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leafscanadiens — TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 23: James Reimer #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates off the ice as Lars Eller #81 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates his game winning goal with teammates during NHL game action January 23, 2016 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Graig Abel/NHLI via Getty Images)

Game 60 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Canadiens 4 vs. Leafs 1

Feb 29, 2016

Toronto’s last game before the trade deadline was a disappointing one. Despite an early lead, Montreal was able to pull away and win comfortably.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	15	6	6	3	10	9	41.7%	48.4%	32.3%
Mtl	20	3	9	8	14	8	58.3%	51.6%	37.9%

Montreal carried the edge in most of the metrics in this game, getting the better of possession, zone entries and chances, after Toronto had a solid start to the game. Toronto did pull level in Corsi midway through the second period, but Montreal pulled back ahead and took the win.

Toronto had the first four chances of the game, but after that Montreal were clearly the better team, comfortably out-chancing the Leafs. That really showed in the final fifteen minutes, when the Canadiens out-chanced them seven-to-one, including Pacioretty’s two key goals.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	19:11	0	0	Tor	Kadri from loose puck	ES	2	40	43	44	45	47	6	11	14	39	67	74
1	15:17	0	0	Tor	Holland from Greening	ES	24	26	38	45	51	52	27	39	42	76	79	81
1	14:33	0	0	Tor	Leipsic drives	ES	2	28	44	45	49	56	6	24	25	39	41	74
1	14:31	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Hunwick from rebound	ES	2	28	44	45	49	56	6	24	25	39	41	74
1	08:57	1	1	Mtl	Andrighetto from Galchenyuk	ES	28	44	45	49	52	56	27	39	42	76	79	81
1	06:50	1	1	Mtl	Eller wide from loose puck	ES	20	28	45	49	50	56	6	27	39	42	74	81
1	02:25	1	1	Tor	Kadri wide from loose puck	ES	20	43	45	47	49	50	11	14	39	67	76	79
1	00:48	1	1	Tor	Boyes from Arcobello	PP	24	28	33	38	45	51	17	39	41	76	79
1	00:19	1	1	Mtl	Eller from De la Rose	PP	32	43	44	45	47	49	25	39	76	79	81
2	17:12	1	1	Mtl	Pacioretty from Markov	SH	2	40	44	45	47		11	14	39	67	76	79
2	16:05	1	1	Mtl	Gallagher from Plekanec	SH	40	44	45	52	56		11	14	39	45	67	76
2	14:07	1	1	Mtl	McCarron from loose puck	ES	20	40	43	45	50	56	6	17	21	34	39	76
2	13:53	1	1	Tor	Leipsic wide from Gardiner	ES	43	45	47	49	51	52	27	39	42	76	79	81
2	12:24	1	1	Tor	Winnik from Hunwick	ES	2	26	33	38	44	45	11	14	20	39	45	67
2	09:22	1	1	Mtl	McCarron deflects Emelin shot	ES	20	28	32	33	45	50	6	17	21	34	39	74
2	09:21	1	2	Mtl	GOAL! Smith-Pelly from rebound	ES	20	28	32	33	45	50	6	17	21	34	39	74
2	08:10	1	2	Tor	Holland from loose puck	ES	24	26	40	45	51	52	20	27	39	42	45	81
2	08:03	1	2	Mtl	Eller drives	ES	24	26	40	45	51	52	6	27	39	42	45	81
2	07:49	1	2	Tor	Komarov drives	ES	2	43	44	45	47	49	24	25	39	41	76	79
2	06:44	1	2	Tor	Eller from loose puck	SH	2	40	45	52	56		27	39	42	76	79	81
2	05:19	1	2	Mtl	Danault from Byron	ES	2	20	26	45	47	49	24	25	39	41	45	76
2	03:57	1	2	Mtl	Eller from loose puck	EN	28	32	33	45	51	52	20	24	25	41	45	81
2	03:09	1	2	Tor	Komarov drives	SH	2	40	44	45	47		27	39	42	76	79	81
2	01:06	1	2	Mtl	Danault wide from Subban	ES	2	28	43	45	49	51	24	25	39	41	76	79
3	18:16	1	2	Mtl	Pacioretty wide from Gallagher	ES	2	43	44	45	47	49	11	14	39	67	76	79
3	15:55	1	2	Tor	Leipsic from Kadri	PP	28	43	44	45	47	49	14	39	45	67	79
3	15:43	1	2	Tor	Leipsic wide from Rielly	PP	28	43	44	45	47	49	14	39	45	67	79
3	13:37	1	2	Mtl	GOAL! Pacioretty from Markov	ES	2	43	44	45	47	49	11	14	39	67	76	79
3	11:53	1	3	Mtl	GOAL! Pacioretty from loose puck	ES	43	45	47	49	51	52	6	11	14	39	67	74
3	09:34	1	4	Tor	Holland drives	ES	24	26	40	45	51	52	27	39	42	76	79	81
3	09:18	1	4	Mtl	Pacioretty drives	ES	24	26	40	45	51	52	11	14	20	39	45	67
3	07:19	1	4	Mtl	De la Rose from rebound	ES	2	28	33	38	44	45	20	24	25	39	41	45
3	02:20	1	4	Mtl	Gallagher deflects Subban shot	SH	2	24	26	44	45		11	14	39	67	76	79
3	02:19	1	4	Mtl	Gallagher from rebound	SH	2	24	26	44	45		11	14	39	67	76	79
3	01:00	1	4	Mtl	Smith-Pelley from loose puck	ES	20	28	43	45	49	50	17	20	21	34	39	45

