Home Analysis Game Reviews Game 23 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Capitals 4 vs. Leafs 2

496176526_slide — WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 07: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the second period against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Verizon Center on November 7, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ovechkin scored his 483rd career NHL goal tying Sergei Fedorov for the most goals by a Russian-born player in NHL history. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)

Game 23 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Capitals 4 vs. Leafs 2

Dec 1, 2015

Toronto managed two quick answers when the Washington Capitals went ahead in this game, but a pair of power-play markers in the second period went unanswered.

Washington were able to see it out fairly comfortably, as Jonathan Bernier’s struggles in net continued.

The second period made all the difference for the Capitals, who dominated chances in the frame, as the Leafs went the last half of the period with only a single Corsi event, squandering an early possession lead. Toronto made a good rally in the neutral zone numbers in the third period, which pushed them to finish well ahead in controlled entries.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Tor	15	7	2	6	10	8	38.5%	48.4%	48.9%	38.5%
Wsh	21	6	9	6	16	10	61.5%	51.6%	-	-

After a good exchange of chances early, the Leafs went dry, out-chanced badly in the second period, and earning only one ES chance in the frame. Even in the third period, while chasing the game, the Leafs weren’t great, as the only chances they had in the last ten minutes came with an extra man.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	17:54	0	0	Tor	Lupul drives	ES	2	16	19	40	44	45	2	8	19	27	70	77
1	17:36	0	0	Wsh	Kuznetsov from Williams	ES	3	21	43	45	47	51	4	9	14	70	90	92
1	16:28	0	0	Tor	Holland from loose puck	ES	3	24	28	45	51	56	4	9	25	65	70	83
1	16:25	0	0	Tor	Boyes from rebound	ES	3	24	28	45	51	56	4	9	25	65	70	83
1	16:17	0	0	Wsh	GOAL! Chimera drives	ES	3	24	28	45	51	56	4	9	25	65	70	83
1	15:38	0	1	Wsh	Ovechkin wide from loose puck	ES	2	15	23	42	44	45	8	19	70	74	77	88
1	14:51	0	1	Tor	Kadri deflects Marincin shot	ES	21	43	45	46	47	52	2	25	27	65	70	83
1	14:28	0	1	Wsh	Burakovsky from Alzner	ES	21	43	45	46	47	52	2	25	27	65	70	83
1	13:47	0	1	Tor	GOAL! Holland from rebound	ES	3	24	28	45	51	56	4	9	21	43	46	70
1	11:02	1	1	Tor	Grabner wide from loose puck	ES	2	16	19	40	44	45	8	19	70	74	77	88
1	08:46	1	1	Wsh	Laich from Niskanen	ES	15	23	42	45	46	52	2	21	27	43	46	70
1	05:56	1	1	Tor	Holland deflects Gardiner shot	ES	3	24	28	45	51	56	21	43	46	70	74	88
1	00:50	1	1	Wsh	Niskanen drives	ES	3	15	23	42	45	51	2	14	70	74	90	92
2	19:00	1	1	Tor	Rielly drives	ES	3	21	43	44	45	47	2	14	27	70	90	92
2	16:25	1	1	Wsh	Schmidt post from Latta	ES	3	16	21	43	45	51	2	21	43	46	70	88
2	15:54	1	1	Wsh	GOAL! Wilson from loose puck	ES	2	16	19	40	44	45	2	8	19	27	43	70
2	15:32	1	2	Wsh	Oshie wide from Alzner	ES	2	16	19	40	44	45	2	8	19	27	70	77
2	13:34	1	2	Tor	GOAL! Komarov deflects Phaneuf shot	PP	3	19	21	43	45	47	2	27	43	70	83
2	09:10	2	2	Wsh	Ovechkin from Carlson	SH	2	40	45	46	56		8	19	70	74	77	90
2	08:52	2	2	Wsh	GOAL! Johansson deflects Ovechkin shot	SH	2	40	45	46	56		8	19	70	74	77	90
2	07:56	2	3	Wsh	Johansson from Williams	ES	3	21	43	45	47	51	14	70	74	88	90	92
2	06:34	2	3	Wsh	GOAL! Williams from Chimera	SH	23	44	45	52	56		8	14	25	70	74	92
2	00:46	2	4	Wsh	Carlson from Backstrom	SH	2	3	45	47	56		8	19	70	74	77	90
2	00:30	2	4	Wsh	Beagle deflects Niskanen shot wide	SH	16	40	45	46	52		2	9	43	65	70	83
3	19:22	2	4	Wsh	Ovechkin deflects Alzner shot wide	ES	2	16	19	40	44	45	2	8	19	27	70	77
3	18:27	2	4	Wsh	Kuznetsov drives wide	ES	3	21	23	42	45	51	14	70	74	88	90	92
3	17:02	2	4	Tor	Boyes wraparound	ES	3	24	28	45	51	56	2	21	27	43	46	70
3	13:17	2	4	Wsh	Oshie drives	ES	16	19	40	45	46	52	2	8	19	27	70	77
3	10:03	2	4	Tor	Hunwick from Lupul	ES	2	16	19	40	44	45	8	19	70	74	77	88
3	09:06	2	4	Tor	Lupul from rebound	PP	3	19	21	43	45	47	2	27	43	70	83
3	09:01	2	4	Tor	Van Riemsdyk post from rebound	PP	3	19	21	43	45	47	2	27	43	70	83
3	08:41	2	4	Tor	Holland post from Phaneuf	PP	3	15	24	42	45	47	21	70	74	77	88
3	04:40	2	4	Wsh	Ovechkin from loose puck	ES	2	15	23	42	44	45	8	9	14	70	74	92
3	04:34	2	4	Wsh	Ovechkin wide from loose puck	ES	2	15	21	42	44	45	8	14	70	74	88	92
3	02:21	2	4	Wsh	Schmidt from Williams	ES	15	42	44	45	46	56	14	25	70	74	83	88
3	01:14	2	4	Tor	Van Riemsdyk from loose puck	EN	3	19	21	43	47	51	2	8	19	27	70	77

