Game 55 Scoring Chances: Rangers 5 vs. Maple Leafs 4

Toronto had a horrible opening period, out-chanced 12-2 at even strength, but after a late power-play goal they managed to get out of it down by a single goal.

The second was much more even, but the Rangers managed to extend their lead after former Leaf Dominic Moore scored New York’s fourth. The Leafs then had a great third, scoring twice in the first seven minutes, setting up a great last part of the game. The two teams both had great shifts, and exchanged a number of chances, but it was the Rangers who got the winning goal, off the stick of Mats Zuccarello. Toronto had two chances in the last six minutes, but didn’t do anything with them, and couldn’t generate anything with the extra man in the dying seconds.

Status	Overall			Even Strength			ES Close
Team	TOR	NYR	%	TOR	NYR	%	TOR	NYR	%
1	4	13	23.5%	2	12	14.3%	2	12	14.3%
2	5	8	38.5%	5	7	41.7%	2	3	40.0%
3	9	9	50.0%	9	9	50.0%	6	6	50.0%
Total	18	30	37.5%	16	28	36.4%	10	21	32.3%

After that first period, the chances were fairly close, including the excellent third period, when both sides managed six chances each while the game was tied.

Club	St	P	Time	TSc	Osc	Note	Toronto						NY Rangers
NYR	ES	1	18:26	0	0	McDonagh from Kreider	42	81	21	4	51	34	20	21	26	22	27	33
NYR	ES	1	18:18	0	0	Hagelin deflects Miller shot	24	47	19	12	55	34	10	13	62	17	22	33
NYR	ES	1	17:03	0	0	GOAL! Boyle from Brassard	42	81	21	44	46	34	16	36	61	17	22	33
TOR	ES	1	16:03	0	1	Holland wide from rebound of Lupul shot	24	47	19	12	55	34	28	12	15	8	18	33
TOR	ES	1	15:05	0	1	Panik from Smith	23	18	20	44	46	34	10	13	62	17	22	33
NYR	ES	1	13:37	0	1	Kreider deflects McDonagh shot wide	25	26	43	4	51	34	20	21	26	5	27	33
NYR	ES	1	13:36	0	1	Kreider from loose puck	25	26	43	4	51	34	20	21	26	5	27	33
NYR	ES	1	13:15	0	1	St. Louis drives wide	26	42	81	44	46	34	20	21	26	8	27	33
NYR	ES	1	11:09	0	1	Moore from McDonagh	24	47	19	44	46	34	10	13	62	17	22	33
NYR	ES	1	10:50	0	1	St. Louis from Kreider	24	47	19	44	46	34	20	21	26	8	18	33
NYR	ES	1	09:23	0	1	GOAL! Zuccarello from Nash	25	26	43	4	51	34	16	36	61	5	27	33
NYR	ES	1	09:10	0	1	Kreider drives	42	81	21	12	55	34	10	13	62	5	27	33
TOR	PP	1	04:21	0	2	GOAL! Rielly from Franson	42	81	21	4	44	34	28	62	8	18	33	-
NYR	ES	1	03:11	1	2	Hayes from Hagelin	24	18	20	4	51	34	10	13	62	5	27	33
TOR	SH	1	01:23	1	2	Booth wide from Panik	18	20	4	55	34	-	16	21	26	61	22	33
NYR	SH	1	01:01	1	2	Hayes from Zuccarello	25	26	4	55	34	-	20	36	13	5	27	33
NYR	ES	1	00:06	1	2	Kreider from loose puck	23	26	4	44	46	34	20	36	13	5	27	33
NYR	ES	2	18:31	1	2	Miller from rebound of Staal shot	42	81	21	51	55	34	10	13	62	8	18	33
NYR	ES	2	18:18	1	2	GOAL! Hayes from Staal	42	81	21	51	55	34	10	13	62	18	22	33
TOR	ES	2	17:26	2	3	Kadri from Rielly	25	26	43	44	46	34	16	36	61	5	27	33
NYR	SH	2	14:50	2	3	Zuccarello from Boyle	23	47	4	55	34	-	21	36	13	61	22	33
TOR	ES	2	13:05	2	3	Santorelli drives	25	26	43	4	51	34	10	28	62	8	18	33
