Game 24 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 3 vs. Oilers 0

The Maple Leafs put Garret Sparks in the deep end against the Oilers, but they started well, limiting Edmonton’s chances early and going ahead on the power-play.

After Edmonton made a push late in the second period, with Sparks managing to hold on, Toronto had a great third. They shut down the Oilers attack in the third, and added two insurance goals to secure the victory.

There were relatively few chances in the game, and the Leafs actually ended up out-chanced at even strength, as they had most of their success on the power-play. Seven ES chances is a pretty meager total, but the Leafs were defending a lead for most of the game, and had good overall possession numbers. They again won the neutral zone, although the Oilers had the better of controlled entries, likely due to chasing the game.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Tor	14	2	6	6	7	3	36.8%	52.0%	35.1%	43.7%
Edm	13	4	8	1	12	11	63.2%	48.0%	-	-

Edmonton really threatened at the end of the second period, with six chances in the last six minutes. With a power-play going over the intermission break, it looked like the Leafs might be in tough. They responded perfectly, limiting Edmonton to only a single chance in the final frame, and out-chancing them 4-1 at ES.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	17:47	0	0	Edm	Khaira from Sekera	ES	15	24	31	46	52	56	2	23	25	39	51	54
1	14:02	0	0	Tor	Holland wide from Boyes	PP	3	15	24	28	31	42	23	39	55	77	88
1	13:15	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Komarov from Van Riemsdyk	PP	3	21	31	43	47	56	16	19	25	39	93
1	08:19	1	0	Edm	Hall wraparound	ES	2	16	26	31	40	44	2	4	16	25	29	39
1	03:32	1	0	Edm	Eberle drives	ES	3	16	26	31	40	51	2	14	19	39	67	93
1	02:13	1	0	Edm	Hall deflects Nurse shot wide	ES	2	15	23	31	42	52	4	16	25	29	39	77
2	19:33	1	0	Edm	Draisaitl from Hall	ES	2	16	26	31	40	44	2	4	16	25	29	39
2	16:58	1	0	Tor	Van Riemsdyk from Kadri	PP	3	21	31	43	47	56	16	39	77	88	93
2	15:53	1	0	Tor	Holland from Boyes	PP	15	24	28	31	42	51	5	25	28	39	55
2	15:32	1	0	Edm	Hall from loose puck	ES	2	16	26	28	31	44	4	19	23	29	39	88
2	14:56	1	0	Tor	Winnik from loose puck	ES	3	16	26	31	47	51	4	16	19	29	39	88
2	13:29	1	0	Tor	Van Riemsdyk from loose puck	ES	3	21	31	43	47	51	5	14	39	67	77	93
2	12:52	1	0	Edm	Schultz post from Davidson	ES	3	16	21	31	47	51	14	19	39	67	88	93
2	09:51	1	0	Tor	Kadri from Komarov	ES	3	21	31	43	47	51	14	19	39	67	88	93
2	09:16	1	0	Tor	Kadri from Van Riemsdyk	PP	3	21	31	43	47	56	23	39	55	77	88
2	05:56	1	0	Edm	Nugent-Hopkins drives post	ES	3	15	23	31	42	51	5	14	39	51	77	93
2	02:13	1	0	Edm	Draisaitl wide from Hall	ES	2	15	23	31	42	44	4	16	25	29	39	77
2	01:58	1	0	Edm	Korpikoski wide from Letestu	ES	24	28	31	44	46	56	2	25	26	28	39	55
2	01:01	1	0	Edm	Draisaitl drives	ES	2	3	21	31	43	47	4	16	25	29	39	77
2	00:08	1	0	Edm	Schultz wide from Draisaitl	SH	31	40	44	46	56		4	14	16	19	29	39
3	19:15	1	0	Tor	Froese drives	SH	3	31	40	52	56		4	14	16	19	29	39
3	18:47	1	0	Tor	Hunwick wide from Matthias	ES	2	3	16	23	31	52	2	4	16	25	29	39
3	12:27	1	0	Tor	GOAL! Kadri deflects Gardiner shot	ES	3	21	31	43	47	51	2	14	19	39	67	93
3	11:30	2	0	Tor	Grabner deflects Hunwick shot wide	ES	2	16	26	31	40	44	4	16	19	25	29	39
3	05:19	2	0	Edm	Pouliot deflects Eberle shot wide	ES	3	21	31	43	47	51	2	14	39	67	77	93
3	04:30	2	0	Tor	Grabner drives	SH	2	31	40	46	56		4	14	16	29	39	77
3	02:18	2	0	Tor	Parenteau deflects Rielly shot	ES	3	15	23	31	42	44	4	5	16	25	29	39

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Kadri	3	2	60.0%	15:25	87.5%	50.0%	45.0%	35.0%
Komarov	4	3	57.1%	13:33	87.5%	43.2%	37.5%	47.6%
Van Riemsdyk	3	3	50.0%	15:01	87.5%	44.7%	47.1%	38.1%
Matthias	2	3	40.0%	12:10	100.0%	52.4%	45.5%	45.0%
Spaling	3	5	37.5%	13:43	16.7%	47.7%	33.3%	47.8%
Winnik	2	4	33.3%	11:20	33.3%	44.4%	25.0%	45.0%
Grabner	1	3	25.0%	10:53	16.7%	47.1%	25.0%	44.4%
Bozak	1	3	25.0%	13:09	100.0%	54.3%	40.0%	47.6%
Parenteau	1	4	20.0%	13:47	100.0%	55.6%	40.0%	45.0%
Holland	0	2	0.0%	08:38	0.0%	63.0%	23.5%	40.0%
Boyes	0	2	0.0%	09:16	0.0%	66.7%	27.8%	33.3%
Froese	0	2	0.0%	09:15	0.0%	66.7%	18.8%	37.5%
Phaneuf	6	5	54.5%	16:44	75.0%	50.0%	45.8%	41.7%
Gardiner	4	4	50.0%	16:55	75.0%	51.9%	39.3%	53.8%
Marincin	1	2	33.3%	11:45	62.5%	55.2%	31.3%	23.1%
Rielly	2	5	28.6%	17:35	42.9%	50.0%	36.7%	46.7%
Hunwick	2	6	25.0%	17:51	16.7%	50.0%	34.5%	44.8%
Polak	0	2	0.0%	17:23	53.9%	56.9%	24.1%	45.5%

None of the Leafs lines really managed to light it up offensively, but the best of them was the line responsible for all three goals, as Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov were the only two Leaf forwards to finish above even in chance differential, and were strong in possession numbers as well. The line of Spaling, Grabner and Winnik got a match-up against the Hall line, and had trouble controlling Leon Draisaitl, who was the most dangerous of the Edmonton forwards.

Tyler Bozak’s line was also out-chanced, as Bozak and P.A. Parenteau produced only one ES chance. After a good game in Washington, Peter Holland, Brad Boyes and Byron Froese generated no chances, doing little offensively in ten ES minutes. The bottom two lines also failed to produce many controlled entries, with the Holland line unimpressive given that they mostly avoided the top Oiler unit.

Dion Phaneuf and Jake Gardiner, who mostly paired with the Kadri line, were the only Leaf defencemen to break even in chances, while Morgan Rielly and Matt Hunwick were again clearly out-chanced, as they — like the Bozak line — had a tough time against Draisaitl. Martin Marincin and Roman Polak again avoided tough match-ups, but produced very little offensively.