Game 19 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 5 vs. Avalanche 1

Toronto continued its strong run in November with a dominant special teams performance against Colorado.

The Leafs failed to score a goal at even strength, but it didn’t make much of a difference, as they opened the scoring shorthanded, and added four powerplay markers, winning comfortably.

Colorado carried the possession for most of the game, but wasn’t able to turn that into a chance advantage, as the two teams finished level at even strength. Colorado also had the better of the neutral zone, as they dominated with a lot of controlled entries, which was helped by the fact they were behind for most of the game.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Tor	18	8	3	7	11	4	50.0%	51.0%	34.2%	51.4%
Col	16	6	6	4	11	5	50.0%	49.0%	-	-

The Leafs out-chanced Colorado in the opening frame, and left the period with a two goal lead. Toronto was able to hold on in the second period, giving up five of the first seven chances, but they turned one of theirs into a power-play goal from Tyler Bozak. The third period was a strong one for the Leafs, who were able to hold off the Avalanche resistance, and ended up extending their lead.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:43	0	0	Col	Soderberg from Comeau	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	5	12	14	20	34	46
1	17:30	0	0	Col	Skille wide from loose puck	ES	19	26	34	46	52	56	2	4	8	10	20	55
1	16:59	0	0	Col	Duchene wide from Grigorenko	SH	2	34	40	42	46		4	9	12	20	25	29
1	16:51	0	0	Tor	Grabner drives	SH	3	34	40	44	47		4	9	12	20	25	29
1	16:39	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Komarov from Matthias	SH	3	23	34	44	47		4	9	12	20	25	29
1	13:41	1	0	Tor	Holland from rebound	ES	3	24	28	34	40	51	5	20	27	36	46	55
1	13:06	1	0	Col	Soderberg deflects Beauchemin shot	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	6	12	14	20	32	34
1	12:09	1	0	Tor	Kadri wraparound	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	2	4	9	20	25	29
1	11:59	1	0	Tor	Kadri deflects Rielly shot wide	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	2	4	9	20	25	29
1	08:17	1	0	Col	Street from Everberg	ES	19	21	34	43	44	46	5	8	10	20	45	46
1	06:42	1	0	Tor	Parenteau from Matthias	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	6	12	14	20	32	34
1	03:14	1	0	Col	MacKinnon drives	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	2	4	9	20	25	29
1	01:34	1	0	Tor	Boyes from looose puck	PP	3	15	24	28	34	42	6	20	29	32	45
1	01:23	1	0	Tor	GOAL! Parenteau from Holland	PP	3	15	24	28	34	42	6	20	29	32	45
2	12:26	2	0	Col	Soderberg drives	ES	3	19	26	34	51	56	2	4	12	14	20	34
2	11:15	2	0	Col	Iginla from Barrie	SH	3	23	26	34	46		4	9	12	20	25	29
2	10:07	2	0	Tor	Froese from Rielly	ES	21	26	34	44	46	56	2	14	20	27	32	36
2	09:48	3	0	Tor	GOAL! Bozak from Boyes	PP	3	15	24	28	34	42	6	20	32	36	45
2	09:40	3	0	Col	Street drives	ES	19	26	34	46	51	56	5	8	10	20	45	46
2	08:00	3	0	Col	Wagner drives	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	5	20	27	36	46	55
2	04:03	3	1	Col	Skille from McLeod	ES	19	26	34	46	52	56	6	8	20	32	36	55
2	01:59	3	1	Tor	Lupul from loose puck	ES	19	26	34	46	52	56	2	4	8	10	20	45
2	01:17	3	1	Col	MacKinnon wraparound	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	6	9	20	25	29	46
3	16:29	3	1	Tor	Kadri from Van Riemsdyk	ES	2	21	34	43	44	47	6	9	20	25	29	32
3	13:47	3	1	Tor	Kadri from Van Riemsdyk	ES	3	21	34	43	47	51	6	9	20	25	29	32
3	12:07	3	1	Col	McLeod deflects Beauchemin shot wide	SH	2	34	40	46	56		6	14	20	32	34	55
3	10:55	3	1	Tor	Kadri wide from loose puck	ES	2	15	24	34	43	44	2	4	9	20	27	29
3	08:39	3	1	Tor	GOAL! Parenteau from Holland	PP	3	15	24	28	34	42	2	5	8	14	20
3	05:22	4	1	Col	MacKinnon post from Barrie	EN	2	15	23	34	42	44	4	6	9	14	27	29
3	04:14	4	1	Col	Martinsen from rebound	EN	3	19	26	34	51	56	2	4	27	29	36	55
3	04:01	4	1	Tor	GOAL! Van Riemsdyk from Hunwick	PP	2	21	34	43	44	47	6	14	31	32	36
3	03:02	5	1	Tor	Grabner from Boyes	ES	24	28	34	40	46	52	5	12	14	31	34	46
3	01:52	5	1	Tor	Kadri from Van Riemsdyk	ES	21	34	43	46	47	52	2	4	27	31	36	55
3	00:46	5	1	Col	Everberg deflects Martinsen shot wide	ES	26	28	34	46	52	56	5	27	31	34	45	46

