Game 47 Scoring Chances: Hurricanes 4 vs. Maple Leafs 1

In their return home, the Leafs had a bad first period, giving up two goals in forty seconds to fall behind again.

They then compounded those struggles by surrendering a third in the first minute of the second period. After that, they really took charge of the game, with a couple of excellent shifts helping them to dominate the scoring chances, taking the period 11-2 at ES. None of those chances managed to turn into goals, as Toronto’s scoring drought continued. Toronto weren’t as good in the third, but did manage some power-play chances, and eventually got a goal with the extra man. They pulled the goalie, in an effort to get within one, but couldn’t score a second, and ended up going down to defeat again.

Status	Overall			Even Strength			ES Close
Team	TOR	CAR	%	TOR	CAR	%	TOR	CAR	%
1	6	9	40.0%	5	7	41.7%	3	2	60.0%
2	11	4	73.3%	11	2	84.6%	0	0	-
3	10	4	71.4%	5	4	55.6%	0	0	-
Total	27	17	61.4%	21	13	61.8%	3	2	60.0%

The Leafs were actually ahead in chances when Carolina put the second goal in, which was the last moment the game counted as close. That second period was an impressive effort, and Toronto was unlucky to not score, which has been a bit of a theme this last week. While score effects partially explain the Leafs‘ strong chance performance, they’ve had plenty of games this year where they haven’t managed that much offense when behind, so that’s a positive, even in defeat.

