Game 25 Scoring Chances: Devils 5 vs. Maple Leafs 3

Toronto had a bad start against a short-handed Devils team, falling behind 8-4 in ES Chances, and 1-0 on the scoreboard.

However, they seemed to recover after that, finishing the first period level in ES chances, and twice managed to tie the game up in the second. They struggled in the third, though, with the Devils managing to defend well, and opening up a three goal lead. Toronto had one strong ES shift in the third, but other than that generated little in their attempt to chase down the lead.

Status	Overall			Even Strength			ES Close
Team	TOR	NJD	%	TOR	NJD	%	TOR	NJD	%
1	8	9	47.1%	8	8	50.0%	8	8	50.0%
2	4	6	40.0%	3	4	42.9%	3	4	42.9%
3	9	4	69.2%	3	4	42.9%	0	0	-
Total	21	19	52.5%	14	16	46.7%	11	12	47.8%

The ES numbers ended up close, but the Leafs losing the third period at ES, despite trailing on the scoreboard, was disappointing. Toronto pulled ahead overall in the last minute of the game, where they generated five chances, one of their few effective offensive stretches of the final period.

Club	St	P	Time	TSc	Osc	Note	Toronto						New Jersey
NJD	EN	1	15:46	0	0	Cammalleri wide from Gomez	42	81	21	3	4	45	14	21	17	23	2	25
NJD	ES	1	14:06	0	1	Zubrus from Gomez	42	81	21	51	55	45	8	12	21	2	25	35
TOR	ES	1	13:51	0	1	Van Riemsdyk from loose puck	42	81	21	3	51	45	8	12	21	2	25	35
NJD	ES	1	13:35	0	1	Brunner from Zubrus	42	81	21	3	4	45	8	12	21	7	22	35
NJD	ES	1	12:45	0	1	Cammalleri deflects Helgeson shot wide	25	43	19	3	4	45	14	17	23	2	25	35
NJD	ES	1	12:21	0	1	Ryder from Cammalleri	25	43	19	3	4	45	14	17	23	6	28	35
NJD	ES	1	11:36	0	1	Sislo drives	42	81	21	51	55	45	16	15	32	6	28	35
TOR	ES	1	10:37	0	1	Holland wraparound	24	26	71	12	44	45	8	12	21	7	22	35
TOR	ES	1	10:28	0	1	Holland from Rielly	24	26	71	12	44	45	8	12	21	7	22	35
NJD	ES	1	04:53	0	1	Bernier drives	23	18	20	51	55	45	11	18	20	7	22	35
NJD	ES	1	04:48	0	1	Gionta wide from rebound of Bernier shot	23	18	20	51	55	45	11	18	20	7	22	35
TOR	ES	1	03:29	0	1	Santorelli from Kadri	25	43	19	44	51	45	8	12	21	6	28	35
NJD	ES	1	03:02	0	1	Josefson wide from Sislo	42	81	21	51	55	45	16	15	32	2	25	35
TOR	ES	1	01:31	0	1	Clarkson from Holland	24	26	71	3	4	45	14	17	23	7	25	35
TOR	ES	1	01:20	0	1	Winnik drives	24	26	71	3	4	45	14	17	23	7	25	35
TOR	ES	1	01:02	0	1	Lupul from Gardiner	25	43	19	51	55	45	16	15	32	6	28	35
TOR	ES	1	00:13	0	1	Clarkson drives	24	26	71	3	4	45	8	12	21	2	7	35
TOR	ES	2	16:07	0	1	Van Riemsdyk from Kessel	42	81	21	12	44	45	14	17	23	2	25	35
TOR	ES	2	14:23	0	1	GOAL! Santorelli deflects Lupul shot	25	43	19	51	55	45	21	15	32	7	22	35
NJD	ES	2	13:29	1	1	Henrique from loose puck	25	26	43	3	55	45	14	17	23	2	25	35
NJD	ES	2	12:00	1	1	GOAL! Gionta from Bernier	24	71	20	12	44	45	11	18	20	7	22	35
NJD	ES	2	10:33	1	2	Zidlicky from Gomez	25	43	19	51	55	45	8	12	21	2	25	35
TOR	SH	2	08:46	1	2	GOAL! Kadri from rebound	25	43	12	55	45	-	12	14	17	2	28	35
TOR	ES	2	05:41	2	2	Van Riemsdyk wide from Santorelli	25	43	21	12	44	45	16	15	32	7	22	35
NJD	SH	2	03:21	2	2	Cammalleri drives	24	26	3	4	45	-	14	17	23	7	22	35
NJD	SH	2	03:12	2	2	GOAL! Cammalleri from loose puck	26	42	3	4	45	-	14	17	23	2	22	35
NJD	ES	2	00:19	2	3	Ryder drives wide	24	26	71	3	4	45	14	17	23	2	28	35
NJD	ES	3	13:48	2	3	GOAL! Bernier from rebound of Zidlicky shot	42	81	21	51	55	45	8	21	18	2	25	35
TOR	ES	3	12:55	2	4	Winnik from Kadri	25	26	43	3	4	45	14	17	23	7	25	35
TOR	ES	3	12:46	2	4	Santorelli deflects Holland shot	24	25	26	3	4	45	14	17	23	7	25	35
TOR	ES	3	12:43	2	4	Holland from rebound of Santorelli shot	24	25	26	3	4	45	14	17	23	7	25	35
TOR	PP	3	10:45	2	4	Gardiner drives	25	19	71	4	51	45	8	14	25	28	35	-
NJD	ES	3	10:06	2	4	Ruutu deflects Gelinas shot wide	24	19	71	4	51	45	11	15	17	2	22	35
NJD	ES	3	09:30	2	4	Bernier deflects Zubrus shot wide	42	81	21	3	44	45	8	16	18	6	28	35
NJD	ES	3	08:02	2	4	GOAL! Henrique from Ryder	43	19	71	44	55	45	14	17	23	2	25	35
TOR	PP	3	00:57	2	5	Kessel from loose puck	42	43	81	21	3	4	8	23	6	28	35	-
TOR	PP	3	00:51	2	5	Kessel wraparound wide	42	43	81	21	3	4	8	23	6	28	35	-
TOR	PP	3	00:38	2	5	Kessel from Phaneuf	42	43	81	21	3	4	8	23	6	28	35	-
TOR	PP	3	00:35	2	5	Bozak from rebound of Kessel shot	42	43	81	21	3	4	8	23	6	28	35	-
TOR	PP	3	00:35	2	5	GOAL! Kessel from rebound of Bozak shot	42	43	81	21	3	4	8	23	6	28	35	-