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Holland	3	0	100.0%	07:23	57.1%	59.1%	15.4%	44.4%
Grabner	2	0	100.0%	07:37	75.0%	57.7%	33.3%	45.5%
Komarov	5	2	71.4%	13:14	12.5%	56.1%	43.5%	55.6%
Van Riemsdyk	6	3	66.7%	14:39	16.7%	55.6%	44.0%	55.0%
Boyes	2	1	66.7%	05:55	80.0%	60.0%	25.0%	37.5%
Kadri	6	3	66.7%	15:41	12.5%	56.9%	48.3%	59.1%
Parenteau	2	3	40.0%	11:54	77.8%	50.0%	28.6%	50.0%
Winnik	2	5	28.6%	15:05	50.0%	42.6%	25.0%	51.9%
Froese	2	5	28.6%	16:30	33.3%	46.8%	31.8%	52.0%
Matthias	1	3	25.0%	12:30	100.0%	48.3%	42.9%	53.3%
Bozak	1	3	25.0%	12:48	80.0%	46.7%	28.6%	50.0%
Lupul	1	5	16.7%	14:07	50.0%	41.9%	22.2%	48.0%
Hunwick	4	2	66.7%	15:44	11.1%	63.3%	41.9%	50.0%
Rielly	5	3	62.5%	15:13	11.1%	60.9%	39.3%	61.1%
Phaneuf	3	3	50.0%	16:01	66.7%	32.5%	23.1%	48.1%
Gardiner	3	4	42.9%	17:26	70.0%	35.6%	31.3%	44.8%
Marincin	3	4	42.9%	15:08	85.7%	54.2%	26.9%	54.5%
Polak	4	6	40.0%	18:24	87.5%	55.2%	34.4%	53.8%

Leo Komarov and James van Riemsdyk both scored goals on a great night for the top line, which went head-to-head with MacKinnon and Duchene, and clearly won the chance battle, as all three forwards finished at a team best +3. As so often happens, they were also the only line that regularly entered the opponent’s zone with control, though they also gave up a higher percentage of controlled entries.

It was also a good night for the Peter Holland line, with Brad Boyes drawing back in, as Holland and Grabner both finished without giving up a chance against.

P.A. Parenteau and Tyler Bozak had strong nights with the extra man, but weren’t that impressive at even strength, as they were broadly out-chanced going up against the Iginla line. Joffrey Lupul’s line was given a variety of match-ups, and had a tough time in all of them — the Leafs‘ worst line in terms of possession and chances.

Matt Hunwick and Morgan Rielly spent most of their time with the top line, and against the Colorado top line, and so they ended up with nice numbers as well — the only defencemen to finish above even in chances. Things weren’t as good for Roman Polak with Martin Marincin, as they mostly avoided the top two lines, but were the worst pairing in terms of chances, and had very poor numbers for controlled entries against.