NYR	ES	2	11:19	2	3	Kreider drives	24	81	21	12	55	34	16	20	26	5	27	33
TOR	ES	2	07:43	2	4	Santorelli drives	23	25	20	12	55	34	21	26	61	22	27	33
NYR	ES	2	05:05	2	4	Klein from Hagelin	23	18	20	12	55	34	10	13	62	8	18	33
NYR	ES	2	05:01	2	4	Hagelin wraparound	23	18	20	12	55	34	10	13	62	8	18	33
NYR	ES	2	05:01	2	4	Hayes from rebound of Hagelin shot	23	18	20	12	55	34	10	13	62	8	18	33
NYR	ES	2	02:34	2	4	Kreider from St. Louis	42	81	21	44	46	34	20	21	26	8	18	33
TOR	ES	2	02:03	2	4	Kessel drives	23	81	21	44	46	34	20	21	36	8	18	33
TOR	ES	2	02:02	2	4	Smith from rebound of Kessel shot	23	81	21	44	46	34	20	21	36	8	18	33
TOR	ES	3	19:40	2	4	GOAL! Rielly from Winnik	25	26	43	44	46	34	16	36	61	8	18	33
NYR	ES	3	14:00	3	4	Zuccarello wraparound	24	47	19	46	51	34	16	36	61	17	22	33
NYR	ES	3	13:45	3	4	Zuccarello from rebound of Nash shot	24	47	19	46	51	34	16	36	61	17	22	33
TOR	ES	3	13:00	4	4	Booth drives	23	81	20	12	55	34	10	13	62	8	18	33
TOR	ES	3	12:55	4	4	Booth from rebound	23	81	20	12	55	34	10	13	62	8	18	33
TOR	ES	3	12:43	4	4	Booth wide from Kessel	23	81	20	12	55	34	10	13	62	8	18	33
NYR	ES	3	12:23	4	4	Glass from Moore	42	18	21	12	55	34	28	12	15	8	18	33
TOR	ES	3	12:14	4	4	Panik from Van Riemsdyk	42	18	21	12	55	34	28	12	15	8	18	33
NYR	ES	3	11:03	4	4	Stepan post from St. Louis	25	26	43	44	46	34	20	21	26	17	22	33
NYR	ES	3	10:41	4	4	Stepan wide from St. Louis	25	26	43	44	46	34	20	21	26	17	22	33
NYR	ES	3	10:26	4	4	Stepan wide from St. Louis	25	26	43	44	46	34	20	21	26	17	22	33
TOR	ES	3	09:07	4	4	Kessel wide from Bozak	42	81	21	12	55	34	10	13	15	8	18	33
TOR	ES	3	08:05	4	4	Kadri from faceoff	25	26	43	44	46	34	16	36	61	8	18	33
NYR	ES	3	06:13	4	4	Hagelin drives	23	81	20	12	55	34	28	13	62	5	27	33
NYR	ES	3	05:56	4	4	GOAL! Zuccarello from Nash	23	81	20	12	44	34	28	36	61	8	18	33
NYR	ES	3	03:59	4	5	Hagelin drives	25	26	43	12	44	34	28	13	62	5	27	33
TOR	ES	3	03:00	4	5	Kadri post from giveaway	43	81	21	4	51	34	20	21	26	5	27	33
TOR	ES	3	01:53	4	5	Rielly drives	24	25	19	44	46	34	13	26	62	5	27	33

Player-by-Player data:

Player	Overall				Even Strength				ES Close
	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff
Franson	4	8	-4	20:30	2	6	-4	17:09	1	6	-5
Robidas	7	10	-3	16:16	7	10	-3	14:06	6	6	0
Panik	3	5	-2	14:34	2	5	-3	13:00	2	2	0
Lupul	2	5	-3	12:06	2	5	-3	11:00	1	3	-2
Booth	6	6	0	11:40	5	6	-1	10:30	4	3	1
Van Riemsdyk	6	8	-2	16:53	5	8	-3	15:53	2	7	-5
Smith	7	7	0	12:09	7	6	1	10:38	4	3	1
Holland	2	7	-5	12:47	2	7	-5	11:41	1	5	-4
Santorelli	6	8	-2	17:40	6	7	-1	17:21	3	6	-3
Winnik	4	10	-6	19:05	4	9	-5	16:31	3	8	-5
Bozak	3	8	-5	14:12	2	8	-6	12:43	2	7	-5
Kadri	5	7	-2	20:55	5	7	-2	19:49	3	6	-3
Rielly	8	11	-3	22:51	7	11	-4	21:20	3	9	-6
Polak	7	11	-4	22:00	7	11	-4	21:16	3	8	-5
Komarov	1	6	-5	12:51	1	5	-4	11:22	1	3	-2
Gardiner	2	9	-7	21:42	2	9	-7	20:36	1	7	-6
Holzer	8	12	-4	15:55	7	10	-3	13:41	6	7	-1
Kessel	8	10	-2	12:57	7	10	-3	11:57	4	9	-5
Reimer	18	30	-12	58:57	16	28	-12	52:51	10	21	-11

