Game 42 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Blackhawks 4 v. Leafs 1

Toronto’s been very successful against the big powers of the West this season, but they lost out against the Hawks’ powerplay led by the peerless Patrick Kane.

Six consecutive penalties eventually saw Chicago break through, opening up a 3-0 lead early in the third. Morgan Rielly did get a consolation goal for the Leafs, but they fell to a fourth straight defeat.

While the Leafs managed to win the possession battle, pulling away in the third period, that wasn’t reflected in the chances, as Chicago dominated. This wasn’t just a matter of the Hawks’ powerplay; it was also present at even strength, where Toronto earned just over a third of the chances. The Leafs did have a higher controlled entry percentage, boosted by their efforts to chase the game in the third.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	15	5	5	5	11	8	35.5%	51.1%	51.4%
Chi	25	8	9	8	20	13	64.5%	48.9%	41.8%

The Leafs managed to resist a good Chicago push late in the first period, but the Hawks carried most of the second period as well, and were good value for their eventual lead. Toronto’s third period chase wasn’t great, as they did manage some late powerplay chances but did very little at even strength.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	15:17	0	0	Chi	Hossa drives	PP	15	28	32	34	42	51	7	19	33	57	81
1	15:10	0	0	Chi	Van Riemsdyk from rebound	PP	3	15	28	32	34	42	7	11	33	57	81
1	15:08	0	0	Tor	Parenteau from Leivo	PP	3	15	28	32	34	42	7	11	15	33	57
1	13:47	0	0	Tor	Komarov deflects Gardiner shot wide	ES	34	40	43	46	47	51	2	4	19	33	65	81
1	13:04	0	0	Tor	Matthias drives	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	7	19	33	57	72	88
1	10:50	0	0	Chi	Toews from Garbutt	ES	2	32	34	44	47	56	2	7	19	28	33	65
1	09:52	0	0	Tor	Matthias from Bozak	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	7	15	33	57	72	88
1	09:24	0	0	Chi	Danault wide from Kane	ES	15	23	24	34	44	46	24	32	33	57	72	88
1	08:22	0	0	Chi	Garbutt deflects Panik shot	ES	19	24	26	34	46	52	14	28	32	33	47	70
1	06:46	0	0	Chi	Terevainen wide from giveaway	ES	19	24	26	34	46	52	2	4	11	33	70	86
1	02:00	0	0	Chi	Kane drives	ES	2	19	24	26	34	44	7	15	33	57	72	88
1	01:54	0	0	Chi	Anisimov from rebound	ES	2	19	26	34	43	44	7	15	33	57	72	88
1	01:48	0	0	Tor	Kadri from rebound	ES	26	34	40	43	46	52	7	15	33	57	72	88
2	16:47	0	0	Chi	Shaw from loose puck	ES	28	32	34	43	44	52	2	4	19	33	65	81
2	14:02	0	0	Tor	Bozak deflects Polak shot	ES	15	23	34	42	46	51	4	11	24	32	33	88
2	13:45	0	0	Chi	Seabrook from Kane	ES	15	23	34	42	46	51	7	11	24	33	57	88
2	13:13	0	0	Chi	Panik wide from Rasmussen	ES	19	24	26	34	46	52	14	28	32	33	47	70
2	12:09	0	0	Chi	Shaw wide from loose puck	ES	3	34	40	42	43	51	2	4	19	33	65	81
2	12:03	0	0	Tor	Kadri wide from Bozak	ES	3	34	40	42	43	51	2	4	19	33	65	81
2	09:00	0	0	Chi	Toews drives	ES	3	34	40	43	47	51	2	4	19	33	65	81
2	08:09	0	0	Chi	Hossa from Terevainen	SH	2	34	40	46	47		19	33	57	65	81	86
2	06:55	0	0	Chi	Panarin from Kane	ES	2	26	34	46	51	56	2	7	15	33	72	88
2	06:53	0	0	Chi	GOAL! Kane from Keith	ES	2	26	34	46	51	56	2	7	15	33	72	88
2	04:54	0	1	Tor	Matthias from Komarov	ES	23	34	42	44	47	51	2	4	19	33	65	81
2	04:15	0	1	Tor	Bozak post from Parenteau	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	7	15	33	57	72	88
2	02:47	0	1	Chi	GOAL! Kane from Panarin	SH	3	26	34	44	56		2	7	15	33	72	88
2	01:22	0	2	Tor	Parenteau from loose puck	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	2	4	19	33	65	81
3	19:39	0	2	Chi	GOAL! Panarin from Kane	SH	2	34	40	47			2	7	19	33	72	88
3	17:47	0	3	Chi	Hossa from Terevainen	ES	3	34	40	44	46	47	19	33	57	65	81	86
3	16:13	0	3	Tor	GOAL! Rielly from Parenteau	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	7	14	28	33	47	70
3	15:09	1	3	Chi	Danault drives wide	ES	19	32	34	46	52	56	2	4	11	24	33	86
3	14:18	1	3	Chi	Kane wide from Panarin	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	2	4	15	33	72	88
3	13:31	1	3	Chi	Garbutt wide from loose puck	ES	24	28	34	46	52	56	14	28	32	33	47	70
3	12:29	1	3	Chi	Hjalmarsson drives	ES	3	34	40	43	47	51	2	4	19	33	65	88
3	09:45	1	3	Tor	Boyes from Leivo	PP	15	28	32	34	42	44	2	4	19	33	81
3	09:22	1	3	Tor	Grabner deflects Phaneuf shot wide	PP	3	34	40	43	44	47	7	11	33	57	86
3	07:44	1	3	Chi	Panik from Garbutt	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	7	14	28	33	57	70
3	07:21	1	3	Tor	Matthias from rebound	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	7	14	28	33	57	70
3	06:46	1	3	Chi	Hossa from giveaway	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	2	4	19	33	65	81
3	04:17	1	3	Tor	Leivo deflects Parenteau shot	PP	15	28	32	34	42	44	2	4	11	15	33

