Game 73 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Leafs 6 vs. Ducks 5 (OT)

A wild game saw Toronto fall behind early only to storm ahead four minutes later and extend the lead to 4-1 midway through the second period.

Then it was Anaheim’s turn to answer, scoring four straight goals to retake the lead. Connor Brown’s first NHL goal, on the powerplay, tied the game with less than five minutes to go, and Nazem Kadri completed a four-point night with an overtime winner shortly into the 3-on-3 period.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	17	3	6	5	3	13	3	40.6%	52.1%	39.5%
Ana	28	6	8	13	1	19	11	59.4%	47.9%	31.6%

The Ducks had the better of the game, dominating chances both overall and at even strength. Corsi was more even, with Anaheim only pulling out into a lead early in the third period, while the neutral zone numbers clearly favoured Toronto.

Anaheim’s push to tie is very clear when looking at the chances; after going behind 4-1, they had thirteen of the next fourteen chances, including all four of their goals. Toronto had a strong stretch in the middle of the second period as they built their lead.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:29	0	0	Ana	Pirri deflects Lindholm shot	ES	18	31	40	43	44	52	11	15	31	42	47	88
1	18:24	0	0	Ana	McGinn from rebound	ES	18	31	40	43	44	52	11	15	31	42	47	88
1	17:05	0	0	Ana	Pirri deflects Perry shot	SH	16	26	31	44	52		4	10	11	15	31	88
1	17:04	0	0	Ana	GOAL! McGinn from rebound	SH	16	26	31	44	52		4	10	11	15	31	88
1	13:05	1	1	Tor	GOAL! Kadri from Michalek	PP	16	18	31	42	43	44	4	5	22	31	33
1	09:03	2	1	Tor	Hyman wide from loose puck	ES	11	15	31	39	44	52	10	15	31	37	42	47
1	08:47	2	1	Ana	Perry drives post	ES	11	20	26	29	31	39	5	10	31	37	47	67
1	05:30	2	1	Tor	Laich from Smith	ES	8	11	23	26	31	51	3	10	31	37	47	67
1	00:50	2	1	Ana	Thompson deflects Lindholm shot	ES	8	23	26	31	38	51	16	25	31	42	44	47
2	15:48	2	1	Tor	Nylander drives	ES	8	11	15	31	39	51	4	10	31	37	42	67
2	15:00	2	1	Ana	Ritchie drives	ES	8	15	23	26	31	51	3	10	31	37	47	67
2	14:21	2	1	Ana	Santorelli from loose puck	ES	20	23	26	29	31	38	4	5	16	25	31	67
2	14:20	2	1	Ana	Santorelli from rebound	ES	20	23	26	29	31	38	4	5	16	25	31	67
2	11:02	2	1	Tor	GOAL! Bozak from Kadri	PP	16	18	31	42	43	44	3	7	15	31	47
2	10:18	3	1	Tor	Bozak from loose puck	ES	16	31	32	42	44	52	3	10	31	37	47	67
2	10:15	3	1	Tor	Bozak from rebound	ES	16	31	32	42	44	52	3	10	31	37	47	67
2	09:33	3	1	Tor	Brown wide from Kadri	ES	16	31	40	43	44	52	4	5	11	15	31	88
2	03:01	3	1	Tor	GOAL! Corrado from rebound	ES	20	23	26	31	38	44	7	15	31	33	42	47
2	02:47	4	1	Ana	Getzlaf drives	ES	18	31	40	43	44	52	7	15	31	33	42	47
2	01:13	4	1	Ana	Getzlaf from Fowler	SH	11	26	31	44	52		4	10	15	31	37	47
2	01:06	4	1	Ana	GOAL! McGinn from Pirri	SH	16	23	31	51	52		4	10	11	15	31	88
2	00:58	4	2	Ana	Cogliano from loose puck	ES	8	31	32	42	43	51	7	22	31	33	42	47
2	00:57	4	3	Ana	GOAL! Cogliano from rebound	ES	8	31	32	42	43	51	7	22	31	33	42	47
3	18:33	4	3	Ana	Perry from McGinn	ES	8	15	31	32	39	51	3	10	31	42	67	88
3	18:27	4	3	Ana	Stoner from Manson	ES	8	15	31	32	39	51	3	10	31	42	67	88
3	18:09	4	3	Ana	Manson drives	ES	11	15	20	29	31	39	3	11	22	31	37	42
3	17:36	4	3	Ana	Pirri from Horcoff	ES	11	20	26	29	31	39	5	11	16	22	31	47
3	15:33	4	3	Tor	Bozak wide from Kadri	PP	16	18	31	42	43	44	4	22	31	33	42
3	14:21	4	3	Ana	GOAL! Garbutt from giveaway	PP	15	31	32	38	39	51	4	16	22	31	42
3	13:28	4	4	Ana	Rakell drives wide	ES	23	29	31	38	43	52	5	10	31	47	67	88
3	11:43	4	4	Ana	GOAL! Pirri from Horcoff	ES	8	11	15	31	39	51	11	22	31	37	42	47
3	11:29	4	5	Ana	Thompson deflects Garbutt shot	ES	16	31	32	42	44	52	16	25	31	42	44	47
3	10:19	4	5	Tor	Kadri post from Grabner	ES	8	18	31	40	43	51	4	5	10	15	31	88
3	09:12	4	5	Tor	Greening drives	ES	8	26	31	38	39	44	11	22	31	37	42	47
3	07:33	4	5	Ana	McGinn wide from loose puck	SH	8	26	31	40	51		4	10	11	15	31	88
3	06:56	4	5	Ana	Ritchie post from Getzlaf	SH	11	20	23	31	44		10	15	31	37	42	47
3	05:35	4	5	Tor	Bozak from Brown	ES	16	29	31	32	42	51	4	7	16	22	31	42
3	04:23	4	5	Tor	GOAL! Brown from Michalek	PP	16	18	31	42	43	44	3	7	15	31	47
3	01:23	5	5	Ana	Fowler from Lindholm	SH	11	23	31	44	52		4	10	11	15	31	88
3	01:03	5	5	Ana	Perry drives	SH	26	31	40	44	52		4	10	15	31	47	88
3	00:06	5	5	Ana	Rakell drives	ES	8	16	31	32	42	51	4	7	31	33	47	67
4	04:53	5	5	Tor	Rielly drives wide	ES	11	31	43	44			4	15	31	33
4	04:43	5	5	Ana	Silfverberg from Getzlaf	ES	11	31	43	44			4	15	31	33
4	04:32	5	5	Tor	Kadri from Rielly	ES	11	31	43	44			4	10	15	31
4	04:19	5	5	Tor	Kadri from loose puck	ES	11	31	43	44			4	10	15	31

