Game 21 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Bruins 2 vs. Leafs 0

It looked like the Maple Leafs might manage to make it through regulation in this second half of a road back-to-back, but a poor third period ultimately sunk Toronto.

After a quiet opening frame, the two teams were level in the second period, and the game looked up for grabs going into the final twenty minutes. However, the Leafs struggled in that period, with Boston carrying the play and dominating the chances. The two teams finished pretty much level in zone entries, but there was a big difference in the third in this metric as well. Boston dominated the controlled entries in the final period, while Toronto entered the Bruins’ zone with control barely a quarter of the time.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Tor	13	2	8	3	12	12	40.0%	50.6%	36.1%	34.6%
Bos	20	6	7	7	18	18	60.0%	49.4%	-	-

Toronto faded badly in the second period, perhaps as a result of playing a back-to-back after a fairly long trip. The last five chances of the game, including the Chara goal, were all by Boston, and the Leafs managed only one chance in the last ten minutes of the game.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:47	0	0	Bos	Krejci deflects Seidenberg shot	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	21	39	40	44	46	48
1	15:54	0	0	Tor	Gardiner drives	ES	19	23	34	42	46	51	21	39	40	46	47	54
1	13:48	0	0	Bos	Bergeron wraparound	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	11	33	37	40	62	63
1	12:45	0	0	Bos	Belesky deflects McQuaid shot wide	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	21	39	40	46	47	54
1	08:44	0	0	Tor	Matthias drives	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	21	39	40	44	46	48
1	07:42	0	0	Bos	Connolly from rebound	ES	19	26	34	36	46	56	14	40	41	47	51	54
1	06:04	0	0	Bos	Eriksson from Krejci	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	21	40	46	47	62	63
1	05:50	0	0	Bos	Belesky wraparound	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	21	39	40	46	47	54
2	17:51	0	0	Tor	Froese drives	ES	3	19	26	34	46	56	14	40	41	44	48	51
2	16:07	0	0	Tor	Matthias drives	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	21	39	40	46	47	54
2	14:36	0	0	Bos	Connolly from Talbot	ES	19	24	34	40	46	51	14	25	40	44	48	51
2	14:18	0	0	Tor	Holland from Grabner	ES	24	28	34	40	46	51	25	33	36	40	48	64
2	13:28	0	0	Bos	Hayes from Marchand	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	11	37	40	47	54	63
2	13:12	0	0	Bos	Hayes deflects McQuaid shot	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	11	37	40	47	54	63
2	11:50	0	0	Tor	Grabner post from Boyes	ES	24	28	34	36	40	46	14	40	41	44	48	51
2	07:11	0	0	Bos	Krug drives	ES	2	19	26	34	43	51	14	40	41	47	51	54
2	07:08	0	0	Bos	Krug from loose puck	ES	2	19	26	34	43	51	14	40	41	47	51	54
2	06:59	0	0	Tor	Kadri drives wide	ES	2	19	34	43	47	51	14	40	41	47	51	54
2	05:59	0	0	Tor	Parenteau from Bozak	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	11	33	37	40	62	63
2	05:36	0	0	Bos	Krejci from rebound	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	11	33	40	46	62	63
2	03:31	0	0	Bos	Hayes from Bergeron	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	11	33	37	40	48	63
2	01:15	0	0	Tor	Bozak wide from Hunwick	ES	2	26	34	42	44	56	14	25	33	40	44	51
2	00:13	0	0	Tor	Gardiner deflects JVR shot	ES	3	21	34	43	47	51	11	33	37	40	62	63
3	18:30	0	0	Bos	Bergeron from Spooner	SH	3	23	34	44	47		21	37	40	46	47	51
3	18:28	0	0	Bos	Eriksson wide from rebound	SH	3	23	34	44	47		21	37	40	46	47	51
3	17:22	0	0	Tor	Froese from Matthias	ES	2	21	34	43	47	51	11	14	33	40	48	63
3	17:51	0	0	Tor	Matthias from rebound	SH	2	23	34	46	56		11	14	40	46	47	63
3	09:15	0	0	Tor	Parenteau deflects Gardiner shot	ES	15	23	34	42	46	51	21	39	40	46	47	54
3	07:45	0	0	Bos	Hayes deflects Chara shot wide	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	11	33	37	40	62	63
3	07:26	0	0	Bos	Hayes from rebound	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	11	33	37	40	62	63
3	06:58	0	0	Bos	Connolly from Spooner	ES	3	19	26	34	51	56	14	40	41	44	48	51
3	06:34	0	0	Bos	Beleskey drives	ES	15	23	34	42	46	51	21	39	40	46	47	54
3	03:43	0	0	Bos	GOAL! Chara from Beleskey	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	21	33	39	40	46	62

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Boyes	2	0	100.0%	08:14	33.3%	62.5%	40.0%	33.3%
Holland	2	1	66.7%	09:38	33.3%	57.7%	53.3%	27.3%
Grabner	2	1	66.7%	07:43	40.0%	54.2%	46.2%	18.2%
Froese	2	2	50.0%	14:32	12.5%	61.9%	15.4%	43.8%
Komarov	3	4	42.9%	15:57	87.5%	40.4%	47.4%	25.0%
Bozak	6	9	40.0%	17:19	57.1%	50.0%	45.8%	41.7%
Lupul	3	5	37.5%	14:44	12.5%	58.5%	16.7%	47.1%
Matthias	5	9	35.7%	17:31	53.3%	52.1%	40.0%	47.8%
Van Riemsdyk	2	4	33.3%	16:46	87.5%	41.2%	42.9%	20.0%
Winnik	2	4	33.3%	14:30	12.5%	58.1%	12.0%	50.0%
Kadri	3	6	33.3%	16:49	87.5%	38.5%	45.0%	25.0%
Parenteau	4	9	30.8%	16:14	57.1%	47.8%	50.0%	41.7%
Polak	5	3	62.5%	16:59	25.0%	52.0%	23.1%	33.3%
Harrington	1	1	50.0%	08:59	100.0%	53.1%	29.4%	20.0%
Gardiner	9	13	40.9%	22:48	50.0%	54.7%	48.6%	44.8%
Phaneuf	5	9	35.7%	22:30	50.0%	52.4%	42.4%	40.0%
Hunwick	3	6	33.3%	20:21	35.7%	45.2%	35.7%	32.4%
Rielly	1	4	20.0%	20:23	37.5%	47.4%	29.6%	30.0%

There were four pretty clear line match-ups in this game, and only one saw the Leafs get the chance advantage. That line was the Peter Holland, Michael Grabner and Brad Boyes unit, which was also able to dominate the neutral zone against the Talbot line.

The top two lines were not as effective. Nazem Kadri’s trio went against the Bergeron and Marchand line, and all finished below even in chances, while Tyler Bozak’s line gave up more chances than any other line, with the Krejci line having a lot of success against them. The third line struggled to generate any controlled entries, and had poor possession numbers in their match-up.

Jake Gardiner led the Leafs in ES ice time, and was on for more Leaf chances than any other player, but also had terrible defensive numbers, on for 13 of 18 Boston ES chances. He managed to finish well behind his partner Dion Phaneuf in that metric, despite playing only limited time without him.

Morgan Rielly and Matt Hunwick were also out-chanced, but weren’t on for nearly as many chances. Roman Polak was the only Leaf defenceman to finish in the positive, rotating through some partners after playing with Scott Harrington for a while.