Home Analysis Game Reviews Game 69 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 4 vs. Lightning 1

anton-stralman-steven-stamkos-jonathan-bernier-nhl-tampa-bay-lightning-toronto-maple-leafs-850x560 — Dec 15, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos (91) watches a goal go into the net by Anton Stralman (not pictured) as the puck goes past Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier (45) at Air Canada Centre. The Lightning beat the Maple Leafs 5-4. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports

Game 69 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 4 vs. Lightning 1

Mar 16, 2016

Toronto put together an impressive performance against the Lightning, with first Leaf goals for Connor Carrick and Ben Smith putting them ahead. A pair of empty netters then secured the win.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	13	4	4	5	10	9	50.0%	48.8%	33.3%
Tbl	15	1	3	11	10	4	50.0%	51.2%	45.5%

The Leafs and Lightning were close in chances and possession for much of the game, but the Lightning surged into a lead late as they chased the game in the final ten minutes. The Lightning also had the better of the controlled entries, building that lead up in the third period after being even for much of the game.

Toronto started well, and played great early defence, limiting the Lightning to only four chances in the first two periods. The game opened up for Tampa Bay late, as they had eleven of the last thirteen chances, but Jonathan Bernier was able to limit them to just one goal in that stretch.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:39	0	0	Tor	Komarov from Kadri	ES	8	41	43	45	47	51	17	25	55	86	88	91
1	16:12	0	0	Tor	Corrado wide from Michalek	ES	18	20	26	45	47	51	5	18	62	88	90	91
1	12:25	0	0	Tbl	Stamkos drives	ES	23	24	40	44	45	52	18	25	77	86	88	91
1	04:14	0	0	Tor	Parenteau deflects Corrado shot	ES	11	15	20	39	45	51	6	11	23	24	77	88
1	02:11	0	0	Tor	Laich from loose puck	ES	23	24	38	44	45	52	6	25	46	81	88	91
2	19:20	0	0	Tbl	Callahan from Stamkos	SH	26	40	44	45	52		17	24	77	86	88	91
2	14:35	0	0	Tbl	Callahan drives	ES	11	15	20	39	45	51	5	11	23	24	62	88
2	13:00	0	0	Tbl	Hedman from Namestnikov	ES	8	18	26	40	44	45	6	9	18	77	88	90
2	11:49	0	0	Tor	Holland drives	ES	23	24	38	45	51	52	11	23	55	81	88	89
2	06:39	0	0	Tor	Carrick from Greening	ES	8	23	24	38	45	51	5	11	23	24	25	88
2	06:26	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Carrick from loose puck	ES	8	23	24	38	45	51	5	11	23	24	25	88
2	02:50	1	0	Tor	Nylander wide from Parenteau	PP	15	18	38	39	45	51	18	62	77	88	91
3	19:04	1	0	Tor	Nylander from Rielly	PP	15	39	43	44	45	47	5	11	24	88
3	17:43	1	0	Tor	Soshnikov from loose puck	PP	18	24	38	41	45	51	18	62	77	88	91
3	17:33	1	0	Tor	Holland from Greening	ES	18	24	38	41	45	51	6	18	62	77	88	91
3	15:53	1	0	Tbl	Killorn from rebound	SH	20	23	40	45	52		5	17	24	77	86	88
3	15:52	1	0	Tbl	Killorn from rebound	SH	20	23	40	45	52		5	17	24	77	86	88
3	14:11	1	0	Tbl	Palat drives	ES	20	23	26	29	38	45	9	17	18	25	62	88
3	13:33	1	0	Tbl	Brown deflects Boyle shot wide	ES	20	23	26	29	38	45	6	11	23	24	77	88
3	13:27	1	0	Tbl	GOAL! Boyle from Stralman	ES	20	23	26	29	38	45	6	11	23	24	77	88
3	11:12	1	1	Tbl	Stamkos drives wide	ES	11	24	39	44	45	52	6	77	86	88	90	91
3	10:54	1	1	Tor	Grabner from Michalek	ES	18	26	40	44	45	52	6	77	86	88	90	91
3	10:53	1	1	Tor	GOAL! Smith from rebound	ES	18	26	40	44	45	52	6	77	86	88	90	91
3	09:36	2	1	Tbl	Stamkos deflects Stralman shot	ES	11	15	39	45	51	52	6	77	86	88	90	91
3	06:19	2	1	Tbl	Kucherov deflects Stamkos shot	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	6	77	86	88	90	91
3	06:18	2	1	Tbl	Kucherov from rebound	ES	40	41	43	44	45	52	6	77	86	88	90	91
3	02:08	2	1	Tbl	Stamkos deflects Hedman shot	EN	23	40	44	45	52		18	77	86	90	91
3	01:08	3	1	Tbl	Boyle from Johnson	EN	20	23	40	45	51		6	9	11	17	89

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Komarov	2	0	100.0%	12:18	25.0%	46.7%	42.9%	37.5%
Michalek	4	1	80.0%	08:44	0.0%	44.4%	41.7%	33.3%
Holland	5	2	71.4%	09:33	100.0%	40.0%	30.0%	66.7%
Greening	5	3	62.5%	10:29	75.0%	42.9%	41.7%	50.0%
Laich	4	4	50.0%	13:13	57.1%	40.5%	40.0%	59.1%
Soshnikov	2	2	50.0%	13:50	16.7%	47.1%	50.0%	38.9%
Smith	3	4	42.9%	12:49	25.0%	44.4%	37.5%	40.0%
Parenteau	1	2	33.3%	12:06	45.5%	62.5%	30.0%	41.7%
Grabner	2	4	33.3%	11:10	25.0%	44.1%	20.0%	42.1%
Kadri	1	2	33.3%	13:50	16.7%	50.0%	41.2%	41.2%
Hyman	1	3	25.0%	13:47	41.7%	60.0%	19.0%	50.0%
Nylander	1	3	25.0%	12:16	45.5%	59.4%	15.8%	46.2%
Gardiner	7	2	77.8%	19:16	50.0%	51.9%	18.5%	36.0%
Carrick	3	1	75.0%	13:24	75.0%	60.5%	34.8%	33.3%
Marincin	4	5	44.4%	21:42	23.1%	39.6%	47.6%	56.3%
Rielly	3	5	37.5%	20:50	20.0%	42.9%	42.9%	64.3%
Corrado	2	4	33.3%	13:10	50.0%	50.0%	31.6%	36.8%
Valiev	0	3	0.0%	09:23	60.0%	55.2%	31.3%	23.1%

Nazem Kadri’s line, with Leo Komarov and Nikita Soshnikov, mostly matched up against Stamkos’ line, and while their possession numbers were fairly poor, they were able to hold even in chances and the neutral zone despite heavy defensive zone starts. William Nylander’s line, which faced off against Brian Boyle, was outchanced, and, in contrast to Kadri, rarely entered the Lightning zone with control. The best of three offensive lines was Peter Holland with Colin Greening and Brooks Laich, who performed well against Tyler Johnson’s line.

Jake Gardiner split time with Connor Carrick and Frank Corrado, and had a very effective game — a team best +5 in chance differential. The best of that came with Carrick, who also managed to put up solid chance numbers. Martin Marincin and Morgan Rielly faced the brunt of the match-up with Stamkos, and both ended up narrowly outchanced. Rinat Valiev mostly avoided the top players and played less than 10 ES minutes, but he wasn’t on for a single Leaf chance, finishing at the bottom of the table.