Game 58 Scoring Chances: Panthers 3 vs. Maple Leafs 2

Toronto got an early power-play goal to take the lead against the Panthers, but Florida dominated the second half of the period, and got a goal themselves in the last few minutes.

Another power-play early in the second put Florida ahead, and Toronto’s offense sputtered before former Leaf prospect Jimmy Hayes scored what would prove to be the winning goal. Florida went into a complete defensive shell in the third period, not generating a single chance. Toronto weren’t able to do much about it for the first two-thirds of the period, but in the last few minutes were able to generate some chances, including a goal with Jonathan Bernier on the bench. They couldn’t manage an equalizer, though, and fell to another defeat.

Status	Overall			Even Strength			ES Close
Team	TOR	FLA	%	TOR	FLA	%	TOR	FLA	%
1	6	7	46.2%	4	6	40.0%	4	6	40.0%
2	3	8	27.3%	3	4	42.9%	2	3	40.0%
3	6	0	100.0%	4	0	100.0%	0	0	-
Total	15	15	50.0%	11	10	52.4%	6	9	40.0%

Toronto actually managed to win the chances at ES, after Florida’s shut-down in the third period, as the Panthers managed only a single ES chance after Hayes’ goal.

Club	St	P	Time	TSc	Osc	Note	Toronto						Florida
TOR	ES	1	19:00	0	0	Winnik from Rielly	26	43	18	44	46	45	27	12	36	72	74	1
FLA	ES	1	17:33	0	0	Jokinen from Thornton	24	67	20	12	51	45	27	22	36	5	51	1
FLA	ES	1	17:23	0	0	Hayes drives	24	67	20	12	51	45	27	12	36	5	51	1
TOR	PP	1	16:44	0	0	Bozak from Kessel	42	43	81	21	44	45	63	36	44	51	1	-
TOR	PP	1	15:57	0	0	GOAL! Bozak from Van Riemsdyk	42	43	81	21	44	45	17	82	44	51	1	-
TOR	ES	1	15:09	1	0	Holzer wide from Clarkson	11	47	71	51	55	45	11	16	24	72	74	1
TOR	ES	1	12:22	1	0	Jokinen wide from Komarov	11	47	71	8	12	45	17	82	22	5	51	1
FLA	ES	1	11:46	1	0	Barkov wide from Boyes	42	81	21	51	55	45	11	16	24	3	44	1
FLA	ES	1	09:56	1	0	Fleischmann from Upshall	26	43	18	8	12	45	63	19	14	5	51	1
FLA	ES	1	03:23	1	0	Upshall from Campbell	11	47	71	51	55	45	63	12	19	3	44	1
FLA	SH	1	00:46	1	0	GOAL! Jokinen from Boyes	11	26	46	55	45	-	63	24	14	36	51	1
TOR	ES	1	00:24	1	1	Van Riemsdyk drives	42	81	21	44	46	45	27	12	36	3	44	1
FLA	ES	1	00:05	1	1	Bjugstad wide from Hayes	42	47	81	44	46	45	11	27	12	3	44	1
TOR	ES	2	18:49	1	1	Kadri from Panik	26	43	18	51	55	45	11	16	24	3	51	1
FLA	SH	2	16:12	1	1	Fleischmann from Campbell	26	42	12	55	45	-	63	24	14	36	51	1
FLA	SH	2	16:00	1	1	Fleischmann wide from Hayes	26	42	12	55	45	-	63	24	14	36	51	1
FLA	SH	2	15:18	1	1	GOAL! Bjugstad from Fleischmann	26	42	12	55	45	-	27	63	12	14	51	1
FLA	ES	2	12:39	1	2	Bjugstad wide from Hayes	26	43	18	44	46	45	27	12	36	5	51	1
TOR	ES	2	08:47	1	2	Van Riemsdyk from Holzer	42	81	21	51	55	45	16	27	22	5	44	1
FLA	ES	2	07:14	1	2	Upshall wide from Bolland	42	81	21	51	55	45	63	19	14	3	44	1
FLA	ES	2	06:12	1	2	GOAL! Hayes deflects Campbell shot	42	81	21	44	46	45	27	12	36	5	51	1
FLA	ES	2	02:32	1	3	Upshall from loose puck	42	20	21	8	55	45	63	19	14	3	44	1
TOR	ES	2	01:30	1	3	Kessel from Bozak	42	81	21	51	55	45	17	82	22	3	44	1
FLA	SH	2	00:01	1	3	Jokinen wide from loose puck	26	43	12	46	45	-	63	24	14	36	51	1
TOR	ES	3	11:50	1	3	Kessel from faceoff	42	81	21	44	46	45	11	16	24	3	44	1
TOR	ES	3	06:36	1	3	Gardiner drives wide	26	43	18	51	55	45	27	14	36	72	74	1
TOR	ES	3	04:30	1	3	Kessel from Bozak	42	81	21	8	12	45	63	19	22	3	44	1
TOR	ES	3	03:25	1	3	Panik drives	26	43	18	44	51	45	27	63	36	3	44	1
TOR	EN	3	02:01	1	3	Clarkson from Kadri	24	43	18	71	44	51	11	16	24	5	51	1
TOR	PP	3	00:50	1	3	GOAL! Kessel from Kadri	42	43	81	21	44	51	17	82	3	44	1	-

