Game 75 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Lightning 3 vs. Leafs 0

This was an unlucky game for Toronto, with the Leafs getting off to a great start only to find themselves behind 2-0.

Tampa Bay added a third unanswered in the second period, and Toronto never managed to solve Ben Bishop, who posted an impressive shutout.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	23	9	8	6	17	6	56.7%	52.4%	46.2%
Tbl	17	8	6	3	13	4	43.3%	47.6%	44.1%

Toronto generated a lot of chances and dominated Corsi. While the Corsi advantage was driven by the Leafs powerplay chances, they were also effective generating chances at even strength. It does help that the Leafs were chasing the game for so long, but they had an advantage early in the game as well.

Toronto had the first seven chances of the game, but didn’t turn it into anything, and Tampa followed that up with a 12-3 run, including their two goals. Toronto didn’t come up with much in the last ten minutes of the game, generating only two chances.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	18:01	0	0	Tor	Carrick wide from loose puck	ES	8	16	28	31	42	51	17	25	30	51	55	91
1	17:59	0	0	Tor	Brown from Bozak	ES	8	16	28	31	42	51	17	25	30	51	55	91
1	17:58	0	0	Tor	Brown from rebound	ES	8	16	28	31	42	51	17	25	30	51	55	91
1	17:52	0	0	Tor	Greening deflects Valiev shot wide	ES	20	23	26	29	31	38	5	11	22	30	46	89
1	15:53	0	0	Tor	Boyes from Nylander	PP	15	28	31	38	39	51	18	25	30	55	91
1	15:36	0	0	Tor	Hyman from Bozak	PP	8	11	31	42	43	51	5	9	30	51	77
1	15:26	0	0	Tor	Gardiner drives wide	ES	8	11	31	42	43	51	5	9	22	30	51	77
1	14:45	0	0	Tbl	Boyle drives	ES	20	23	26	29	31	38	5	11	22	30	46	89
1	14:44	0	0	Tbl	Boyle post from rebound	ES	20	23	26	29	31	38	5	11	22	30	46	89
1	13:55	0	0	Tbl	Marchessault wide from Johnson	ES	18	31	40	43	44	52	5	9	18	30	81	89
1	12:26	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Blunden from Condra	ES	16	20	28	29	31	42	11	22	30	46	55	77
1	05:31	0	1	Tbl	GOAL! Palat from rebound	ES	8	11	23	26	31	52	5	17	18	30	89	91
1	04:04	0	2	Tbl	Namestnikov from Hedman	ES	8	16	18	31	43	51	13	23	30	62	77	90
1	03:18	0	2	Tor	Bozak from Rielly	ES	16	28	31	42	44	52	17	25	30	51	55	91
1	00:45	0	2	Tbl	Killorn from Johnson	ES	8	18	31	40	43	51	9	17	30	62	77	81
1	00:42	0	2	Tbl	Johnson wide from rebound	ES	8	18	31	40	43	51	9	17	30	62	77	81
1	00:25	0	2	Tbl	Killorn wide from Stamkos	SH	26	31	40	44	52		17	30	51	77	90	91
2	18:40	0	2	Tbl	Stamkos wide from Carle	SH	26	31	40	44	52		11	25	30	77	81	91
2	18:07	0	2	Tbl	Kadri post from Bozak	ES	8	18	31	42	43	51	11	18	22	25	30	55
2	18:01	0	2	Tor	Boyes deflects Gardiner shot	ES	8	16	28	31	42	51	5	11	22	30	46	89
2	15:04	0	2	Tbl	Filppula from rebound	SH	11	23	31	44	52		9	11	30	51	77	81
2	14:51	0	2	Tbl	Palat from Marchessault	SH	23	31	40	44	52		9	11	18	30	77	81
2	14:14	0	2	Tor	Michalek from Grabner	ES	18	23	31	40	44	52	5	9	18	30	81	89
2	14:01	0	2	Tor	Kadri wide from Michalek	ES	8	18	31	43	42	51	5	9	18	30	81	89
2	14:03	0	2	Tor	Bozak from rebound	ES	8	18	31	43	42	51	5	9	18	30	81	89
2	13:40	0	2	Tor	Hyman from Nylander	ES	8	11	15	31	39	51	13	23	25	30	55	90
2	13:22	0	2	Tbl	GOAL! Hedman from Stamkos	ES	16	28	31	42	44	52	17	22	30	62	77	91
2	07:59	0	3	Tor	Greening from loose puck	PP	15	28	31	38	39	51	11	25	30	55	91
2	06:02	0	3	Tbl	Johnson drives	ES	11	20	23	26	31	52	9	18	25	30	55	81
2	02:50	0	3	Tor	Michalek from Kadri	ES	18	20	29	31	40	43	13	23	30	51	62	77
2	02:46	0	3	Tor	Kadri from rebound	ES	18	20	29	31	40	43	13	23	30	51	62	77
3	19:03	0	3	Tor	Hyman from Parenteau	ES	11	15	31	39	44	52	5	17	22	30	89	91
3	15:26	0	3	Tor	Bozak wide from Kadri	PP	16	18	31	42	43	44	11	30	62	77	91
3	14:16	0	3	Tor	Parenteau from Nylander	PP	15	16	31	38	39	51	5	17	23	25	30
3	13:55	0	3	Tor	Gardiner drives	PP	8	11	23	31	38	51	11	30	62	77	91
3	10:14	0	3	Tbl	Brown drives	ES	18	20	31	40	43	51	23	25	30	51	55	90
3	07:16	0	3	Tor	Laich from loose puck	ES	8	23	26	31	38	51	5	11	30	46	62	90
3	06:08	0	3	Tbl	Stamkos deflects Killorn shot	ES	16	28	31	42	44	52	17	22	25	30	55	91
3	05:06	0	3	Tbl	Johnson from loose puck	ES	11	16	20	31	39	51	9	18	30	62	77	81
3	01:07	0	3	Tor	Greening drives wide	ES	8	23	26	31	38	51	13	23	25	30	51	77

