tor	GOAL! Greening from Nylander	PP	37	38	39	45	46	51	5	16	35	36	51
3	12:42	1	3	Fla	Jokinen from Bjugstad	ES	23	29	40	45	48	54	5	18	27	35	36	51
3	12:27	1	3	Fla	Bjugstad from loose puck	ES	23	29	40	45	48	54	5	18	27	35	36	51
3	11:06	1	3	Tor	GOAL! Brennan from loose puck	ES	25	28	29	45	48	56	7	17	28	35	42	44
3	10:30	2	3	Fla	GOAL! Barkov from rebound	ES	23	40	44	45	52	54	5	11	16	35	51	68
3	10:05	2	4	Tor	Kapanen drives	ES	20	37	38	39	45	51	7	18	27	35	36	44
3	08:07	2	4	Tor	GOAL! Greening from Bozak	ES	15	20	38	42	45	51	5	23	24	26	35	51
3	06:08	3	4	Tor	Rielly wide from Bozak	ES	15	42	44	45	46	52	5	11	16	35	51	68
3	05:40	3	4	Tor	Nylander from Kapanen	PP	28	37	38	39	45	51	7	17	18	35	44
3	04:43	3	4	Tor	Parenteau from Bozak	PP	15	23	42	44	45	46	3	16	35	36	51

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Lindberg	4	0	100.0%	12:22	44.4%	42.1%	28.6%	24.2%
Kapanen	4	1	80.0%	11:53	40.0%	31.3%	35.7%	16.7%
Parenteau	4	2	66.7%	14:11	42.9%	40.9%	29.4%	23.1%
Bozak	5	3	62.5%	14:09	50.0%	44.4%	35.7%	25.0%
Nylander	4	4	50.0%	15:04	37.5%	35.0%	38.9%	18.4%
Clune	2	2	50.0%	05:25	50.0%	44.4%	40.0%	28.6%
Boyes	2	2	50.0%	05:22	50.0%	50.0%	40.0%	30.8%
Froese	2	2	50.0%	06:25	50.0%	45.5%	42.9%	27.8%
Greening	4	5	44.4%	15:38	37.5%	33.3%	33.3%	16.7%
Grabner	2	4	33.3%	12:31	50.0%	47.4%	62.5%	25.7%
Laich	2	6	25.0%	14:00	42.9%	47.4%	50.0%	24.3%
Gauthier	1	6	14.3%	14:05	42.9%	42.9%	52.6%	22.5%
Rielly	7	3	70.0%	18:18	63.6%	34.6%	50.0%	18.0%
Campbell	3	2	60.0%	12:24	33.3%	57.9%	14.3%	33.3%
Brennan	3	2	60.0%	14:50	36.4%	47.8%	28.6%	29.7%
Gardiner	6	8	42.9%	19:24	41.7%	34.8%	40.9%	17.8%
Marincin	3	5	37.5%	16:20	45.5%	36.0%	60.0%	20.0%
Corrado	2	8	20.0%	14:09	37.5%	38.1%	38.9%	20.5%

Tyler Bozak’s young linemates, Kasperi Kapanen and Tobias Lindberg, had an excellent game, as they were the only line to out-Corsi the Panthers to go along with excellent chance numbers. Frederik Gauthier went against the Jagr line, flanked by Michael Grabner and Brooks Laich, and were the one line that was clearly outchanced. William Nylander finished around even, going mostly against the Jokinen trio.

It was another strong game for Morgan Rielly, who has been excellent over the past week. He was the best defenceman in chances by a clear margin. While he played mostly with Martin Marincin, he had some strong shifts away from the Slovak, particularly late in the second with Jake Gardiner, that lifted him to top spot.  Marincin, on the other hand, had a couple of tough shifts away from Rielly.

Frank Corrado was the worst of the defensemen in chances, finishing at -6, while T.J. Brennan and Andrew Campbell were able to hold their own, a nice change from recent games.