Player-by-Player data:

Player	Overall				Even Strength				ES Close
	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff
Granberg	2	2	0	10:25	2	2	0	08:49	1	1	0
Jokinen	2	2	0	10:37	2	1	1	10:13	2	1	1
Robidas	2	7	-5	18:07	2	3	-1	12:18	1	3	-2
Panik	5	2	3	16:26	4	2	2	14:42	2	2	0
Booth	0	3	-3	10:39	0	3	-3	09:09	0	2	-2
Van Riemsdyk	8	4	4	18:22	5	4	1	16:59	2	3	-1
Holland	1	2	-1	13:23	0	2	-2	10:50	0	2	-2
Winnik	4	7	-3	20:53	4	2	2	15:38	2	2	0
Bozak	8	8	0	18:27	5	5	0	15:20	2	4	-2
Kadri	8	3	5	17:11	4	2	2	15:40	2	2	0
Rielly	8	3	5	25:27	4	3	1	23:29	2	3	-1
Polak	3	5	-2	23:05	3	3	0	19:34	2	3	-1
Komarov	2	2	0	13:00	2	2	0	11:04	2	2	0
Gardiner	8	5	3	23:14	6	5	1	22:56	3	5	-2
Holzer	5	8	-3	18:58	5	4	1	14:59	3	3	0
Kozun	0	2	-2	07:29	0	2	-2	07:29	0	2	-2
Clarkson	3	1	2	11:07	2	1	1	11:07	2	1	1
Kessel	8	4	4	18:20	5	4	1	17:05	2	4	-2
Bernier	13	15	-2	57:01	11	10	1	48:15	6	9	-3

Olli Jokinen, lining up with Leo Komarov and David Clarkson, was given the most defensive zone starts on the team, and did a decent job with them. The line didn’t produce much offensively, but managed to finish above even, and didn’t allow the Panthers many chances. The big line, in contrast, was given the most offensive zone starts on the team, but struggled in the first couple of periods, all finishing in the negative. It was only in the third that Kessel and Bozak, in particular, were able to find their games. The Kadri line was even through two periods, and generated a little in the third, but on the whole wasn’t particularly impressive. The one line that struggled was the fourth one, as Kozun, Holland and Booth weren’t on for a single Leaf ES chance.

Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner took over a lot of minutes with Franson traded and Phaneuf still out. They both got mostly offensive zone starts, and both finished in the negative while the game was close, but were important in helping the third period chase. Roman Polak’s solid play continued, as he was a -1 at ES Close, and Korbinian Holzer ended up even, and positive at ES overall. Petter Granberg’s numbers have consistently been good when he’s played, but that’s down to easy usage, as he has played very limited minutes.

Cumulative numbers this season:

Overall	Pos	#	Even Strength				ES Close
			For	Against	%	TOI	For	Against	%
Winnik	F	56	211	228	48.1%	13:18	122	111	52.4%
Kadri	F	56	285	287	49.8%	14:57	171	161	51.5%
Franson	D	55	301	315	48.9%	16:17	178	181	49.6%
Clarkson	F	56	198	213	48.2%	11:57	105	109	49.1%
Panik	F	52	128	129	49.8%	09:33	74	80	48.1%
Polak	D	48	242	305	44.2%	18:04	149	167	47.2%
Bernier	G	40	546	635	46.2%	45:28	339	381	47.1%
Rielly	D	57	307	352	46.6%	16:45	168	189	47.1%
Komarov	F	39	117	122	49.0%	11:53	62	70	47.0%
Phaneuf	D	48	267	317	45.7%	17:05	160	183	46.6%
Gardiner	D	55	268	300	47.2%	17:38	150	173	46.4%
Lupul	F	32	137	169	44.8%	13:29	77	89	46.4%
Kessel	F	58	310	366	45.9%	15:11	182	223	44.9%
Santorelli	F	57	217	260	45.5%	13:51	118	147	44.5%
Bozak	F	58	292	343	46.0%	14:56	160	204	44.0%
Smith	F	39	85	98	46.4%	08:36	48	62	43.6%
Van Riemsdyk	F	58	279	372	42.9%	15:01	164	225	42.2%
Reimer	G	24	302	381	44.2%	42:47	144	205	41.3%
Holland	F	48	121	194	38.4%	11:35	64	99	39.3%
Booth	F	35	70	97	41.9%	09:09	38	60	38.8%
Holzer	D	29	108	157	40.8%	14:55	60	106	36.1%
Robidas	D	45	169	240	41.3%	14:48	82	146	36.0%

Cody Franson finished his Leaf season as the best of the defencemen, almost at 50% ES Close, though in recent weeks Polak and the youngsters have been making up ground on him. Mike Santorelli had a great start to his Leaf career, but his numbers fell off over the course of the year, and he ended up finishing with similar numbers to Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak.