Game 57 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Flyers 5 vs. Leafs 4 (OT)

Toronto led inside the first two minutes, but two goals in 40 seconds gave Philadelphia the lead.

The Flyers then chased Jonathan Bernier with a goal early in the second period. The Leafs responded well, with two quick goals in the third putting them ahead, only for Philadelphia to tie the game up almost immediately. Neither team was too adventurous in the last ten minutes of the game, taking it to overtime, where Philadelphia scored a quick goal to extend the Leafs‘ losing streak to three.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	14	3	5	6	0	13	9	44.8%	49.1%	45.1%
Phi	16	5	7	3	1	16	9	55.2%	50.9%	37.6%

The numbers in this game ended up pretty even; the two teams were nearly level in Corsi, and close in chances, separated by only one in regulation and tied at ES close. The one area where Toronto did have the edge was in controlled entries, as they were clearly pressing more in the third period than the Flyers, which was reflected in the possession numbers as well.

Philadelphia were clearly the better team in the first half of the game, up 11-4 in chances at the mid-way point. Toronto turned it around after that, helping them to successfully chase down the lead. The final ten minutes were quiet, with only a single chance between the two teams.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:31	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Matthias from Spaling	ES	16	23	26	45	52	55	12	21	24	35	47	53
1	15:04	1	0	Phi	Umburger from rebound	ES	16	20	23	26	44	45	3	20	35	52	82	93
1	12:43	1	0	Tor	Boyes from Clune	ES	20	25	28	44	45	56	3	25	35	76	78	82
1	11:04	1	0	Phi	GOAL! Gagner from Schenn	ES	24	40	43	45	46	51	3	10	17	35	82	89
1	10:26	1	1	Phi	Voracek from Laughton	ES	16	20	23	26	44	45	12	21	35	47	53	93
1	10:25	1	1	Phi	GOAL! Voracek from rebound	ES	16	20	23	26	44	45	12	21	32	35	55	93
1	09:35	1	2	Phi	Vandevelde wide from loose puck	ES	25	28	45	52	55	56	3	25	35	76	78	82
1	04:32	1	2	Tor	Parenteau from loose puck	ES	15	33	38	45	52	55	3	12	21	35	82	93
2	19:03	1	2	Phi	GOAL! Schenn drives	ES	20	26	33	43	44	45	3	10	17	35	82	89
2	18:06	1	3	Phi	Laughton from Read	ES	16	24	26	34	46	51	12	21	24	35	47	53
2	16:34	1	3	Phi	Voracek wide from Vandevelde	ES	15	20	33	34	38	51	32	35	52	55	76	93
2	13:53	1	3	Phi	Laughton from loose puck	ES	16	20	24	33	34	52	3	12	21	25	35	82
2	13:52	1	3	Phi	White from rebound	ES	16	20	24	33	34	52	3	12	21	25	35	82
2	13:00	1	3	Tor	Rielly wide from Kadri	ES	15	34	38	43	44	51	3	35	76	78	82	93
2	12:02	1	3	Phi	Simmonds from Schenn	ES	16	26	34	40	44	46	10	17	35	47	53	89
2	09:49	1	3	Tor	Boyes from giveaway	ES	20	25	28	34	55	56	25	35	47	53	76	78
2	08:03	1	3	Tor	GOAL! Spaling deflects Kadri shot	ES	16	26	34	43	44	51	3	20	35	52	82	93
2	05:00	2	3	Tor	Greening deflects Arcobello shot wide	PP	15	20	33	34	38	44	21	24	32	35	47
2	03:01	2	3	Phi	Schenn deflects Gostisbehere shot wide	ES	26	34	40	43	46	52	10	17	32	35	53	89
2	01:00	2	3	Tor	Holland wide from Spaling	ES	16	23	24	34	44	52	20	32	35	52	55	93
3	16:44	2	3	Tor	GOAL! Holland from Kadri	ES	24	34	40	43	44	46	3	35	52	55	76	93
3	16:02	3	3	Tor	Kadri from Winnik	ES	26	34	40	43	46	51	10	17	30	47	53	89
3	15:28	3	3	Tor	GOAL! Froese from Clune	ES	20	25	28	34	55	56	25	30	32	55	76	78
3	14:56	4	3	Phi	GOAL! Read from Raffl	ES	16	23	24	34	44	52	12	21	24	30	47	53
3	13:56	4	4	Tor	Greening from Winnik	ES	26	33	34	38	44	55	3	12	21	24	30	82
3	13:44	4	4	Phi	Read drives	ES	26	33	34	38	44	55	3	12	21	24	30	32
3	10:57	4	4	Tor	Kadri drives wide	ES	26	34	38	43	44	51	3	10	17	30	55	89
3	10:02	4	4	Tor	Greening from loose puck	ES	15	33	34	38	44	52	20	30	47	52	53	93
3	02:15	4	4	Phi	Umburger from loose puck	ES	16	23	24	34	46	51	20	30	32	52	55	93
4	04:31	4	4	Phi	GOAL! Gostisbehere from Voracek	ES	24	34	43	44			30	52	53	93

