Game 30 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Sharks 5 vs. Leafs 4 (OT)

Toronto again fell behind early, giving up a pair of power-play goals to the Sharks.

The Leafs picked up their play after that, moving into a lead in the final minute of the second. They opened up a two goal lead early in the third, but San Jose immediately pulled one back before tying the game with eight minutes to play. The Leafs were able to get through to overtime again, but lost their second straight game in the 3-on-3, with Brent Burns scoring the winning goal.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	17	1	10	6	0	15	10	48.4%	55.5%	37.5%
Sjs	19	6	4	6	3	16	9	51.6%	44.5%	48.1%

San Jose dominated the possession and chance stats early in the game, but the Leafs pulled things back over the course of the second period, and the two teams finished basically level in both areas. The Leafs had a clear advantage in the number of zone entries, but San Jose made up for it by having much better results in terms of controlled entries.

The Leafs gave up the first six chances of the game, but out-chanced the Sharks 9-2 to close the second period, pulling about even overall. The two teams then went back and forth in the third period, but the San Jose were the only team to earn chances in the overtime.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	19:33	0	0	Sjs	Burns drives post	ES	2	26	31	40	43	44	7	8	9	19	31	88
1	18:21	0	0	Sjs	Donskoi wide from Pavelski	EN	15	20	21	31	42	46	8	27	44	50	57	61
1	17:59	0	0	Sjs	GOAL! Pavelski from Burns	SH	2	3	31	40	56		8	12	19	31	42	88
1	16:10	0	1	Sjs	Thornton from loose puck	ES	2	19	31	43	44	47	7	8	9	19	31	88
1	10:50	0	1	Sjs	Hertl drives	ES	3	20	24	31	40	47	7	18	31	48	83	88
1	08:28	0	1	Sjs	GOAL! Marleau from Pavelski	SH	26	31	44	46	47		8	12	19	31	42	88
1	05:12	0	2	Tor	GOAL! Holland from Winnik	ES	2	20	24	26	40	45	27	31	44	50	57	61
2	17:46	1	2	Sjs	Tierney wide from loose puck	ES	2	3	21	42	43	45	7	27	31	50	57	88
2	16:55	1	2	Tor	Matthias deflects Polak shot	ES	23	43	44	45	46	56	4	18	31	48	74	83
2	16:06	1	2	Sjs	Burns from Pavelski	ES	24	26	40	44	45	46	7	8	9	19	31	88
2	15:24	1	2	Tor	Bozak from Van Riemsdyk	ES	3	15	21	42	45	51	7	12	31	42	68	88
2	15:10	1	2	Tor	GOAL! Komarov from loose puck	ES	2	19	20	43	45	47	27	31	44	50	57	61
2	14:28	2	2	Tor	Froese wraparound	ES	23	24	44	45	46	56	4	27	31	50	57	74
2	13:03	2	2	Tor	Van Riemsdyk from Parenteau	PP	3	15	19	21	42	45	7	12	31	42	88
2	09:11	2	2	Tor	Lupul from Grabner	ES	2	19	40	45	46	56	4	8	12	19	31	88
2	07:51	2	2	Tor	Kadri wide from rebound	ES	3	15	42	43	45	51	7	31	50	57	61	83
2	07:26	2	2	Tor	Lupul wide from Kadri	ES	2	19	20	23	43	45	18	31	44	48	83	88
2	07:17	2	2	Sjs	Vlasic from Brown	ES	2	19	20	23	43	45	18	31	44	48	83	88
2	06:05	2	2	Sjs	Dillon from Pavelski	ES	24	26	40	44	45	46	4	8	9	19	31	74
2	00:46	2	2	Tor	GOAL! Van Riemsdyk from loose puck	ES	15	21	42	44	45	46	4	7	12	31	42	48
2	00:02	3	2	Tor	Lupul post from Holland	ES	19	24	26	44	45	46	8	9	19	31	44	88
3	19:34	3	2	Sjs	Ward from Marleau	ES	3	15	21	42	45	51	7	12	31	42	48	88
3	18:29	3	2	Tor	Holland from Van Riemsdyk	ES	3	21	23	24	45	51	4	8	9	19	31	74
3	18:01	3	2	Tor	GOAL! Grabner from loose puck	ES	24	26	40	44	45	46	4	12	31	42	48	74
3	14:54	4	3	Sjs	Tierney penalty shot	ES	2	19	20	23	45	56	27	31	44	50	61	68
3	13:03	4	3	Tor	Kadri from loose puck	ES	2	19	20	43	45	47	4	31	50	57	74	83
3	11:52	4	3	Sjs	Karlsson from Marleau	ES	24	26	40	44	45	46	4	12	31	42	68	74
3	10:54	4	3	Tor	Kadri from Corrado	ES	2	19	20	43	45	47	27	31	44	50	57	61
3	08:11	4	3	Sjs	GOAL! Nieto from Tierney	ES	2	24	26	40	44	45	27	31	44	50	61	83
3	07:44	4	4	Tor	Winnik from loose puck	ES	24	26	40	44	45	46	7	8	19	31	48	88
3	06:02	4	4	Tor	Van Riemsdyk from Komarov	PP	15	21	43	45	47	51	7	8	31	68	88
3	03:20	4	4	Sjs	Hertl from rebound	ES	2	3	19	24	45	47	4	19	27	31	48	61
3	00:44	4	4	Sjs	Karlsson from Marleau	ES	15	21	42	44	45	46	7	12	31	42	68	88
4	04:08	4	4	Sjs	Marleau drives	ES	21	42	45	51			12	31	42	44
4	03:06	4	4	Sjs	Braun deflects Hertl shot wide	ES	2	43	45	47			31	48	61	83
4	02:47	4	4	Sjs	GOAL! Burns from Thornton	ES	2	24	45	47			8	19	31	88