The player-by-player data:

Player	Overall				Even Strength				ES Close
	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff
Phaneuf	12	9	3	23:39	7	6	1	18:45	4	5	-1
Franson	12	8	4	22:44	6	5	1	18:54	3	4	-1
Robidas	5	1	4	15:55	4	1	3	14:24	4	1	3
Panik	0	2	-2	09:24	0	2	-2	09:24	0	2	-2
Lupul	4	5	-1	16:04	3	5	-2	14:56	3	3	0
Booth	0	3	-3	10:13	0	3	-3	10:13	0	3	-3
Van Riemsdyk	8	7	1	16:55	3	6	-3	13:49	3	4	-1
Smith	0	2	-2	10:28	0	2	-2	09:23	0	2	-2
Holland	7	4	3	16:23	7	3	4	13:47	5	2	3
Santorelli	9	4	5	16:52	7	4	3	15:33	4	4	0
Winnik	8	4	4	16:29	8	2	6	13:10	5	2	3
Bozak	7	8	-1	16:08	2	6	-4	13:04	2	4	-2
Kadri	11	5	6	18:38	5	5	0	16:06	4	4	0
Rielly	5	3	2	16:46	5	3	2	16:01	5	1	4
Gardiner	5	8	-3	21:39	4	8	-4	20:10	4	6	-2
Holzer	3	9	-6	18:45	2	9	-7	16:18	2	7	-5
Clarkson	6	4	2	14:52	5	4	1	13:44	5	2	3
Kessel	7	7	0	16:10	2	6	-4	13:49	2	4	-2
Bernier	16	19	-3	57:31	14	16	-2	51:06	11	12	-1

The top line struggled to generate offense, all three ending up substantially in the negative, with Kessel and Bozak the worst of the forwards, -4 at ES overall. Making up for it was the Holland-Winnik-Clarkson line, which had a couple of dynamite shifts. Holland and Winnik were also on for the Leafs‘ only good stretch in the third period, as the top line was really quiet for most of the last twenty minutes. Nazem Kadri also had a decent night, and that line was the second best, ending up even at ES Close.

After a couple of decent games, Korbinian Holzer had a miserable night in chances. Despite having the softest zone starts on the defence, he ended up the team’s worst player, -5 at ES Close and -7 overall. Franson and Phaneuf got more favourable starts than they’ve been getting, and saw improved numbers, around even, while Gardiner’s struggles continue, ending up -4 at ES Overall. The bright side was that Stephane Robidas and Morgan Rielly had good numbers, despite the toughest zone starts of the defence.

Cumulative numbers this season:

Overall	Pos	#	Even Strength				ES Close
			For	Against	%	TOI	For	Against	%
Lupul	F	13	55	56	49.5%	14:32	32	24	57.1%
Clarkson	F	25	101	95	51.5%	12:33	56	43	56.6%
Reimer	G	9	122	133	47.8%	41:04	59	49	54.6%
Winnik	F	23	74	79	48.4%	11:58	41	35	53.9%
Rielly	D	24	119	125	48.8%	15:03	68	60	53.1%
Franson	D	23	131	114	53.5%	15:27	74	66	52.9%
Panik	F	22	42	45	48.3%	08:36	28	27	50.9%
Kadri	F	25	118	126	48.4%	13:52	71	69	50.7%
Komarov	F	23	78	73	51.7%	12:32	39	40	49.4%
Phaneuf	D	25	147	158	48.2%	17:02	91	96	48.7%
Holland	F	25	66	84	44.0%	10:40	35	38	47.9%
Kessel	F	25	138	153	47.4%	14:36	82	91	47.4%
Bozak	F	25	124	137	47.5%	14:45	70	82	46.1%
Gardiner	D	23	95	111	46.1%	16:37	48	58	45.3%
Smith	F	11	19	22	46.3%	07:55	9	11	45.0%
Bernier	G	19	237	272	46.6%	44:12	143	175	45.0%
Polak	D	21	89	128	41.0%	17:41	56	69	44.8%
Van Riemsdyk	F	25	126	158	44.4%	14:45	74	92	44.6%
Santorelli	F	25	85	88	49.1%	13:00	39	52	42.9%
Robidas	D	24	96	113	45.9%	15:05	47	64	42.3%
Leivo	F	8	18	21	46.2%	07:33	11	15	42.3%
Percy	D	8	26	41	38.8%	14:54	14	22	38.9%

Holland makes a big move up; his strong game lifts him to within a few percentage points of Van Riemsdyk in the race to avoid being the worst regular Leaf forward at ES.