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Parenteau	2	0	100.0%	10:08	100.0%	62.5%	50.0%	25.0%
Bozak	9	3	75.0%	12:13	66.7%	54.8%	52.9%	50.0%
Boyes	6	2	75.0%	08:39	75.0%	50.0%	41.7%	50.0%
Nylander	2	1	66.7%	10:59	100.0%	60.6%	50.0%	30.8%
Brown	6	4	60.0%	10:08	66.7%	44.0%	36.4%	50.0%
Greening	3	2	60.0%	07:31	60.0%	53.8%	42.9%	41.7%
Laich	4	4	50.0%	08:27	60.0%	50.0%	40.0%	46.7%
Hyman	3	3	50.0%	14:32	88.9%	56.5%	53.8%	40.0%
Michalek	5	6	45.5%	11:28	60.0%	44.8%	38.5%	43.8%
Kadri	5	6	45.5%	12:11	60.0%	46.9%	40.0%	41.2%
Smith	3	4	42.9%	09:03	60.0%	50.0%	40.0%	46.7%
Grabner	3	4	42.9%	09:32	75.0%	48.3%	42.9%	53.3%
Carrick	10	5	66.7%	16:26	60.0%	54.8%	52.2%	52.6%
Valiev	4	2	66.7%	12:25	66.7%	50.0%	50.0%	30.0%
Gardiner	10	6	62.5%	15:19	66.7%	52.8%	42.1%	52.9%
Rielly	3	3	50.0%	13:06	83.3%	56.1%	43.5%	38.9%
Corrado	4	5	44.4%	13:23	80.0%	48.9%	45.5%	43.5%
Marincin	3	5	37.5%	13:37	83.3%	53.3%	45.8%	47.6%

Tyler Bozak, Connor Brown and Brad Boyes had another great game — that was the most effective line at generating chances. Bozak was the top forward, as he had some good shifts with other lines as well, on for nine ES chances. Nazem Kadri’s line mostly avoided facing Steven Stamkos, but weren’t able to take advantage as they finished even against the other lines. William Nylander was quiet, as his line generated the fewest chances, although they were also effective defensively.

Jake Gardiner and Connor Carrick had a strong offensive game, leading the team with 10 ES chances for. The other pairings finished essentially even, with Morgan Rielly and Martin Marincin decent against the Stamkos line, and Rinat Valiev putting up good numbers as well.