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Holland	5	1	83.3%	11:55	66.7%	47.1%	37.5%	27.8%
Boyes	5	1	83.3%	10:43	66.7%	45.5%	40.0%	27.8%
Froese	5	2	71.4%	11:16	66.7%	46.9%	46.7%	29.4%
Lupul	3	4	42.9%	13:32	66.7%	43.8%	42.9%	29.6%
Grabner	3	4	42.9%	12:15	62.5%	42.6%	40.0%	33.3%
Komarov	2	3	40.0%	15:53	46.7%	55.6%	46.7%	41.7%
Spaling	3	5	37.5%	13:24	62.5%	42.0%	38.1%	31.0%
Kadri	2	4	33.3%	16:37	46.7%	56.7%	47.1%	42.3%
Van Riemsdyk	2	6	25.0%	15:48	57.1%	56.7%	52.9%	38.5%
Parenteau	0	6	0.0%	14:57	60.0%	46.7%	57.1%	50.0%
Matthias	0	5	0.0%	12:22	63.6%	43.2%	63.2%	52.0%
Bozak	0	7	0.0%	15:45	53.9%	47.1%	66.7%	51.9%
Phaneuf	6	6	50.0%	18:29	33.3%	51.8%	51.7%	37.0%
Gardiner	5	6	45.5%	19:27	33.3%	53.3%	46.9%	35.7%
Rielly	4	7	36.4%	20:42	80.0%	48.6%	60.0%	37.8%
Hunwick	3	6	33.3%	18:44	80.0%	47.1%	53.1%	33.3%
Marincin	1	3	25.0%	14:28	57.1%	45.5%	36.0%	40.0%
Polak	1	4	20.0%	16:51	57.1%	44.3%	40.7%	47.1%

Tyler Bozak’s line had a tough night, as both of Toronto’s top lines struggled to control the Capitals’ offense. Bozak, with Shawn Matthias and P.A. Parenteau, didn’t generate a single chance at ES, and they were on for more Capitals chances than any other line. James Van Riemsdyk and Nazem Kadri also had poor numbers, and while they were able to generate a couple of chances, they weren’t close to even.

Neither of those lines faced a lot of the Ovechkin line, as most of that assignment went to Nick Spaling with Joffrey Lupul and Michael Grabner. That line did decently, managing to pretty much break even in chances. The bright spot for the Leafs was Peter Holland’s line, as he and Brad Boyes, going mostly against the bottom two Washington lines, were the best Leafs in terms of chances.

Roman Polak and Martin Marincin played very little against the top two lines, but still finished at the bottom of the defence in terms of chance differential, as they weren’t able to turn those match-ups into many chances. Morgan Rielly and Matt Hunwick got the easiest zone starts, but mostly tough assignments, going heavily against the Ovechkin line, and they both ended up out-chanced by three.