Game 8 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Coyotes 4 vs. Leafs 3

The Maple Leafs had penalty killing troubles again in the first period against Arizona, giving up two goals to fall behind.

There weren’t a lot of chances in a low-event game, but the Leafs managed to give up two more goals to fall behind 4-1, before a late push ended up falling short.

The two teams were pretty even in the first two periods, but as the Leafs went for the win in the third they opened up a solid advantage in Corsi. This was also reflected in the chances, where the Leafs had the advantage at even strength but couldn’t turn that into a lead on the scoreboard. The neutral zone battle was won by the Leafs, but most of that also came down to the third period, when Toronto opened up most of their advantage.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Tor	16	5	4	7	12	7	54.5%	53.2%	36.3%	32.5%
Ari	12	4	4	4	10	3	45.5%	46.8%	-	-

Arizona mustered only two ES chances in the first period, but still found themselves ahead after the frame. One good Leaf shift was responsible for most of their chances in the second period, while the Leafs failed to get level early in the third. Arizona struck with the back-breaking fourth goal not long after.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	15:30	0	0	Ari	Martinook wide from Richardson	ES	15	24	34	40	46	52	12	19	23	26	41	48
1	13:29	0	0	Ari	GOAL! Domi from Stone	SH	2	34	40	44	56		10	11	16	23	26	41
1	12:20	0	1	Tor	Komarov from Kadri	ES	21	34	36	43	44	47	2	16	24	26	41	89
1	09:42	0	1	Ari	Boedker from Turris	ES	2	3	21	34	43	47	16	24	26	34	41	89
1	06:56	0	1	Tor	Van Riemsdyk from Hunwick	ES	2	3	21	34	43	47	4	8	19	34	41	89
1	06:53	0	1	Tor	Boyes from faceoff	ES	23	28	33	34	46	52	4	15	17	32	34	41
1	06:52	0	1	Tor	GOAL! Matthias from Boyes	ES	23	28	33	34	46	52	4	15	17	32	34	41
1	05:01	1	1	Ari	GOAL! Doan from Boedker	SH	26	34	44	52	56		5	8	19	23	41	89
1	00:27	1	2	Tor	Kadri drives post	PP	3	15	19	21	34	43	4	15	34	41	48
2	17:03	1	2	Tor	Komarov from loose puck	ES	21	34	43	46	47	52	2	5	12	19	41	48
2	16:54	1	2	Tor	Matthias post from faceoff	ES	23	28	33	34	36	44	4	10	15	32	34	41
2	16:51	1	2	Tor	Matthias from Boyes	ES	23	28	33	34	36	44	4	10	15	32	34	41
2	12:22	1	2	Ari	GOAL! Dahlbeck from Chipchura	ES	2	3	19	34	47	56	4	16	17	24	34	41
2	06:50	1	3	Ari	Rieder drives	ES	2	3	19	26	34	56	8	10	23	26	32	41
2	04:27	1	3	Tor	Matthias drives	ES	2	3	23	28	33	34	16	23	24	26	41	89
2	02:46	1	3	Ari	Stone from Doan	ES	3	15	24	34	40	46	19	23	26	32	41	48
2	01:33	1	3	Ari	Domi from Chipchura	ES	21	34	36	43	44	47	16	23	24	26	41	89
3	15:51	1	3	Tor	Grabner from rebound of Rielly shot	SH	2	26	34	40	44		10	16	23	26	41	48
3	14:52	1	3	Tor	Kadri from loose puck	ES	19	21	34	36	43	52	5	12	19	32	34	41
3	14:01	1	3	Tor	Kadri wide from Winnik	ES	26	34	36	43	44	47	2	4	8	15	17	41
3	13:03	1	3	Ari	Ekman-Larsson from Chipchura	ES	2	3	23	34	43		23	24	26	41	89
3	13:02	1	3	Ari	Ekman-Larsson from rebound	ES	2	3	23	34	43		23	24	26	41	89
3	13:00	1	3	Ari	GOAL! Chipchura from rebound	ES	2	3	23	34	43		23	24	26	41	89
3	12:12	1	4	Tor	Froese wraparound	ES	2	3	19	34	56		2	5	8	32	41
3	10:55	1	4	Tor	GOAL! Van Riemsdyk from Kadri	ES	21	23	34	43	46	52	4	12	19	34	41	48
3	05:52	2	4	Ari	Doan from Martinook	ES	15	21	34	36	44	56	2	5	12	19	41	48
3	03:06	2	4	Tor	Rielly drives wide	EN	3	15	19	21	43	44	2	5	15	41	48
3	02:40	2	4	Tor	Parenteau wide from Van Riemsdyk	EN	3	15	19	21	43	44	5	32	34	41	48

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Boyes	5	0	100.0%	09:47	87.5%	48.3%	35.7%	33.3%
Arcobello	5	0	100.0%	09:46	80.0%	56.3%	27.8%	28.6%
Matthias	6	3	66.7%	12:14	88.9%	51.2%	33.3%	35.0%
Van Riemsdyk	5	3	62.5%	16:57	92.3%	53.6%	43.3%	42.3%
Komarov	4	3	57.1%	15:49	88.9%	55.2%	34.4%	42.3%
Kadri	6	5	54.5%	18:37	92.9%	54.0%	47.1%	37.9%
Lupul	2	2	50.0%	14:26	60.0%	53.3%	45.8%	28.6%
Winnik	1	1	50.0%	09:57	20.0%	60.0%	33.3%	28.6%
Froese	1	3	25.0%	13:32	42.9%	46.3%	31.6%	31.8%
Parenteau	0	3	0.0%	12:22	28.6%	51.3%	25.0%	21.1%
Holland	0	2	0.0%	11:25	16.7%	50.0%	30.0%	20.0%
Grabner	0	2	0.0%	08:03	0.0%	58.6%	29.4%	25.0%
Marincin	5	1	83.3%	12:22	66.7%	57.4%	29.6%	20.0%
Harrington	5	2	71.4%	18:24	55.6%	46.8%	37.9%	33.3%
Rielly	4	2	66.7%	20:37	69.2%	51.5%	41.2%	34.4%
Polak	4	2	66.7%	12:25	62.5%	52.3%	30.4%	19.0%
Hunwick	3	6	33.3%	17:04	63.6%	57.6%	35.3%	40.0%
Phaneuf	3	7	30.0%	20:32	73.3%	54.7%	40.0%	41.4%

Brad Boyes and Marc Arcobello didn’t get a lot of ES ice-time, but were the most effective with it thanks to a couple of good shifts on the offensive end. Neither was on for a single ES chance against.

The top line was also solid again, as they were all positive in chances as well and finished with strong neutral zone numbers. They were the worst line at preventing Arizona from entering with control, a consistent issue for this unit.

Michael Grabner, P.A. Parenteau and Peter Holland were given the most defensive zone starts on the team, and weren’t able to generate offense, finishing at the bottom of the chance percentage list, although they had very few controlled entries either way.

Martin Marincin had one of his strongest games from a chance percentage perspective, as he and Roman Polak also had solid numbers in the neutral zone, through they were the ES pairing that played the least.

Scott Harrington also finished with good chance numbers, and so did his partner Morgan Rielly, as that pair played a lot of minutes. The pairing that struggled in chances was Dion Phaneuf and Matt Hunwick, who were the only tandem to finish in the negative in terms of chances.