Club	St	P	Time	TSc	Osc	Note	Toronto						Carolina
TOR	ES	1	19:36	0	0	Winnik deflects Franson shot wide	25	26	43	3	4	45	11	12	19	4	27	31
TOR	ES	1	15:09	0	0	Kessel from loose puck	42	81	21	51	55	45	16	49	53	7	27	31
CAR	SH	1	14:23	0	0	J Staal from Sekera	23	26	3	46	45	-	11	12	19	4	7	31
CAR	SH	1	13:49	0	0	Nash from Faulk	25	20	4	55	45	-	16	20	49	53	27	31
CAR	ES	1	12:54	0	0	GOAL! Malone from rebound of Dwyer shot	42	21	44	51	55	45	18	24	39	65	73	31
TOR	ES	1	12:29	0	1	Phaneuf from Kadri	25	26	43	3	4	45	11	12	19	65	73	31
CAR	ES	1	12:13	0	1	GOAL! Lindholm drives	42	81	21	44	46	45	16	49	53	4	27	31
CAR	ES	1	10:44	0	2	J Staal drives	25	26	43	3	4	45	11	12	19	4	27	31
TOR	ES	1	10:00	0	2	Van Riemsdyk wide from Bozak	42	81	21	44	46	45	16	49	53	4	27	31
CAR	ES	1	07:52	0	2	Gleason from loose puck	42	81	21	3	4	45	11	12	19	6	7	31
CAR	ES	1	07:01	0	2	Terry from Gerbe	53	81	39	44	46	45	14	20	25	65	73	31
TOR	PP	1	04:42	0	2	Bozak from Kessel	42	81	21	3	44	45	18	39	6	65	31	-
TOR	ES	1	03:16	0	2	Smith wide from Santorelli	23	25	26	44	46	45	16	49	53	4	27	31
CAR	ES	1	02:30	0	2	Gerbe from Terry	53	39	20	44	51	45	14	20	25	6	7	31
CAR	ES	1	02:07	0	2	E Staal wraparound post	25	26	43	3	4	45	11	12	19	6	7	31
CAR	ES	2	19:12	0	2	GOAL! E Staal from J Staal	42	81	21	3	4	45	11	12	19	4	65	31
TOR	ES	2	18:41	0	3	Clarkson from Santorelli	25	43	71	44	46	34	16	49	53	65	73	31
TOR	ES	2	18:34	0	3	Kadri from Clarkson	25	43	71	44	46	34	16	49	53	65	73	31
TOR	ES	2	18:26	0	3	Santorelli deflects Kadri shot wide	25	43	71	44	46	34	16	49	53	65	73	31
TOR	ES	2	18:18	0	3	Rielly wraparound wide	25	43	71	44	46	34	16	49	53	65	73	31
TOR	ES	2	13:27	0	3	Polak wide from Smith	23	18	21	44	46	34	16	49	53	65	73	31
CAR	SH	2	11:01	0	3	E Staal deflects Tlusty shot wide	23	20	3	46	34	-	11	12	19	4	7	31
TOR	ES	2	09:10	0	3	Van Riemsdyk drives	25	26	21	51	55	34	18	24	39	65	73	31
TOR	ES	2	07:48	0	3	Kadri drives	25	43	44	51	34	-	14	20	7	65	31	-
CAR	SH	2	07:12	0	3	Lindholm deflects Faulk shot wide	26	4	46	34	-	-	12	16	49	27	31	-
CAR	ES	2	05:33	0	3	Nash from Gerbe	42	43	20	4	44	34	14	20	53	4	7	31
TOR	ES	2	04:12	0	3	Panik from giveaway	23	18	71	51	55	34	18	24	39	4	27	31
TOR	ES	2	01:49	0	3	Panik drives	23	18	71	51	55	34	18	24	39	6	7	31
TOR	ES	2	01:18	0	3	Kessel from loose puck	26	43	81	3	4	34	11	12	19	4	27	31
TOR	ES	2	00:48	0	3	Rielly drives	25	42	21	44	46	34	14	20	25	65	73	31
CAR	ES	3	18:20	0	3	Nash from Gerbe	23	18	71	44	46	34	14	20	25	65	73	31
TOR	ES	3	16:30	0	3	Kessel from Kadri	26	43	81	3	4	34	16	49	53	65	73	31
CAR	ES	3	15:37	0	3	Nash from rebound of Gleason shot	25	42	21	44	51	34	20	53	25	6	7	31
TOR	ES	3	13:47	0	3	Franson from Winnik	26	43	81	3	4	34	11	12	19	4	27	31
TOR	PP	3	13:26	0	3	Van Riemsdyk from Kadri	42	43	81	21	4	34	18	39	6	65	31	-
CAR	ES	3	11:33	0	3	J Staal deflects Sekera shot wide	25	18	71	44	51	34	11	19	25	4	27	31
TOR	ES	3	09:10	0	3	Kessel from Kadri	26	43	81	4	51	34	18	24	25	27	73	31
TOR	PP	3	06:02	0	3	Van Riemsdyk deflects Gardiner shot	23	81	21	3	51	34	14	20	65	73	31	-
TOR	PP	3	05:11	0	3	GOAL! Kadri from Rielly	25	43	71	4	44	34	18	39	4	27	31	-
TOR	ES	3	04:08	1	3	Gardiner drives	42	81	21	44	51	34	14	20	25	6	7	31
TOR	ES	3	04:02	1	3	Van Riemsdyk from rebound of Gardiner shot	42	81	21	44	51	34	14	20	25	6	7	31
CAR	ES	3	03:22	1	3	Rask deflects Sekera shot wide	43	71	21	44	46	34	16	49	53	4	27	31
TOR	EN	3	02:41	1	3	Van Riemsdyk from faceoff	25	26	43	81	3	46	18	24	39	6	65	31
TOR	EN	3	02:37	1	3	Kadri from rebound of Van Riemsdyk shot	42	43	81	21	3	4	11	12	20	4	27	31

Player-by Player data:

