Game 47 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Panthers 5 vs. Leafs 1

Toronto took a first period lead over the division-leading Panthers, but things went south after that.

A couple of powerplay goals saw the Panthers move ahead in the second. While the Leafs did generate some chances in response, they couldn’t score. Florida widened their lead in the third period, cruising to a big win.

The chances were close in the first period, but Florida pulled away over the last two frames. While Toronto was able to close the Corsi gap while chasing the game in the third period, they weren’t able to do the same thing in chances. The Leafs were able to win the last two periods in terms of carrying the neutral zone, but that didn’t end up helping them much.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	14	5	7	2	13	11	43.3%	57.0%	45.5%
Fla	24	6	12	6	17	11	56.7%	43.0%	39.7%

The Panthers had the first six chances of the game, but Toronto closed the first period on a good run and were good value for their lead. Toronto had a bit of a pushback late in the second, after Florida had dominated most of the period, but Jokinen’s goal ended that momentum, and the Leafs were heavily out-chanced after that.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	19:39	0	0	Fla	Trochek from Jokinen	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	1	18	21	36	44	51
1	17:53	0	0	Fla	Kampfer wraparound	ES	3	16	19	24	34	51	1	3	6	27	42	48
1	16:31	0	0	Fla	Campbell wide from Trocheck	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	1	18	21	36	44	51
1	14:57	0	0	Fla	Howden wide from loose puck	ES	16	19	24	34	46	52	1	5	7	27	42	48
1	11:38	0	0	Fla	Barkov from Jagr	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	1	5	7	11	16	68
1	09:40	0	0	Fla	Trocheck wide from loose puck	SH	2	34	40	46	47		1	21	36	48	51	68
1	08:17	0	0	Tor	Grabner drives	ES	2	16	34	40	46	47	1	5	7	11	16	53
1	02:56	0	0	Tor	Matthias from Parenteau	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	1	3	6	27	42	48
1	02:25	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Kadri drives	ES	3	24	34	43	47	51	1	11	16	44	51	68
1	01:07	1	0	Tor	Holland wide from Lupul	ES	3	16	19	24	34	51	1	5	7	18	21	36
1	00:58	1	0	Tor	Lupul from Gardiner	ES	3	16	19	24	34	51	1	5	7	18	21	36
2	19:22	1	0	Fla	Smith wide from Trocheck	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	1	18	21	36	44	51
2	19:20	1	0	Fla	Jokinen from loose puck	ES	3	15	23	34	42	51	1	18	21	36	44	51
2	18:59	1	0	Tor	Grabner from Komarov	ES	2	34	40	43	44	47	1	6	7	17	22	53
2	17:33	1	0	Tor	Marincin from Spaling	ES	15	16	19	34	46	52	1	3	11	16	51	68
2	16:11	1	0	Fla	GOAL! Barkov drives	SH	2	26	34	46	47		1	11	16	18	27	51
2	15:49	1	1	Fla	Howden from Bjugstad	ES	15	23	34	42	44	52	1	3	27	42	44	48
2	12:20	1	1	Fla	GOAL! Trocheck from Jokinen	SH	2	16	34	40	44		1	21	36	48	51	68
2	11:43	1	2	Tor	Bozak wide from Parenteau	ES	15	23	34	42	44	51	1	6	11	16	22	44
2	10:21	1	2	Fla	Bjugstad drives	ES	2	19	24	34	43	44	1	5	27	42	48	51
2	09:57	1	2	Fla	Shaw deflects Bjusgtad shot wide	ES	25	26	34	44	46	56	1	3	6	27	42	48
2	08:16	1	2	Fla	Huberdeau drives	SH	2	16	34	46	56		1	5	11	16	21	48
2	08:08	1	2	Fla	Ekblad from Barkov	SH	2	16	34	46	56		1	5	11	16	21	48
2	07:59	1	2	Fla	Trocheck drives wide	SH	2	16	34	46	56		1	5	11	16	21	48
2	07:20	1	2	Tor	Kadri from Gardiner	ES	3	24	34	43	47	51	1	17	22	44	51	53
2	06:54	1	2	Tor	Bozak from loose puck	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	1	17	22	44	51	53
2	06:30	1	2	Tor	Bozak from Matthias	ES	15	23	34	42	44	52	1	17	22	44	51	53
2	05:47	1	2	Fla	GOAL! Jokinen from Smith	ES	16	19	24	34	44	51	1	6	18	21	36	44
2	04:34	1	3	Tor	Gardiner wide from Kadri	PP	3	24	34	43	47	51	1	7	17	44	48
2	02:03	1	3	Fla	Jagr wide from Trocheck	ES	2	25	34	43	46	56	1	5	11	21	44	68
3	18:53	1	3	Fla	Campbell post from Jagr	ES	2	19	34	43	44	47	1	7	11	16	51	68
3	18:44	1	3	Tor	Lupul from Kadri	ES	2	19	34	43	44	47	1	7	11	16	51	68
3	16:08	1	3	Fla	GOAL! Smith from rebound	ES	15	23	34	42	46	52	1	18	21	36	44	51
3	14:47	1	4	Fla	Shaw from Howden	ES	3	25	26	34	51	56	1	3	6	27	42	48
3	12:59	1	4	Fla	Trocheck from Shaw	ES	2	3	15	23	34	42	1	7	18	21	36	51
3	08:49	1	5	Tor	Hunwick from Kadri	ES	2	24	34	43	44	47	1	11	16	44	51	68
3	06:08	1	5	Fla	Barkov drives wide	PP	3	24	34	43	47	51	1	6	16	36	51
3	01:25	1	5	Fla	Shaw from Mackenzie	ES	2	15	23	34	42	44	1	7	17	42	44	48