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Brown	4	2	66.7%	09:56	71.4%	56.7%	52.9%	30.8%
Hyman	6	5	54.5%	14:00	63.6%	53.3%	50.0%	28.6%
Bozak	3	4	42.9%	09:15	71.4%	60.7%	47.1%	36.4%
Kadri	5	7	41.7%	16:06	42.9%	50.0%	39.3%	42.9%
Grabner	2	3	40.0%	13:08	42.9%	54.5%	29.2%	40.0%
Smith	3	6	33.3%	12:02	50.0%	46.2%	33.3%	28.6%
Leivo	3	6	33.3%	09:51	71.4%	58.6%	47.1%	33.3%
Nylander	3	6	33.3%	14:26	54.6%	57.1%	35.7%	19.0%
Greening	2	4	33.3%	10:59	50.0%	45.0%	38.9%	27.3%
Parenteau	2	5	28.6%	13:43	60.0%	52.0%	38.5%	20.8%
Laich	2	5	28.6%	10:47	60.0%	41.2%	35.7%	25.0%
Michalek	1	3	25.0%	13:33	60.0%	52.2%	29.2%	40.9%
Rielly	9	5	64.3%	17:56	57.1%	56.4%	29.0%	37.5%
Marincin	4	5	44.4%	18:59	57.1%	54.0%	23.5%	34.5%
Gardiner	4	8	33.3%	18:17	50.0%	54.2%	37.5%	18.5%
Carrick	4	8	33.3%	16:01	50.0%	51.9%	37.0%	16.0%
Corrado	1	5	16.7%	13:29	80.0%	46.9%	56.5%	42.3%
Valiev	1	6	14.3%	13:45	80.0%	47.1%	58.3%	40.7%

Nazem Kadri had a great offensive night, but his line, alongside Milan Michalek and Michael Grabner, produced very little at even strength; all four of Kadri’s points came on the powerplay or overtime. Kadri also had much worse defensive numbers than the rest of his line, as he was caught out on a few shifts with other partners. For the most part, he matched up against Getzlaf’s line. William Nylander’s line was also outchanced.

The only trio in the positive was Tyler Bozak, with Connor Brown and Josh Leivo. Zach Hyman partnered with Kadri for a good shift in overtime, which lifted him to the top of the table.

Morgan Rielly joined Kadri and Hyman with a strong overtime shift, which gave him a boost over Martin Marincin, as that pairing was narrowly outchanced, mostly up against Getzlaf. Frank Corrado and Rinat Valiev received mostly offensive zone starts, but were the worst Leafs in terms of chances.