Game 69 Scoring Chances: Flames 6 vs. Maple Leafs 3

Toronto have had some horrible starts this year, but this was one of the worst. They didn’t generate a single even strength chance in the first period, and managed to give up two goals on a five minute major power-play.

An early Flames goal in the second put them even further behind, and it was only after the score reached 5-1 for Calgary that Toronto began to generate some chances. In fact, the Leafs dominated the rest of the second period, but they weren’t able to cut the lead down. They did get within three early in the third, but Calgary were the better team in chances over the final ten minutes, and the Flames weren’t under any pressure down the stretch.

Status	Overall			Even Strength			ES Close
Team	TOR	CGY	%	TOR	CGY	%	TOR	CGY	%
1	4	10	28.6%	0	8	0.0%	0	7	0.0%
2	10	5	66.7%	9	4	69.2%	0	0	-
3	6	6	50.0%	5	6	45.5%	0	0	-
Total	20	21	48.8%	14	18	43.8%	0	7	0.0%

The Leafs never managed a chance while the score was close, and the numbers show just how bad they were to start the game.

Club	St	P	Time	TSc	Osc	Note	Toronto						Calgary
CGY	ES	1	19:08	0	0	Hudler drives	23	47	20	44	57	34	23	24	13	4	6	1
CGY	ES	1	16:05	0	0	Bouma from Jones	42	81	19	2	44	34	11	19	17	7	29	1
CGY	ES	1	15:07	0	0	Shore from rebound of Wideman shot	23	47	20	25	57	34	22	23	21	4	6	1
CGY	ES	1	14:58	0	0	Monahan from Hudler	23	47	20	25	57	34	23	24	13	4	6	1
CGY	ES	1	14:56	0	0	Hudler post from Monahan	23	47	20	25	57	34	23	24	13	4	6	1
CGY	ES	1	14:54	0	0	GOAL! Gaudreau from rebound of Hudler shot	23	47	20	25	57	34	23	24	13	4	6	1
CGY	ES	1	12:53	0	1	GOAL! Shore from rebound of Brodie shot	42	81	21	25	57	34	8	22	21	7	29	1
TOR	PP	1	11:30	0	2	Kessel drives	42	81	21	25	44	34	8	18	4	6	1	-
TOR	PP	1	11:13	0	2	GOAL! Panik deflects Rielly shot	24	18	19	44	51	34	8	18	7	29	1	-
TOR	PP	1	08:57	1	2	Kessel wide from Phaneuf	42	81	21	3	25	34	18	23	4	6	1	-
CGY	PP	1	08:20	1	2	GOAL! Backlund drives	24	18	19	44	51	34	8	11	7	29	1	-
TOR	PP	1	07:29	1	3	Kessel drives	42	81	21	3	25	34	22	24	4	6	1	-
CGY	PP	1	05:22	1	3	GOAL! Monahan drives	42	81	21	3	25	34	8	23	7	29	1	-
CGY	ES	1	00:06	1	4	Colborne drives	42	81	19	2	44	34	8	23	13	7	29	1
CGY	ES	2	18:31	1	4	GOAL! Monahan from Hudler	42	81	19	2	44	34	23	24	13	4	6	1
TOR	ES	2	15:44	1	5	Bozak deflects Brewer shot wide	42	81	19	2	25	34	23	24	13	4	29	1
TOR	ES	2	15:04	1	5	GOAL! Booth wraparound	23	47	20	2	25	34	8	22	21	3	33	1
TOR	ES	2	13:23	2	5	Van Riemsdyk drives	24	18	21	2	44	34	23	19	13	4	6	1
CGY	SH	2	11:44	2	5	GOAL! Hudler from Wideman	23	18	2	51	34	-	23	24	13	4	6	1
TOR	ES	2	08:33	2	6	Kessel drives	42	81	18	25	57	34	8	22	21	7	29	1
TOR	ES	2	08:07	2	6	Bozak from loose puck	42	81	18	2	44	34	8	22	21	4	6	1
CGY	ES	2	07:44	2	6	Bollig wide from Ferland	23	20	21	2	44	34	18	25	79	7	29	1
TOR	ES	2	06:37	2	6	Holland deflects Lupul shot	24	47	19	3	51	34	23	24	13	4	6	1
TOR	ES	2	06:37	2	6	Holland from rebound	24	47	19	3	51	34	23	24	13	4	6	1
CGY	ES	2	06:10	2	6	Schlemko from Hudler	22	47	19	3	51	34	8	11	19	3	33	1
CGY	ES	2	05:55	2	6	Colborne wide from loose puck	15	22	67	2	44	34	8	11	19	3	33	1
TOR	ES	2	03:24	2	6	Bozak from Rielly	42	81	25	44	34	-	23	19	7	29	1	-
TOR	ES	2	03:23	2	6	Bozak wide from rebound	42	81	25	44	34	-	23	19	7	29	1	-
TOR	PP	2	01:37	2	6	Holland from Gardiner	24	19	21	3	51	34	11	18	7	29	1	-
TOR	ES	3	18:44	3	6	Komarov deflects Lupul shot wide	24	47	19	44	51	34	8	23	21	4	6	1
CGY	ES	3	15:45	3	6	Gaudreau drives	42	81	3	51	34	-	19	13	7	29	1	-
TOR	ES	3	15:13	3	6	Van Riemsdyk from Brewer	47	21	2	25	44	34	11	23	79	4	6	1
CGY	ES	3	13:24	3	6	Raymond from Shore	23	67	21	25	57	34	8	22	21	4	6	1
TOR	PP	3	11:34	3	6	Bozak from loose puck	42	81	21	3	25	34	11	18	7	29	1	-
TOR	ES	3	10:37	3	6	Holland from Gardiner	24	18	19	3	51	34	11	18	24	4	6	1
CGY	ES	3	10:29	3	6	Backlund from Hudler	24	18	19	3	51	34	11	18	24	4	6	1
CGY	ES	3	10:21	3	6	Backlund deflects Schlemko shot wide	24	18	19	3	51	34	11	18	24	3	33	1
TOR	ES	3	06:56	3	6	Sill wide from loose puck	15	22	67	25	51	34	11	24	25	4	33	1
CGY	ES	3	06:26	3	6	Ferland drives	23	20	21	25	51	34	11	24	79	4	33	1
CGY	ES	3	03:40	3	6	Monahan from Hudler	42	81	18	3	44	34	23	24	13	7	29	1
TOR	ES	3	01:45	3	6	Van Riemsdyk from Booth	23	20	21	2	51	34	8	22	21	29	33	1

