Game 40 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Sharks 7 vs. Leafs 0

Toronto’s Western road trip ended with a whimper.

After a solid start, the wheels came off. The Sharks put four past Jonathan Bernier in the second period, and added three more in the third, with little fight left in the Leafs down the stretch.

Toronto’s possession numbers weren’t bad in this game, and only really started to fall off midway through the third period, as the lead grew out of reach. Toronto actually finished with more overall chances than the Sharks, although that was down to some effective powerplays, as they were clearly outchanced at even strength.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	19	5	7	7	10	7	38.5%	51.6%	43.9%
Sjs	18	2	9	7	16	3	61.5%	48.4%	46.8%

After a solid early start, Toronto’s 5-on-5 game began to suffer — in the second half of the game, they were out-chanced 13-2, with those two chances only coming once the Sharks had put seven goals past Bernier. The shorthanded goal from Nieto was followed up by a series of Leafs chances, but after that powerplay things took a turn for the worse.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	15:49	0	0	Tor	Parenteau from Van Riemsdyk	ES	3	15	21	43	45	51	27	31	39	44	61	68
1	15:19	0	0	Tor	Lupul from Winnik	ES	2	19	20	24	26	45	4	12	31	42	74	83
1	15:18	0	0	Tor	Lupul from rebound	ES	2	19	20	24	26	45	4	12	31	42	74	83
1	14:37	0	0	Sjs	Wingels drives	ES	3	23	28	45	51	56	18	31	44	50	57	61
1	06:29	0	0	Tor	Parenteau from Van Riemsdyk	ES	2	3	15	21	42	45	12	18	31	57	74	88
1	02:22	0	0	Tor	Kadri wraparound	ES	40	43	44	45	46	47	27	31	39	44	61	68
1	01:31	0	0	Sjs	Burns from Thornton	SH	2	24	26	45	46		8	12	19	31	39	88
2	18:01	0	0	Tor	Rielly drives	ES	15	21	42	44	45	46	4	8	19	31	48	61
2	17:42	0	0	Sjs	Burns wide from Thornton	ES	40	42	43	44	45	46	4	8	19	31	48	88
2	15:42	0	0	Sjs	GOAL! Burns drives	ES	3	40	43	45	47	51	7	8	19	31	48	88
2	14:18	0	1	Tor	Holland wide from loose puck	ES	2	19	24	26	45	46	4	8	19	31	48	74
2	11:51	0	1	Sjs	GOAL! Nieto from Wingels	PP	3	15	21	28	43	45	4	31	57	83	88
2	11:40	0	2	Tor	Van Riemsdyk drives	PP	3	15	21	28	42	45	31	44	50	61	68
2	11:28	0	2	Tor	Rielly wide from Phaneuf	PP	3	15	21	28	42	45	31	44	50	61	68
2	11:22	0	2	Tor	Bozak wide from loose puck	PP	3	15	21	42	44	45	31	44	50	61	68
2	10:38	0	2	Tor	Phaneuf from Bozak	ES	3	15	21	42	44	45	7	31	44	50	61	68
2	08:18	0	2	Sjs	Braun wide from Wingels	ES	3	15	21	42	45	46	27	31	39	44	57	61
2	07:45	0	2	Tor	Grabner drives	SH	2	40	45	46	56		8	12	19	31	39	88
2	04:27	0	2	Sjs	GOAL! Pavelski from Hertl	ES	19	20	42	45	51	56	8	19	31	44	48	61
2	02:33	0	3	Sjs	Hertl deflects Burns shot	ES	2	40	43	45	46	47	4	8	19	31	48	61
2	02:31	0	3	Sjs	GOAL! Hertl from rebound	ES	2	40	43	45	46	47	4	8	19	31	48	61
2	01:07	0	4	Sjs	Vlasic drives	ES	2	23	28	45	46	56	7	18	31	44	50	68
2	00:18	0	4	Sjs	Thonrton deflects Dillon shot wide	ES	2	23	28	43	44	45	4	7	8	19	31	48
3	19:04	0	4	Tor	Phaneuf wide from Van Riemsdyk	PP	3	15	21	28	42	45	31	44	50	57	61
3	18:48	0	4	Tor	Parenteau from rebound	PP	3	15	21	28	42	45	31	44	50	57	61
3	18:38	0	4	Tor	Parenteau from Boyes	PP	3	15	21	28	42	45	31	44	50	57	61
3	18:16	0	4	Tor	Holland from Gardiner	PP	19	24	43	45	47	51	7	8	31	68	88
3	15:50	0	4	Sjs	GOAL! Karlsson from Tierney	ES	2	15	20	21	43	45	18	31	44	50	61	68
3	15:17	0	5	Sjs	Hertl from Pavelski	ES	3	23	28	44	45	56	4	8	19	31	48	74
3	11:48	0	5	Sjs	Pavelski deflects Burns shot	ES	15	21	42	44	45	46	7	8	19	31	48	88
3	11:08	0	5	Sjs	Marleau from Nieto	ES	2	3	40	43	45	47	4	12	31	42	74	83
3	10:22	0	5	Sjs	GOAL! Donskoi wraparound	ES	19	24	26	45	46	51	27	31	39	44	57	61
3	08:37	0	6	Sjs	GOAL! Hertl from rebound	ES	20	40	43	44	45	47	7	12	31	42	83	88
3	08:07	0	7	Sjs	Nieto wide from Ward	ES	20	40	43	44	45	47	7	12	31	42	83	88
3	04:45	0	7	Tor	Parenteau wide from rebound	ES	2	21	23	42	45	46	4	8	19	31	48	74
3	04:29	0	7	Tor	Bozak from Parenteau	ES	2	15	21	42	45	46	4	8	19	31	48	74
3	01:33	0	7	Tor	Gardiner wide from Rielly	PP	24	43	44	45	47	51	7	18	31	61	68

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Holland	3	1	75.0%	09:31	50.0%	56.7%	23.5%	38.5%
Winnik	3	1	75.0%	09:04	50.0%	55.6%	33.3%	58.3%
Van Riemsdyk	6	3	66.7%	13:07	66.7%	56.7%	70.6%	46.2%
Parenteau	5	3	62.5%	13:36	80.0%	54.5%	66.7%	33.3%
Lupul	3	2	60.0%	09:29	50.0%	57.1%	25.0%	50.0%
Bozak	5	4	55.6%	12:57	80.0%	54.8%	64.7%	42.9%
Matthias	1	4	20.0%	13:10	20.0%	45.9%	29.4%	60.0%
Kadri	2	9	18.2%	13:16	25.0%	46.5%	60.0%	39.1%
Komarov	1	6	14.3%	09:54	25.0%	50.0%	50.0%	31.3%
Grabner	1	7	12.5%	10:17	28.6%	54.3%	47.4%	37.5%
Boyes	0	4	0.0%	10:55	20.0%	44.0%	9.1%	71.4%
Froese	0	4	0.0%	13:08	20.0%	43.8%	28.6%	55.6%
Hunwick	6	6	50.0%	17:10	28.6%	50.0%	39.1%	65.2%
Polak	5	7	41.7%	17:57	37.5%	44.7%	52.4%	42.3%
Phaneuf	3	5	37.5%	13:23	33.3%	60.5%	39.1%	60.0%
Corrado	2	4	33.3%	11:23	75.0%	40.7%	9.1%	56.3%
Rielly	3	6	33.3%	17:52	50.0%	52.0%	50.0%	33.3%
Gardiner	1	4	20.0%	14:26	40.0%	59.2%	51.7%	30.0%

The two lines that had a tough time in Los Angeles again struggled, but this time things went worse for Nazem Kadri’s unit. They were the worst of the Leafs lines, generating little and not managing to provide much defensive resistance, either. Brad Boyes and Shawn Matthias were also poor again, finishing in the negative, as was Byron Froese, who drew in to take Mark Arcobello’s spot in the lineup.

James van Riemsdyk was the Leafs best player, putting up a +3 in chances, and it will be a substantial blow for him to miss some time after a foot injury. Tyler Bozak and P.A. Parenteau, who have been strong recently, will have to keep up their good form with a different linemate. Peter Holland and Daniel Winnik had another good game on the heels of their impressive showing against the Kings, finishing in the positive again.

The defensive pairings ended up completely shuffled around, but almost all of them ended up finishing in the negative. The lone exception was Matt Hunwick, who was mostly separated from Morgan Rielly, splitting time with Roman Polak and Frank Corrado. For his part, Corrado was mildly outchanced in his minutes, and struggled to win the neutral zone, including almost no controlled entries into the Sharks’ zone. The young defenders had a tough game was well, with Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner finishing the worst on the backend in terms of chances.