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Parenteau	3	1	75.0%	13:45	70.0%	51.1%	34.8%	31.8%
Froese	3	1	75.0%	10:50	57.1%	40.0%	50.0%	42.9%
Clune	3	1	75.0%	10:37	57.1%	33.3%	36.4%	40.9%
Boyes	3	1	75.0%	10:30	57.1%	37.1%	46.2%	45.5%
Greening	5	2	71.4%	14:45	70.0%	54.3%	28.0%	33.3%
Kadri	5	4	55.6%	18:06	50.0%	51.6%	63.6%	35.5%
Grabner	2	3	40.0%	15:57	50.0%	45.3%	58.3%	31.0%
Winnik	5	8	38.5%	16:24	36.4%	52.8%	53.6%	28.0%
Arcobello	3	5	37.5%	13:26	70.0%	48.8%	38.1%	36.4%
Matthias	2	5	28.6%	10:41	12.5%	58.3%	28.6%	40.0%
Spaling	3	9	25.0%	13:39	12.5%	63.6%	38.1%	41.7%
Holland	2	7	22.2%	14:12	33.3%	51.4%	44.4%	52.9%
Loov	5	2	71.4%	12:52	75.0%	39.1%	44.4%	39.3%
Rielly	8	8	50.0%	24:12	64.3%	53.3%	37.5%	40.0%
Gardiner	4	4	50.0%	17:54	28.6%	54.5%	53.3%	32.0%
Marincin	4	5	44.4%	19:05	60.0%	51.1%	41.7%	26.1%
Corrado	3	7	30.0%	13:12	50.0%	47.6%	35.0%	45.5%
Polak	2	5	28.6%	21:20	33.3%	46.3%	54.8%	38.9%

It was a tough night for now ex-Leaf Nick Spaling, as he playing mostly with also-traded Shawn Matthias and Peter Holland and struggled to prevent chances throughout the game. That trio were poor against Matt Read’s line, and Spaling himself also had some rough shifts against the Voracek line.

Holland and Daniel Winnik rotated through spots on Nazem Kadri’s line, going against the Schenn unit. While Kadri and Michael Grabner reasonably effective in that match-up, both Holland and Winnik struggled when away from that pairing. P.A. Parenteau, alongside Colin Greening, had another strong game; both finished well above even in chances.

The fourth line got over ten ES minutes, and outchanced the Flyers’ bottom unit.

Roman Polak’s last game as a Leaf saw him pair again with Jake Gardiner, and in his 21 ES minutes he finished near the bottom of the table in terms of chances. They mostly matched up against the Schenn line; while Gardiner was reasonably effective against them, Polak struggled against that matchup when out with other defencemen.

Morgan Rielly had another good game, splitting time with Martin Marincin and Frank Corrado. His pairing with Marincin was clearly more effective, as Corrado ended up with some poor numbers. Victor Loov was much better in his second NHL game, rotating through a number of partners in fairly well-protected minutes.