Player-by-Player data:

Player	Overall				Even Strength				ES Close
	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff	TOI	For	Against	Diff
Brewer	6	6	0	18:05	6	5	1	16:46	0	1	-1
Phaneuf	7	6	1	23:25	3	5	-2	15:04	0	0	0
Lindstrom	1	1	0	09:50	1	1	0	09:50	0	0	0
Panik	5	5	0	14:14	4	3	1	10:52	0	0	0
Lupul	7	7	0	16:19	5	6	-1	13:09	0	1	-1
Booth	2	7	-5	13:09	2	7	-5	11:22	0	5	-5
Van Riemsdyk	8	5	3	17:32	3	4	-1	11:51	0	1	-1
Sill	1	2	-1	09:37	1	2	-1	09:12	0	0	0
Smith	2	9	-7	14:51	2	8	-6	12:38	0	5	-5
Holland	7	3	4	16:40	5	2	3	13:49	0	0	0
Brennan	11	8	3	20:43	7	7	0	14:36	0	5	-5
Bozak	9	7	2	17:51	5	6	-1	11:44	0	2	-2
Rielly	8	8	0	19:35	6	7	-1	15:50	0	2	-2
Komarov	5	6	-1	15:20	5	6	-1	13:20	0	5	-5
Gardiner	8	7	1	23:48	6	5	1	20:46	0	0	0
MacWilliam	1	7	-6	14:26	1	7	-6	12:26	0	6	-6
Kozun	1	2	-1	11:05	1	2	-1	10:52	0	0	0
Kessel	9	7	2	18:23	5	6	-1	12:09	0	2	-2
Reimer	20	21	-1	60:00	14	18	-4	47:43	0	7	-7

After they did so well against Buffalo, it was exactly the opposite from the line of Smith, Booth and Komarov against the Flames. That’s mostly down to one terrible shift which ended with a goal in the first, as they were hemmed in their own zone for a long time. Komarov managed to recover after that, as he played some with Holland and Lupul. While Booth and Smith both finished with poor chance numbers at ES overall, Komarov was able to pull back to -1. The top line were on for a couple of Flames’ chances early, but were better once Calgary had established that big lead. Peter Holland was one of the only players who wasn’t part of the even strength struggles early, though he was on for one of the shorthanded goals. He finished as the best Leaf in chances, a +3. Richard Panik also had a solid game in chances, the only other forward in the positive.

Just as with the forwards, that one shift did a lot of damage to the numbers for the pairing of recent call-ups, as Andrew MacWilliam and TJ Brennan had terrible ES Close results. MacWilliam’s numbers never recovered, a team worst -6 at ES overall, but Brennan helped contribute to the Leafs‘ late offense, managing to get back to even. Eric Brewer had a pretty good game, having one of the more defensive zone start ratios on the team, but finishing above even at ES overall. Dion Phaneuf got the most favourable zone starts on the defence, but didn’t do well, a -2. Jake Gardiner was the only Leaf to play more than twenty minutes, and finished above even.

Cumulative numbers this season:

Overall	Pos	#	Even Strength				ES Close
			For	Against	%	TOI	For	Against	%
Franson	D	32	184	174	51.4%	15:50	103	90	53.4%
Winnik	F	32	105	126	45.5%	12:21	58	53	52.3%
Kadri	F	34	165	181	47.7%	14:20	97	96	50.3%
Clarkson	F	34	133	146	47.7%	12:25	71	71	50.0%
Komarov	F	23	78	73	51.7%	12:32	39	40	49.4%
Panik	F	31	59	63	48.4%	08:32	35	38	47.9%
Phaneuf	D	34	197	225	46.7%	17:16	116	127	47.7%
Rielly	D	33	170	198	46.2%	15:32	86	102	45.7%
Bernier	G	25	334	401	45.4%	45:01	191	235	44.8%
Smith	F	19	32	36	47.1%	07:59	15	19	44.1%
Lupul	F	22	100	126	44.2%	14:01	51	65	44.0%
Santorelli	F	34	128	147	46.5%	13:35	64	82	43.8%
Gardiner	D	31	137	175	43.9%	17:05	71	92	43.6%
Reimer	G	13	160	204	44.0%	41:49	73	97	42.9%
Kessel	F	34	178	218	44.9%	14:24	97	129	42.9%
Van Riemsdyk	F	34	169	218	43.7%	14:42	93	126	42.5%
Bozak	F	34	166	201	45.2%	14:32	85	119	41.7%
Holland	F	34	98	142	40.8%	11:26	49	69	41.5%
Polak	D	24	100	150	40.0%	17:43	56	79	41.5%
Robidas	D	32	127	170	42.8%	15:13	61	105	36.7%
Booth	F	13	21	33	38.9%	09:33	10	19	34.5%
Holzer	D	12	47	78	37.6%	16:07	20	45	30.8%

After making a move up the table with some strong games recently, Booth’s poor numbers in this game saw him drop back down below the 40% mark at ES Close. Komarov’s numbers also fell back, and he’s now level with Panik for the second best number among Leaf forwards, both a long way behind Kadri.