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Bozak	9	4	69.2%	15:06	50.0%	52.1%	72.0%	52.2%
Matthias	8	4	66.7%	14:43	50.0%	48.0%	62.5%	57.7%
Parenteau	7	4	63.6%	15:59	57.1%	46.0%	65.2%	55.6%
Grabner	3	5	37.5%	12:12	30.0%	56.4%	68.2%	41.2%
Kadri	3	6	33.3%	13:40	36.4%	56.1%	60.9%	33.3%
Komarov	2	5	28.6%	11:30	36.4%	58.8%	65.0%	42.9%
Winnik	1	7	12.5%	08:56	66.7%	46.2%	16.7%	21.4%
Lupul	0	6	0.0%	09:50	85.7%	53.1%	29.4%	33.3%
Holland	0	6	0.0%	11:24	83.3%	51.5%	23.5%	37.5%
Boyes	0	2	0.0%	05:57	100.0%	52.9%	33.3%	37.5%
Leivo	0	3	0.0%	07:44	66.7%	42.1%	12.5%	18.2%
Froese	0	5	0.0%	06:55	66.7%	40.0%	12.5%	33.3%
Gardiner	6	7	46.2%	15:36	41.7%	47.8%	59.1%	50.0%
Rielly	5	8	38.5%	16:42	50.0%	51.9%	64.3%	53.8%
Phaneuf	3	5	37.5%	17:04	30.8%	54.9%	60.7%	52.2%
Hunwick	4	7	36.4%	14:23	80.0%	53.2%	60.0%	50.0%
Polak	3	10	23.1%	14:00	77.8%	51.2%	33.3%	20.0%
Marincin	1	6	14.3%	12:19	71.4%	48.6%	22.2%	15.8%

Tyler Bozak’s line had a strong offensive night, despite spending a lot of time matching up against Patrick Kane’s line. They were easily the best Leaf line at creating chances, and had a very high percentage of controlled entries, well above their norms. None of the other Leaf lines managed to finish in the positive in chances. The closest was the Kadri line, which went head to head against Jonathan Toews. They finished in the negative, but — like the top line — had a strong number of controlled entries. The problem for the Leafs were the bottom two lines, which were exposed against the Chicago attack. Combined, the bottom six players were on for only a single Leaf chances, and Daniel Winnik and Joffrey Lupul were both -6 in under 10 ES minutes.

The bottom pairing has generally managed to keep things respectable in most of Toronto’s games this year, but they really struggled in this game. Roman Polak and Martin Marincin avoided the top two lines, but were terrible defensively, with Polak on for a team worst ten ES chances against. Jake Gardiner and Dion Phaneuf were solid, although they finished in the negative as they mostly matched up against Toews.