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Greening	2	1	66.7%	11:15	54.6%	51.5%	29.4%	43.8%
Holland	3	2	60.0%	13:12	44.4%	48.4%	26.7%	43.8%
Winnik	4	3	57.1%	13:45	50.0%	48.4%	33.3%	43.8%
Komarov	4	4	50.0%	15:36	40.0%	55.0%	36.4%	33.3%
Grabner	3	3	50.0%	13:19	30.0%	48.5%	18.8%	35.3%
Kadri	4	6	40.0%	17:09	38.1%	50.0%	37.5%	29.2%
Froese	2	3	40.0%	06:26	25.0%	56.5%	46.2%	50.0%
Leipsic	5	8	38.5%	16:09	50.0%	54.5%	41.7%	45.0%
Arcobello	1	3	25.0%	11:29	72.7%	40.6%	15.4%	36.8%
Boyes	2	7	22.2%	11:40	50.0%	48.0%	41.7%	38.5%
Leivo	0	2	0.0%	10:50	66.7%	40.0%	21.4%	33.3%
Parenteau	0	0	-	02:36	100.0%	12.5%	0.0%	28.6%
Rielly	5	4	55.6%	18:07	50.0%	49.1%	50.0%	33.3%
Hunwick	5	5	50.0%	16:44	50.0%	51.1%	45.8%	30.4%
Gardiner	4	4	50.0%	18:44	35.3%	52.8%	14.3%	52.0%
Marincin	4	4	50.0%	19:33	35.3%	50.9%	22.2%	50.0%
Percy	1	5	16.7%	11:25	66.7%	38.5%	20.0%	31.3%
Corrado	1	6	14.3%	12:26	60.0%	36.0%	44.4%	18.8%

The Leafs‘ top line had a tough night, as Nazem Kadri and Brandon Leipsic both finished clearly in the negative. Brad Boyes, who was moved onto that line at one point, had the worst night of any Leaf on for seven chances against and a team-worst -5.

Peter Holland with Michael Grabner and Daniel Winnik (in his final game), were the most effective of the Leaf lines, finishing just above even, although they had relatively few controlled entries.

More shuffling of the defence pairings saw Stuart Percy partnered with Frank Corrado, and that pairing didn’t work at all. They got the easiest zone starts on the back end, avoiding the Pacioretty line, but were both well below even in chances.

Matt Hunwick drew back in, and he and Morgan Rielly managed to finish even, as did the other pairing of Jake Gardiner and Martin Marincin.