Game 2 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Red Wings 4 vs. Leafs 0

Toronto fell behind early again, but unlike their opener they weren’t able to get back in the game.

The Leafs gave up an early power play goal, and lost their way at the start of the second, falling behind by four. The final period was pretty painful, as Detroit were able to ease home to a shutout victory.

Corsi was relatively close in this game, but you can see the gap between the teams in chances, where the Red Wings won every period, and in zone entries, with the Leafs crushed. After winning the neutral zone against Montreal, the Leafs were crushed by Detroit. Not only did the Wings win the zone, they had a much higher percentage of controlled entries, while the Leafs struggled to enter the Wings’ zone with control.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
T	12	5	4	3	10	1	41.67%	43.14%	28.79%	41.38%
O	16	6	6	4	14	1	58.33%	56.86%	-	-

The period of the game that counted as close was just the first nine minutes, until the second Detroit goal. The Leafs were somewhat unlucky to go out of the first period behind by two, as the chances were nearly even, but they were out-chanced 4-1 – including two goals – in the first half of the second frame, which sealed their defeat.

Scoring Chance Events

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:45	0	0	o	GOAL! Abdelkader deflects Franzen shot	SH	2	16	26	44	45		4	8	35	40	55	93
1	18:10	0	1	t	Kadri drives	ES	3	21	28	36	43	45	2	4	15	20	35	56
1	14:02	0	1	t	Parenteau wide from Rielly	PP	42	43	15	21	44	45	41	20	2	27	35
1	11:40	0	1	o	GOAL! Abdelkader from Larkin	ES	15	16	23	36	45	51	2	4	8	35	40	71
1	09:56	0	2	o	Pulkkinen deflects Ericsson shot wide	ES	2	3	21	28	43	45	15	35	52	55	56	93
1	07:41	0	2	o	Larkin wraparound	ES	2	3	21	28	43	45	8	35	40	52	55	71
1	05:07	0	2	t	Matthias wide from loose puck	ES	19	23	36	42	45	51	8	25	35	40	55	71
1	04:45	0	2	t	Matthias deflects Gardiner shot	ES	19	23	36	42	45	51	8	25	35	40	55	71
1	04:12	0	2	o	Glendening drives	ES	21	28	43	44	45	52	20	29	35	41	52	55
1	00:59	0	2	t	Holland wraparound	ES	2	3	15	24	45	47	2	4	15	35	56	93
1	00:17	0	2	o	Nyquist from Tatar	ES	2	3	15	16	26	45	14	17	21	35	52	55
2	19:45	0	2	o	GOAL! Larkin from Zetterberg	ES	21	43	44	45	52		25	35	40	55	71
2	16:46	0	3	t	Arcobello from Gardiner	ES	24	33	34	36	47	51	2	4	20	29	35	40
2	16:06	0	3	o	GOAL! Abdelkader drives	ES	21	28	34	36	43	44	8	25	27	35	40	71
2	12:44	0	4	o	Larkin from Abdelkader	ES	2	3	21	28	34	43	8	35	40	52	55	71
2	12:20	0	4	o	Richards drives	ES	2	3	19	23	34	42	2	4	14	17	21	35
2	08:05	0	4	t	Komarov drives wide	ES	2	3	24	33	34	47	2	4	14	17	21	35
2	07:00	0	4	t	Kadri from Phaneuf	PP	3	15	21	28	34	43	2	8	27	29	35
2	06:18	0	4	o	Glendening drives	PP	3	19	24	33	34	42	20	35	41	52	55
2	02:39	0	4	o	Sheahan deflects Franzen shot	ES	15	23	34	36	42	51	2	4	15	35	56	93
2	01:09	0	4	t	Spaling from Lupul	ES	16	19	26	34	36	51	8	17	21	35	52	55
3	17:27	0	4	o	Franzen wraparound	ES	23	28	34	36	43	51	15	25	35	52	56	93
3	14:38	0	4	o	Larkin from Abdelkader	ES	23	28	34	36	43	51	8	25	27	35	40	71
3	03:41	0	4	t	Van Riemsdyk from Komarov	ES	2	3	21	34	42	47	4	20	27	29	35	41
3	02:30	0	4	t	Lupul drives	ES	15	19	24	34	36	51	8	21	25	35	40	52
3	01:55	0	4	o	Tatar from Nyquist	ES	15	24	33	34	36	51	2	4	14	17	21	35
3	00:55	0	4	o	Franzen wide from Pulkkinen	ES	2	3	23	28	34	43	15	27	35	52	56	93
3	00:19	0	4	t	Van Riemsdyk wide from Bozak	ES	21	34	42	44	47	52	20	27	29	35	41	52

Leafs Player Data

Name	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Parenteau	2	4	33%	10:39	50%	48%	31%	50%
Spaling	1	2	33%	11:55	20%	52%	36%	53%
Lupul	4	1	80%	13:14	50%	41%	34%	36%
Van Riemsdyk	3	6	33%	11:55	33%	47%	53%	47%
Matthias	2	6	25%	13:31	55%	39%	30%	41%
Holland	4	1	80%	12:14	40%	50%	31%	31%
Winnik	1	1	50%	12:07	25%	54%	32%	39%
Boyes	1	8	11%	11:13	38%	54%	49%	55%
Matthias	2	1	67%	09:53	50%	50%	31%	27%
Bozak	4	2	67%	15:57	56%	43%	35%	37%
Kadri	1	9	10%	13:11	33%	56%	48%	47%
Komarov	5	0	100%	11:27	0%	51%	31%	24%
Hunwick	3	6	33%	18:07	30%	50%	39%	47%
Phaneuf	4	6	40%	17:40	30%	45%	37%	44%
Harrington	6	6	50%	16:47	44%	46%	42%	41%
Rielly	1	3	25%	16:49	44%	48%	37%	41%
Gardiner	5	5	50%	16:51	50%	46%	43%	42%
Marincin	1	2	33%	13:38	50%	51%	36%	42%

After having a good opening game, it was a tough night for Nazem Kadri and Brad Boyes, who were used a lot in the defensive zone, and went against the Abdelkader line often. They were badly out-chanced, with Kadri the worst player in terms of ES chances on the team. Kadri and Boyes were able to win the neutral zone, but struggled to prevent controlled Detroit entries, which helped lead to their chance struggles.

Peter Holland had a much improved game, as he was one of the best Leafs in the neutral zone, and had a great chance ratio as well.

The best Leaf was Leo Komarov, who didn’t get a single offensive zone start, but also wasn’t on for a single Detroit chance against.

Shawn Matthias had another tough game, and has been the worst Leaf in zone entries over the first two games at under 40%.

P.A. Parenteau and Nick Spaling were used defensively, but weren’t able to prevent the Wings from entering the zone; only Boyes was worse than that pairing in duo controlled entries.

Tyler Bozak, freed from the difficult matchup of the first game, had a positive chance night but lost the natural zone badly, along with Joffrey Lupul.

Scott Harrington and Jake Gardiner had the best chance numbers on the defence, and didn’t get particularly soft minutes, with decent zone starts and getting time against all of Detroit’s lines.

The defensive pairing of Matt Hunwick and Dion Phaneuf had the worst zone starts, and were beaten out in the neutral zone, particularly by the top Detroit line.

Martin Marincin and Morgan Rielly were the most effective pairing at winning the neutral zone, but didn’t turn it into many chances, and finished with the worst chance numbers on the back end.