Game 56 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Rangers 4 vs. Leafs 2

Toronto had one of its strongest games in a while against the Rangers, carrying the possession and play for much of the night.

However, they found themselves behind going into the third period, and suffered a heart-breaking loss when Colin Greening’s equalizer was erased on a Morgan Rielly giveaway less than a minute later.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	22	7	9	6	14	11	70.0%	53.5%	40.6%
Nyr	10	2	5	3	6	5	30.0%	46.5%	26.7%

Toronto almost doubled up the Rangers in 5-on-5 Corsi, and limited the Rangers to only six ES chances. They also dominated the neutral zone, limiting the Rangers to very few controlled entries. To have that much of the play only to lose is a very disappointing result.

After a strong start for Toronto, the Rangers had six chances in a row, which included their first two goals. The Leafs then dominated play after that, taking fifteen of the next seventeen chances. It was the last one, though — Stepan’s goal — that was the killer.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	16:20	0	0	Nyr	McDonagh from loose puck	ES	15	33	38	45	52	55	5	13	24	25	27	32
1	16:02	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Parenteau from Marincin	ES	15	33	38	45	52	55	5	13	24	25	27	32
1	11:43	1	0	Tor	Kadri from Grabner	ES	20	40	43	44	45	47	10	16	18	22	32	36
1	10:47	1	0	Tor	Arcobello from Greening	ES	15	33	38	45	46	51	8	13	24	25	32	93
1	09:20	1	0	Tor	Gardiner from Boyes	PP	15	28	33	45	47	51	8	18	21	25	32
1	07:55	1	0	Tor	Grabner from Marincin	ES	40	43	44	45	47	52	8	16	18	24	32	36
1	07:28	1	0	Tor	Grabner from Kadri	ES	40	43	44	45	47	52	8	16	18	24	32	36
1	05:58	1	0	Tor	Boyes from Greening	ES	20	28	33	38	44	45	8	13	24	25	32	93
1	04:50	1	0	Nyr	Glass deflects McDonagh shot	ES	25	28	45	52	55	56	5	12	15	27	28	32
2	16:04	1	0	Nyr	GOAL! Brassard from Yandle	SH	40	45	46	52			10	16	20	21	32	93
2	15:48	1	1	Nyr	Zuccarello from Yandle	SH	25	45	46	52	56		16	20	21	32	36	93
2	15:21	1	1	Nyr	Stepan wide from Spaling	SH	26	40	45	46	52		16	20	21	32	36	93
2	10:39	1	1	Nyr	Stepan from Miller	ES	20	28	40	43	44	45	5	10	21	32	36	93
2	10:36	1	1	Nyr	GOAL! Zuccarello from rebound	ES	20	28	40	43	44	45	8	10	18	21	32	36
2	08:22	1	2	Tor	Rielly drives wide	ES	15	33	38	44	45	52	5	12	25	28	32	93
2	06:46	1	2	Tor	Corrado from Greening	PP	15	20	33	38	45	51	8	12	15	22	32
2	06:35	1	2	Tor	Boyes wide from Greening	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	5	18	21	25	32
2	05:25	1	2	Tor	Grabner wide from Holland	ES	24	40	43	45	46	52	8	10	16	32	36	93
2	05:01	1	2	Tor	Kadri from rebound	ES	20	26	40	43	44	45	8	10	16	32	36	93
2	01:21	1	2	Tor	Grabner wide from Kadri	PP	20	24	40	43	45	51	5	15	22	28	32
2	00:51	1	2	Tor	Arcobello from Parenteau	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	8	12	18	25	32
2	00:39	1	2	Tor	Greening from Rielly	ES	15	28	38	44	45	46	8	12	18	24	25	32
2	00:38	1	2	Tor	Parenteau from rebound	ES	15	28	38	44	45	46	8	12	18	24	25	32
3	18:04	1	2	Tor	Rielly drives	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	5	8	19	28	32
3	17:22	1	2	Nyr	Stalberg drives	PP	20	24	40	43	45	51	5	8	21	25	32
3	14:40	1	2	Tor	Arcobello from Parenteau	ES	15	20	33	38	45	51	8	13	18	24	25	32
3	14:25	1	2	Nyr	Hayes wraparound	ES	15	20	33	38	45	51	5	13	18	24	25	32
3	07:56	1	2	Tor	Greening drives	ES	15	33	38	44	45	55	8	13	24	25	32	93
3	07:47	1	2	Tor	Gardiner wraparound wide	ES	15	20	33	38	45	51	8	13	24	25	32	93
3	02:31	1	2	Tor	Boyes from Greening	EN	15	28	33	38	44	51	13	18	22	25	28	32
3	02:30	1	2	Tor	GOAL! Greening from rebound	EN	15	28	33	38	44	51	13	18	22	25	28	32
3	01:31	2	2	Nyr	GOAL! Stepan from Zuccarello	ES	20	24	40	43	44	45	8	10	18	21	32	36

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Komarov	3	0	100.0%	05:27	50.0%	70.0%	28.6%	33.3%
Winnik	1	0	100.0%	12:49	87.5%	47.7%	28.6%	17.4%
Greening	9	2	81.8%	13:09	62.5%	52.9%	55.6%	43.8%
Parenteau	8	2	80.0%	16:50	62.5%	51.1%	58.3%	43.5%
Arcobello	7	2	77.8%	12:29	62.5%	54.8%	58.8%	50.0%
Grabner	5	3	62.5%	13:15	28.6%	63.9%	43.5%	23.1%
Kadri	5	3	62.5%	15:38	28.6%	61.9%	50.0%	25.0%
Boyes	3	3	50.0%	08:51	60.0%	42.9%	11.1%	0.0%
Holland	1	1	50.0%	12:07	60.0%	53.5%	39.1%	25.0%
Clune	0	1	0.0%	04:40	0.0%	41.7%	20.0%	14.3%
Froese	0	1	0.0%	06:41	0.0%	57.9%	18.2%	0.0%
Spaling	0	0	-	12:34	77.8%	46.5%	25.0%	26.1%
Polak	4	0	100.0%	17:50	38.5%	50.0%	37.9%	31.0%
Rielly	9	3	75.0%	17:37	62.5%	51.0%	34.6%	24.0%
Gardiner	3	1	75.0%	18:19	50.0%	53.1%	46.2%	39.1%
Marincin	5	2	71.4%	12:06	62.5%	54.3%	47.4%	25.0%
Corrado	5	4	55.6%	15:17	25.0%	57.5%	39.1%	5.9%
Loov	2	2	50.0%	08:41	85.7%	60.0%	40.0%	30.0%

After a poor game in Chicago, Mark Arcobello, Colin Greening and P.A. Parenteau had a great night. They matched up mostly against Viktor Stalberg’s line, and were offensively excellent. Greening led the team, on for nine ES chances, and the other two were each on for at least seven.

Nazem Kadri and Michael Grabner had a strong start with Leo Komarov, but were fairly quiet after Komarov had been given a match penalty for his hit to Ryan McDonagh.

The fourth line were quiet, as was the third, as Daniel Winnik and Nick Spaling were hardly on for any chances despite playing a decent number of minutes. That might be down to controlled entries, as that line allowed few and had few themselves.

Viktor Loov played his first NHL game, mostly teaming on the bottom pairing with Martin Marincin. Loov finished at even, while Marincin was on for chances in his shifts with other defencemen. Not playing with Matt Hunwick, Morgan Rielly had an excellent offensive game, teaming with Frank Corrado to form an effective pairing while playing mostly against the Zuccarello line. Roman Polak and Jake Gardiner were also strong, the best duo at preventing chances.