Game 11 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 4 vs. Stars 1

The Maple Leafs went into an early lead against Dallas, and while that was short-lived, a couple of goals from Joffrey Lupul in the second period stood up and Toronto snapped its losing streak.

This was coupled with some power-play success, which has been sorely lacking so far this year.

While the Leafs ended up heavily out-shot, and lost the possession battle as well, a lot of that happened over the course of the second half of the game when Toronto was defending the lead. The Leafs were ahead in chances through two periods, and only the late Dallas push leveled the overall total for the game. The Stars were dominant in controlling the neutral zone, particularly in the third period, when the Leafs had very few controlled entries, lowering their overall numbers.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Tor	22	7	9	6	16	8	47.1%	46.2%	25.8%	42.9%
Dal	22	7	5	10	18	9	52.9%	53.8%	-	-

The Leafs were powered by a strong second period, and had several good chances even after moving ahead by two goals. Dallas were better in the third, but the Leafs were solid in the final ten minutes, allowing only a few chances in that time, as the Stars tried to stay alive.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:05	0	0	Dal	Nichushkin deflects Demers shot wide	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	4	13	20	31	43	47
1	16:52	0	0	Tor	Winnik deflects Lupul	ES	2	16	19	26	34	44	10	14	15	24	31	91
1	15:30	0	0	Tor	Kadri deflects Phaneuf shot	ES	3	21	34	43	47	51	4	12	31	47	83	90
1	15:04	0	0	Dal	Nichushkin wide from rebound	ES	3	15	21	34	42	51	3	13	20	31	33	43
1	15:00	0	0	Dal	Nichushkin wraparound	ES	3	15	21	34	42	51	3	13	20	31	33	43
1	14:37	0	0	Tor	Froese from Grabner	ES	28	34	40	46	52	56	3	21	22	31	33	38
1	11:36	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Boyes from rebound	ES	2	28	34	40	44	56	15	21	22	24	31	38
1	11:16	1	0	Dal	Sceviour from loose puck	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	4	21	22	31	38	47
1	11:11	1	0	Dal	Sceviour from rebound	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	4	21	22	31	38	47
1	10:38	1	0	Dal	GOAL! Benn from Seguin	ES	2	16	19	26	34	44	3	10	14	31	33	91
1	08:26	1	1	Dal	Sharp drives	ES	2	19	26	34	44	56	4	10	14	31	47	91
1	05:11	1	1	Tor	Rielly from Bozak	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	3	14	31	33	83	91
1	05:00	1	1	Tor	Parenteau from loose puck	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	13	15	20	24	31	43
1	02:22	1	1	Tor	Bozak from rebound	PP	3	15	26	34	42	47	4	20	31	38	47
2	19:39	1	1	Tor	GOAL! Lupul from loose puck	ES	2	16	19	26	34	44	4	10	14	31	47	91
2	13:36	2	1	Dal	Benn from rebound	ES	2	16	19	34	44	56	3	10	14	31	33	91
2	12:13	2	1	Dal	Nemeth from Eakin	ES	3	21	23	34	43	51	13	15	20	24	31	43
2	11:55	2	1	Tor	Kadri drives	ES	21	34	43	46	47	52	13	15	20	24	31	43
2	07:33	2	1	Dal	Faksa drives wide	PP	3	15	19	21	34	42	4	12	21	31	47
2	07:15	2	1	Tor	GOAL! Lupul from Kadri	PP	19	21	28	34	43	51	14	15	22	31	33
2	06:38	3	1	Tor	Spaling wide from loose puck	ES	2	16	19	26	34	44	3	10	14	31	33	91
2	06:28	3	1	Dal	Benn drives wide	ES	2	16	19	26	34	44	14	31	33	47	83	91
2	05:38	3	1	Tor	Kadri from Komarov	ES	3	21	34	43	47	51	4	12	31	47	83	90
2	04:59	3	1	Tor	Parenteau wraparound	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	4	12	31	47	83	90
2	04:52	3	1	Tor	Bozak wide from rebound	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	4	12	31	47	83	90
2	03:05	3	1	Dal	Seguin from Sharp	ES	2	16	19	26	34	44	3	10	14	31	33	91
2	01:42	3	1	Tor	Van Riemsdyk drives	ES	3	21	34	43	47	51	3	10	14	31	33	91
2	01:23	3	1	Tor	Rielly wide from Kadri	ES	2	16	19	21	34	44	3	10	14	31	33	91
3	16:46	3	1	Dal	Sharp from Benn	ES	2	16	26	34	44	56	3	10	14	31	33	91
3	16:43	3	1	Dal	Seguin from faceoff	ES	2	3	16	26	34	56	3	10	14	31	33	91
3	14:42	3	1	Tor	Parenteau wide from Matthias	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	13	20	24	31	43	47
3	13:55	3	1	Dal	Nichushkin drives	ES	3	23	28	34	51	56	13	15	20	24	31	43
3	13:54	3	1	Dal	Janmark from rebound	ES	3	23	28	34	51	56	13	15	20	24	31	43
3	13:53	3	1	Dal	Nichushkin penalty shot wide	ES	3	23	28	34	51	56	13	15	20	24	31	43
3	11:24	3	1	Tor	Lupul from loose puck	PP	3	19	21	28	34	43	4	21	31	38	47
3	10:46	3	1	Dal	Eakin from Benn	PP	15	21	26	34	42	51	14	20	24	31	33
3	10:39	3	1	Dal	Eakin wide from rebound	PP	15	21	26	34	42	51	14	20	24	31	33
3	10:13	3	1	Tor	Phaneuf from Rielly	PP	3	15	34	42	44	47	4	12	22	31	47
3	08:07	3	1	Tor	Lupul deflects Kadri shot	PP	2	19	21	34	43	44	14	15	20	24	31
3	06:39	3	1	Tor	Kadri drives wide	ES	3	21	34	43	47	51	3	14	31	33	83	90
3	05:58	3	1	Dal	Faksa deflects Hemsky shot wide	ES	3	21	34	43	51	56	4	12	31	47	83	90
3	05:34	3	1	Dal	Oduya drives	ES	3	21	34	43	51	56	4	12	31	47	83	90
3	02:00	3	1	Dal	Seguin from faceoff	EN	2	16	26	34	42	44	3	10	13	14	33	91
3	00:13	3	1	Tor	GOAL! Rielly from Lupul	PP	3	19	34	42	44	47	4	10	20	24	31

