Game 53 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Oilers 5 vs. Leafs 2

Toronto’s roster in Edmonton was a far cry from what we’ve seen for most of the season, as most of the big names starting the year were missing.

While they did manage a couple of goals, they were unable to handle Edmonton’s top line, with Jordan Eberle scoring three goals and Connor McDavid getting two. The Leafs were again down by one in the third period, but like their game in Calgary, failed to get an equalizer.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	21	9	8	4	11	10	57.9%	49.2%	41.4%
Edm	15	1	5	9	8	4	42.1%	50.8%	25.0%

The Leafs dominated the chances early, and ended up with a comfortable overall win in the category. They were also well ahead in Corsi early, but did see Edmonton narrow that gap early in the third period. For another night, they were excellent in controlled entries, but that was helped by being behind for so long.

Toronto were unlucky to get out of the first period tied, as McDavid’s opening goal was the only Edmonton chance of the entire frame. After that, Toronto had nine straight, but only one of those found the net. Edmonton started the second hot, opening up the lead again, before Toronto racked up eight straight chances only to see Eberle add a late third. Toronto’s effort was disappointing in the final period, as they did very little down the stretch with only one chance in the last eight minutes.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	16:31	0	0	Edm	GOAL! McDavid from Pouliot	ES	15	33	38	45	46	51	14	19	25	33	67	97
1	15:08	0	1	Tor	Spaling from Winnik	ES	2	16	20	26	28	45	2	5	16	33	67	97
1	13:33	0	1	Tor	Parenteau from Arcobello	ES	15	20	33	38	45	52	2	5	10	26	33	55
1	11:54	0	1	Tor	GOAL! Leivo drives	ES	20	25	32	45	52	56	19	23	25	28	33	44
1	10:23	1	1	Tor	Arcobello from faceoff	ES	2	15	33	38	44	45	5	14	25	33	67	97
1	10:06	1	1	Tor	Arcobello from Greening	ES	2	15	33	38	44	45	5	14	25	33	67	97
1	09:55	1	1	Tor	Arcobello from Rielly	ES	2	15	33	38	44	45	5	14	25	33	67	97
1	04:49	1	1	Tor	Komarov drives	ES	24	40	45	46	47	51	2	4	5	16	29	33
1	01:28	1	1	Tor	Boyes wide from rebound	PP	20	24	28	45	47	51	2	16	23	33	88
1	00:59	1	1	Tor	Holland from rebound	PP	20	24	28	45	47	51	2	16	23	33	88
2	16:42	1	1	Edm	Sekera from McDavid	SH	26	44	45	52	56		2	14	33	67	88	97
2	13:38	1	1	Edm	Eberle wraparound	ES	2	16	26	44	45	56	14	33	62	67	88	97
2	13:35	1	1	Edm	GOAL! Eberle from loose puck	ES	2	16	26	44	45	56	14	33	62	67	88	97
2	12:49	1	2	Tor	Arcobello wide from Parenteau	PP	15	33	38	44	45	56	23	33	55	62	88
2	08:47	1	2	Tor	Gardiner wide from Komarov	PP	20	24	28	45	47	51	26	28	33	62	88
2	08:15	1	2	Tor	Boyes wide from Komarov	PP	20	24	28	45	47	51	26	28	33	62	88
2	06:40	1	2	Tor	Arcobello wide from loose puck	ES	15	20	33	38	45	51	10	33	44	55	62	88
2	06:21	1	2	Tor	Greening wraparound	ES	15	20	33	38	45	51	10	33	44	55	62	88
2	06:09	1	2	Tor	Parenteau wide from rebound	ES	15	33	38	44	45	51	10	33	44	55	62	88
2	05:32	1	2	Tor	Greening from rebound	PP	15	33	38	44	45	56	5	23	28	33	88
2	04:53	1	2	Tor	Holland from Komarov	PP	20	24	28	45	47	51	2	25	26	33	55
2	02:41	1	2	Edm	McDavid from Eberle	ES	16	20	26	45	46	47	2	4	14	33	62	97
2	01:24	1	2	Edm	GOAL! Eberle from McDavid	SH	2	40	45	46	56		2	14	16	33	67	97
3	19:27	2	3	Edm	McDavid drives wide	ES	2	16	26	28	44	45	14	33	62	67	88	97
3	14:08	2	3	Edm	Hall from Kassian	ES	2	24	40	44	45	47	4	19	25	33	44	55
3	09:46	2	3	Tor	Arcobello wide from Boyes	EN	15	26	28	33	44	46	23	25	28	33	44	88
3	08:21	2	3	Tor	Komarov wraparound	PP	20	24	26	45	47	51	5	25	26	33	67
3	08:10	2	3	Tor	Komarov wide from Gardiner	PP	20	24	26	45	47	51	5	25	26	33	97
3	06:05	2	3	Edm	GOAL! McDavid from Pouliot	ES	24	40	44	45	46	47	5	14	25	33	67	97
3	04:58	2	4	Edm	Eberle from McDavid	SH	2	40	45	46	56		2	14	33	55	67	97
3	03:49	2	4	Edm	Eberle wide from Hall	SH	2	40	45	46			4	14	19	29	33	97
3	03:39	2	4	Edm	Hall from Eberle	SH	2	40	45	46			4	14	19	29	33	97
3	03:11	2	4	Edm	Schultz from Draisaitl	SH	2	40	45	46			4	14	19	29	33	97
3	03:01	2	4	Edm	McDavid drives	SH	2	33	45	46	47		2	14	33	55	67	97
3	01:59	2	4	Edm	Hall from Draisaitl	ES	16	20	40	44	45	52	4	16	25	29	33	88
3	00:42	2	5	Tor	Clune from Winnik	ES	20	25	26	45	52	56	5	25	26	28	33	55