Player	Overall				Even Strength				ES Close
	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff
Phaneuf	9	6	3	20:53	5	4	1	13:51	2	0	2
Franson	9	7	2	21:48	6	5	1	15:19	2	0	2
Panik	3	2	1	10:19	3	2	1	07:13	0	0	0
Booth	0	4	-4	06:41	0	2	-2	05:10	0	0	0
Van Riemsdyk	11	6	5	21:16	7	6	1	15:21	1	2	-1
Smith	5	3	2	12:54	4	1	3	10:16	0	0	0
Santorelli	12	5	7	20:46	10	4	6	17:36	2	0	2
Winnik	9	4	5	19:06	8	2	6	16:15	2	0	2
Frattin	0	2	-2	03:39	0	2	-2	03:39	0	0	0
Bozak	8	6	2	19:28	5	6	-1	15:06	1	2	-1
Kadri	15	4	11	23:25	11	4	7	19:26	2	0	2
Rielly	13	9	4	22:14	11	9	2	18:38	0	2	-2
Polak	9	7	2	19:07	8	4	4	15:10	0	1	-1
Gardiner	9	4	5	20:03	8	4	4	16:37	1	1	0
Carrick	0	2	-2	02:17	0	2	-2	02:17	0	0	0
Holzer	4	2	2	15:27	4	1	3	12:46	1	1	0
Clarkson	7	3	4	11:55	6	3	3	09:13	0	0	0
Kessel	13	4	9	21:57	8	4	4	17:00	1	1	0
Bernier	6	10	-4	20:42	5	8	-3	14:42	3	2	1
Reimer	19	7	12	38:03	16	5	11	30:11	0	0	0

Nazem Kadri had an excellent night, and it was good that he was the man who broke the scoring drought, as he deserved it. He was a +2 at ES Close, and a team high +7 at ES overall. Mike Santorelli and Daniel Winnik also had strong games, both finishing at +6 overall. Tyler Bozak wasn’t good, as he was the only regular forward to finish in the negative at ES, and on for all four Carolina goals — caught on the wrong side of the play on two in particular. Phil Kessel did reasonably well while the Leafs chased the game, finishing a +4. The bottom line players weren’t very good, with Booth, Frattin and Carrick all -2 in their limited ice time. Smith and Clarkson weren’t on for any chances either way while the game was close, but did some good work later in the game to finish at +3.

Roman Polak’s strong run of play continued, and he finished a +4 at ES Overall, tied with Jake Gardiner for the best on the defence. Morgan Rielly was on for more Leaf chances than any other defenceman, and finished at +2. Phaneuf and Franson were positive while the game was close, but weren’t great after that, both in the negative while the rest of the team was doing well generating chances.

Cumulative numbers this season:

Overall	Pos	#	Even Strength				ES Close
			For	Against	%	TOI	For	Against	%
Winnik	F	45	166	183	47.6%	12:56	90	82	52.3%
Komarov	F	29	99	90	52.4%	12:16	51	50	50.5%
Franson	D	45	249	265	48.4%	15:55	146	149	49.5%
Kadri	F	45	221	239	48.0%	14:45	129	133	49.2%
Clarkson	F	47	175	195	47.3%	12:19	92	101	47.7%
Phaneuf	D	47	263	314	45.6%	17:12	160	181	46.9%
Bernier	G	34	467	556	45.7%	45:11	280	326	46.2%
Panik	F	42	91	103	46.9%	09:04	54	65	45.4%
Lupul	F	26	120	148	44.8%	13:46	65	79	45.1%
Kessel	F	47	260	307	45.9%	15:10	151	184	45.1%
Rielly	D	46	241	289	45.5%	15:58	126	154	45.0%
Gardiner	D	44	203	242	45.6%	17:02	111	136	44.9%
Polak	D	37	183	243	43.0%	17:51	107	133	44.6%
Santorelli	F	47	184	219	45.7%	13:54	97	122	44.3%
Smith	F	31	68	79	46.3%	08:39	38	48	44.2%
Bozak	F	47	242	291	45.4%	15:02	132	169	43.9%
Van Riemsdyk	F	47	232	312	42.6%	15:00	136	186	42.2%
Reimer	G	18	227	293	43.7%	42:24	109	157	41.0%
Holland	F	38	106	159	40.0%	11:29	56	82	40.6%
Robidas	D	38	145	196	42.5%	15:07	72	118	37.9%
Carrick	F	10	12	23	34.3%	06:21	11	19	36.7%
Holzer	D	19	78	112	41.1%	15:39	41	73	36.0%
Booth	F	25	39	69	36.1%	09:04	24	43	35.8%

Sam Carrick, playing his tenth game of the year, now meets the threshold to get into the table, and comes in right near the bottom. He’s the lowest leaf at ES overall, and barely above Holzer and Booth at ES Close.