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Grabner	2	0	100.0%	06:32	14.3%	61.9%	15.4%	37.5%
Komarov	5	0	100.0%	12:50	40.0%	57.1%	20.8%	27.8%
Kadri	5	3	62.5%	15:05	36.4%	53.7%	24.1%	28.0%
Van Riemsdyk	6	5	54.5%	13:51	40.0%	51.0%	24.0%	29.2%
Parenteau	5	5	50.0%	11:57	77.8%	34.3%	41.7%	39.1%
Bozak	5	5	50.0%	14:17	50.0%	35.1%	38.5%	41.7%
Lupul	4	5	44.4%	12:09	33.3%	40.0%	28.6%	61.9%
Matthias	5	7	41.7%	12:51	70.0%	37.1%	46.2%	45.5%
Spaling	4	6	40.0%	13:40	16.7%	38.2%	23.1%	61.9%
Boyes	2	3	40.0%	06:33	16.7%	52.0%	15.4%	41.7%
Winnik	3	6	33.3%	13:34	17.7%	39.4%	23.1%	55.0%
Froese	2	9	18.2%	09:13	7.1%	55.2%	18.8%	46.2%
Polak	6	3	66.7%	13:54	50.0%	48.8%	30.0%	42.9%
Marincin	6	3	66.7%	11:48	54.6%	48.6%	35.3%	38.9%
Rielly	6	6	50.0%	15:14	21.1%	45.7%	28.6%	64.0%
Hunwick	6	7	46.2%	17:10	21.1%	41.5%	22.7%	61.3%
Gardiner	4	8	33.3%	18:55	35.7%	47.3%	23.1%	27.6%
Phaneuf	4	9	30.8%	18:12	33.3%	46.4%	19.2%	23.3%

Yet again, it was a solid game for the top line, with Leo Komarov the best of the forwards in terms of chances; Komarov was not on for a single Stars ES chance. Kadri and Van Riemsdyk had a tougher time on their few ES shifts without him, with a couple of those featuring a flurry of Star chances.

Michael Grabner, who played only a few ES minutes, also had a strong defensive record, not on for a chance against. The line that struggled the most in the neutral zone was Winnik with Lupul and Spaling, and they were also quite poor in terms of possession numbers.

Morgan Rielly and Matt Hunwick managed to finish even in chances, but were poor at preventing controlled entries, used mostly against the Jamie Benn/Seguin line. They were able to break even in chances, which was somewhat of a success.

Jake Gardiner and Dion Phaneuf went against the Spezza line mostly, and had the worst chance ratio of the defence, partially due to getting some tough minutes in the final period.