In a game like this, where the Leafs were so heavily out-chanced, there weren’t a lot of good results from anyone. The only Leafs to finish in the positive at ES Close were Trevor Smith and David Booth, who both had solid games, with Smith benefiting from a couple of solid shifts with Kessel. Those were just about the only positive shifts Kessel had, as he finished a -5 at ES Close. He was joined by his regular line-mates Bozak and Van Riemsdyk, who also finished -5, as did Daniel Winnik, despite putting up a couple of third period points. JvR and Bozak were on for three goals against, with Kessel on for four individually.

Nazem Kadri and Mike Santorelli both had fairly solid games, getting close to even at ES overall, and Kadri leading the forwards in ES ice time. Leo Komarov and Joffrey Lupul didn’t generate a lot offensively, but had some of the toughest zone starts on the team, which makes their numbers more palatable.

Stephane Robidas and Korbinian Holzer had the best numbers on the defence, with Robidas finishing even and Holzer ending up at -1. They did have the easiest zone starts on the team, which helped them be on for the most offensive chances of the defenders. The hardest zone starts went to Morgan Rielly, who ended up with pretty poor chance numbers at ES Close. He was better while the Leafs were trailing, and his two goals were critical. None of the other defensemen had good numbers either, with Franson and Polak at -5 and Gardiner at -6.

Cumulative numbers this season:

Overall	Pos	#	Even Strength				ES Close
			For	Against	%	TOI	For	Against	%
Winnik	F	53	200	217	48.0%	13:11	114	103	52.5%
Kadri	F	53	273	277	49.6%	14:55	162	155	51.1%
Franson	D	53	291	302	49.1%	16:13	171	173	49.7%
Clarkson	F	53	195	209	48.3%	12:11	102	107	48.8%
Komarov	F	36	110	112	49.5%	11:58	58	61	48.7%
Bernier	G	37	506	586	46.3%	45:07	312	347	47.3%
Panik	F	49	115	118	49.4%	09:15	64	73	46.7%
Phaneuf	D	48	267	317	45.7%	17:05	160	183	46.6%
Polak	D	45	226	286	44.1%	17:59	136	156	46.6%
Rielly	D	54	292	336	46.5%	16:32	156	179	46.6%
Gardiner	D	52	249	282	46.9%	17:26	138	159	46.5%
Lupul	F	32	137	169	44.8%	13:29	77	89	46.4%
Santorelli	F	55	210	250	45.7%	13:50	113	139	44.8%
Kessel	F	55	294	351	45.6%	15:06	173	214	44.7%
Bozak	F	55	275	324	45.9%	14:55	150	190	44.1%
Smith	F	37	80	91	46.8%	08:39	44	56	44.0%
Van Riemsdyk	F	55	264	353	42.8%	15:01	156	213	42.3%
Reimer	G	24	302	381	44.2%	42:47	144	205	41.3%
Booth	F	32	67	87	43.5%	09:11	36	53	40.4%
Holland	F	45	117	182	39.1%	11:37	62	92	40.3%
Robidas	D	42	162	224	42.0%	14:58	79	133	37.3%
Holzer	D	26	97	143	40.4%	15:07	54	95	36.2%

Almost everyone’s numbers go down , with Cody Franson falling below the 50% ES Close mark, though he’s still the top defenceman. After 55 games, there’s almost no difference between Phaneuf, Polak, Rielly and Gardiner at ES Close, although the younger pair have generally had easier ice time.