Game 59 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 3 vs. Hurricanes 1

Toronto’s makeshift lineup proved it was still capable of pulling off a win, as they moved into a rare lead against Carolina, with a late P.A. Parenteau goal providing some insurance.

Jonathan Bernier played well in holding off the Hurricane attack, and the team as a whole had a strong game.

This was another game in which Toronto dominated possession, and while the Hurricanes were able to narrow their advantage while chasing the lead late, the Leafs finished comfortably ahead. The Leafs had an amazing opening period in terms of chances, and that ended up carrying them to an overall win in the statistic. Carolina did manage a clear advantage in the controlled entries.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	16	11	2	3	10	7	52.6%	49.7%	38.9%
Car	12	3	4	5	9	6	47.4%	50.3%	49.3%

A spectacular start for Toronto saw them earn eleven of the first twelve chances, and they were unfortunate not to be able to turn that into a lead. The Leafs generated only five chances in the rest of the game, but managed to turn two of those into goals.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	17:13	0	0	Tor	Grabner wide from Rielly	ES	40	43	44	45	49	52	11	15	30	42	65	74
1	17:04	0	0	Tor	Rielly from loose puck	ES	40	43	44	45	49	52	11	15	30	42	65	74
1	16:54	0	0	Tor	Greening deflects Arcobello shot wide	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	16	20	30	65	74
1	16:24	0	0	Tor	Boyes from Rielly	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	16	20	30	65	74
1	16:19	0	0	Tor	Greening from rebound	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	16	20	30	65	74
1	13:02	0	0	Car	E Staal from loose puck	ES	24	25	26	45	50	51	5	12	30	32	34	47
1	12:38	0	0	Tor	Winnik wide from loose puck	ES	20	24	25	26	45	55	5	30	34	47	49	53
1	11:12	0	0	Tor	Parenteau wide from Boyes	EN	15	28	32	33	44	51	11	15	26	30	42	54
1	09:50	0	0	Tor	Greening deflects Rielly shot	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	11	30	42	65	74
1	09:48	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Boyes from rebound	PP	15	28	33	38	44	45	11	30	42	65	74
1	08:40	1	0	Tor	Leivo drives post	ES	15	20	32	33	45	51	16	26	30	49	53	54
1	02:29	1	1	Tor	Arcobello drives	ES	32	33	45	49	50	51	5	11	16	30	53	65
1	00:07	1	1	Car	Rask post from loose puck	ES	15	32	43	44	45	52	30	32	34	49	65	74
1	00:05	1	1	Car	di Giuseppe wide from loose puck	ES	15	32	43	44	45	52	30	32	34	49	65	74
2	18:26	1	1	Car	Skinner wide from Liles	SH	20	40	45	55	56		12	15	26	30	53	54
2	14:27	1	1	Tor	GOAL! Leivo from Parenteau	ES	15	20	32	33	45	55	5	20	25	30	47	49
2	11:03	2	1	Car	Terry wide from Nash	ES	24	25	26	44	45	51	12	20	25	30	65	74
2	10:36	2	1	Tor	Kadri from Marincin	ES	40	43	44	45	49	52	11	16	30	53	65	74
2	09:03	2	1	Car	Slavin drives	ES	20	28	32	45	50	56	11	15	30	42	65	74
2	08:39	2	1	Car	Nordstrom from Nestrasil	ES	40	43	44	45	49	52	11	15	30	42	65	74
3	15:46	2	1	Car	Skinner drives	ES	28	38	45	50	51	56	16	30	49	53	65	74
3	10:38	2	1	Tor	Winnik from loose puck	ES	24	26	38	44	45	55	12	30	32	34	65	74
3	08:32	2	1	Tor	Gardiner from Percy	ES	24	26	38	45	50	51	12	30	32	34	65	74
3	08:18	2	1	Car	E Staal from loose puck	ES	24	26	38	45	50	51	12	30	32	34	47	74
3	07:22	2	1	Car	Lindholm drives	SH	24	25	44	45	52		5	11	16	20	30	49
3	07:21	2	1	Car	J Staal from rebound	SH	24	25	44	45	52		5	11	16	20	30	49
3	04:01	2	1	Tor	GOAL! Parenteau from Kadri	ES	15	20	40	43	45	51	5	16	30	49	53	65
3	03:29	3	1	Car	E Staal from Nash	ES	40	43	44	45	49	52	12	20	26	30	42	74

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Arcobello	3	0	100.0%	10:29	100.0%	48.5%	37.5%	52.9%
Grabner	4	2	66.7%	14:29	35.7%	54.8%	60.9%	42.1%
Leipsic	4	2	66.7%	12:51	55.6%	51.2%	57.1%	40.0%
Parenteau	3	2	60.0%	10:52	85.7%	51.6%	43.8%	46.7%
Kadri	4	4	50.0%	15:52	50.0%	54.3%	52.0%	47.6%
Holland	3	3	50.0%	13:09	45.5%	46.5%	25.0%	30.4%
Winnik	3	3	50.0%	14:30	35.7%	48.8%	25.0%	33.3%
Leivo	3	3	50.0%	12:41	75.0%	52.8%	31.6%	47.1%
Greening	2	2	50.0%	08:32	50.0%	41.9%	30.8%	66.7%
Clune	1	2	33.3%	09:03	57.1%	48.3%	21.4%	33.3%
Boyes	0	2	0.0%	06:46	25.0%	43.5%	20.0%	76.9%
Froese	0	2	0.0%	09:16	8.3%	48.3%	28.6%	80.0%
Loov	3	0	100.0%	08:15	66.7%	48.3%	50.0%	40.0%
Corrado	4	1	80.0%	13:31	50.0%	45.2%	47.4%	56.5%
Gardiner	4	4	50.0%	19:06	60.0%	50.0%	33.3%	60.0%
Rielly	4	5	44.4%	20:55	35.3%	50.8%	40.0%	44.8%
Marincin	3	4	42.9%	18:19	41.2%	51.9%	39.3%	42.3%
Percy	2	4	33.3%	14:04	50.0%	50.0%	30.4%	47.8%

Three of the Leaf lines finished about even. Mark Arcobello ended up the best of the forwards, as he managed to avoid being on the ice for any Hurricanes’ chances, even while his regular linemates, Josh Leivo and Parenteau, were on for a couple. Nazem Kadri, with Michael Grabner and Brendan Leipsic, had strong controlled entries numbers, as usual, and Grabner and Leipsic both finished with strong chance numbers. Brad Boyes played less than any other Leaf forward, and was one of only two Leafs not on for an ES chance.

Viktor Loov was moved onto a pairing with Frank Corrado, and that duo had a very strong evening, the only two defencemen to finish above even. They had similar match-ups to Jake Gardiner and Stuart Percy, but finished well ahead in chance differential. Gardiner also had poor numbers in preventing controlled entries, though that may be down to him getting more minutes as the Hurricanes pushed for an equalizer. Morgan Rielly and Martin Marincin matched up mostly against Jordan Staal’s line, and finished around even.