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Komarov	6	3	66.7%	10:23	22.2%	63.3%	47.4%	45.5%
Spaling	4	3	57.1%	10:37	75.0%	53.6%	53.3%	38.5%
Holland	5	4	55.6%	13:25	80.0%	48.6%	50.0%	52.6%
Kadri	5	5	50.0%	13:13	22.2%	57.1%	50.0%	50.0%
Grabner	2	2	50.0%	06:19	14.3%	58.8%	40.0%	42.9%
Lupul	4	5	44.4%	11:52	100.0%	52.8%	52.6%	47.1%
Parenteau	5	7	41.7%	16:40	14.3%	57.4%	44.4%	35.0%
Matthias	4	7	36.4%	15:31	16.7%	63.0%	51.7%	29.4%
Bozak	4	7	36.4%	15:53	14.3%	58.1%	48.0%	27.8%
Winnik	0	2	0.0%	10:06	66.7%	53.6%	40.0%	23.1%
Clune	0	3	0.0%	09:40	66.7%	60.0%	26.7%	40.0%
Froese	0	3	0.0%	09:23	66.7%	57.7%	26.7%	45.5%
Marincin	3	3	50.0%	15:06	50.0%	52.9%	44.4%	25.0%
Gardiner	5	6	45.5%	15:05	50.0%	61.4%	51.9%	29.4%
Rielly	6	8	42.9%	17:28	30.0%	57.4%	48.4%	52.2%
Polak	3	4	42.9%	17:54	54.6%	52.2%	41.7%	31.8%
Hunwick	5	7	41.7%	15:15	33.3%	55.8%	41.4%	56.5%
Phaneuf	4	6	40.0%	14:20	37.5%	62.5%	44.0%	33.3%

All-star Leo Komarov was the best Leaf forward, getting a lot of defensive zone starts but finishing in the positive in chances, along with a great number in carrying the neutral zone. Nazem Kadri’s numbers weren’t quite as good, as in his three ES minutes without Leo he was on for a couple of chances against. Peter Holland also got minutes on that trio, and Holland had excellent possession numbers when put with Komarov and Kadri, matching up mostly against the Jagr line.

Tyler Bozak’s line ended up being clearly out-chanced, though they were given a lot of defensive zone starts, and were given more ES ice time than any other line. Nick Spaling returned to the line-up, and had a solid night in chances, doing well with Holland for a time and also teaming effectively with Joffrey Lupul. The one line that really struggled was the bottom three, who didn’t generate a single chance.

There was not a lot of difference between the defensive pairings, as most of the blueliners ended up slightly below even. The one exception was Martin Marincin, who played over fifteen ES minutes and managed to finish at even. Matt Hunwick and Morgan Rielly were both -2, playing mostly against the Jagr line, while Dion Phaneuf and Jake Gardiner had poor possession numbers against the Trochek line, both finishing in the negative as well.