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ContEnt	OppContEnt
Clune	2	0	100.0%	07:24	75.0%	56.0%	42.9%	9.1%
Leivo	1	0	100.0%	02:27	-	75.0%	66.7%	0.0%
Parenteau	7	1	87.5%	13:54	87.5%	48.8%	55.0%	19.1%
Arcobello	7	1	87.5%	12:16	100.0%	44.4%	56.3%	20.0%
Greening	7	1	87.5%	12:50	100.0%	47.4%	44.4%	20.0%
Froese	2	2	50.0%	07:27	50.0%	63.6%	42.9%	12.5%
Boyes	1	1	50.0%	11:25	80.0%	55.6%	26.7%	25.0%
Winnik	2	4	33.3%	14:08	20.0%	57.6%	36.8%	21.4%
Holland	1	2	33.3%	10:52	37.5%	38.7%	25.0%	36.8%
Grabner	1	3	25.0%	09:09	42.9%	36.7%	27.3%	36.8%
Komarov	1	3	25.0%	10:45	37.5%	39.3%	36.4%	47.1%
Spaling	1	5	16.7%	13:54	42.9%	51.4%	38.9%	17.7%
Gardiner	4	1	80.0%	14:11	60.0%	46.9%	46.7%	35.3%
Corrado	6	2	75.0%	12:57	100.0%	47.2%	76.5%	21.1%
Marincin	3	1	75.0%	11:25	75.0%	51.5%	52.9%	12.5%
Hunwick	4	4	50.0%	14:06	40.0%	51.2%	31.8%	23.8%
Rielly	4	6	40.0%	13:41	50.0%	51.2%	31.8%	28.6%
Polak	1	3	25.0%	17:14	53.9%	46.9%	21.7%	26.9%

P.A. Parenteau and Mark Arcobello had another excellent game, teaming with Colin Greening on what ended up being the Leafs‘ top line. They allowed only one chance against, heavily limited controlled entries, and were the only regular Leaf line to generate offense. Without Nazem Kadri, Leo Komarov and Michael Grabner were quiet, teaming with Peter Holland to generate only a single chance for.

Matt Hunwick and Morgan Rielly were given the tough assignment against McDavid, and were clearly beaten on possession. They ended up close to even in chances, although that didn’t work out on the scoreboard. Frank Corrado was very impressive again, teaming with Martin Marincin to finish as a +4. Jake Gardiner also played well, while Roman Polak, his regular partner, had some tough moments away from Gardiner.

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