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Froese	3	1	75.0%	07:09	0.0%	60.0%	33.3%	37.5%
Matthias	4	2	66.7%	08:54	33.3%	56.0%	42.9%	36.4%
Parenteau	3	2	60.0%	17:55	47.1%	53.7%	38.9%	35.5%
Lupul	6	4	60.0%	12:35	62.5%	56.3%	38.9%	50.0%
Kadri	6	5	54.5%	15:38	45.5%	57.1%	41.7%	50.0%
Holland	6	7	46.2%	18:51	20.0%	52.0%	38.5%	50.0%
Winnik	4	5	44.4%	15:37	20.0%	58.7%	29.6%	52.6%
Van Riemsdyk	3	4	42.9%	19:10	47.1%	54.4%	32.4%	45.2%
Bozak	3	4	42.9%	18:05	47.1%	50.7%	35.3%	42.4%
Grabner	4	6	40.0%	16:26	21.4%	60.4%	34.5%	57.9%
Komarov	3	5	37.5%	15:09	41.7%	62.5%	44.0%	60.0%
Spaling	0	0	-	00:24	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	-
Polak	7	4	63.6%	21:23	20.0%	59.0%	36.1%	44.0%
Corrado	5	3	62.5%	12:09	66.7%	48.6%	35.3%	44.4%
Gardiner	3	2	60.0%	18:14	29.4%	59.3%	40.0%	45.8%
Rielly	6	7	46.2%	22:21	33.3%	56.9%	37.8%	46.4%
Phaneuf	3	4	42.9%	18:13	38.9%	59.7%	32.4%	44.0%
Hunwick	6	9	40.0%	18:29	50.0%	50.0%	39.3%	53.6%

Peter Holland, Michael Grabner and Daniel Winnik were matched mostly against Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton, and managed a pretty strong offensive performance. While they had relatively few offensive zone starts, they were one of the more effective attacking trios. They did finish below even in chances, as their defensive numbers weren’t good, Holland on for seven ES chances against.

Joffrey Lupul was moved onto the line with Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov, and like that top line, they generated chances, with Lupul and Kadri ending up narrowly in the positive. Tyler Bozak’s line was essentially even against Patrick Marleau’s trio, but the most effective line was the 4th line, with Byron Froese and Shawn Matthias having strong games.

The defensive pairings were changed up, as Roman Polak played mostly with Morgan Rielly, on the Leafs best offensive pairing. Polak, going up against harder competition than we’ve usually seen him this season, had the best chance numbers on the team, finishing as a +3. Frank Corrado played a more substantial role than in his debut, and also had good results, finishing in the positive, and better than the man he played with most, Matt Hunwick.

The only pairing to stay the same was Jake Gardiner and Dion Phaneuf, and they had a solid game, finishing pretty much even in their 18 ES minutes.