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Game 82 Scoring Chances and Zone Entries: Devils 5 vs. Leafs 1

Apr 10, 2016

Fittingly, in a season that sees Toronto finish up dead last, the Leafs played a miserable final game.

New Jersey dominated the play; while Toronto took an early lead, the Devils pulled ahead in the second period and then got some insurance in the final minutes as Toronto’s attempt to chase the game was almost nonexistent.

The Devils opened up a huge Corsi lead in the second period. While Toronto cut it back at the start of the third period, they still finished behind. The chances were much more one-sided as New Jersey built well on a big first period lead. Toronto did take the neutral zone, making up ground in that area during the third period after struggling early.

Team	Chances	1st	2nd	3rd	ES	ESClose	ESCh%	NZEnt%	ContEnt
Tor	9	3	6	0	7	6	30.4%	55.5%	42.4%
Njd	23	12	4	7	16	9	69.6%	44.5%	39.6%

After falling behind, New Jersey dominated the rest of the first period, out-chancing the Leafs 12-1 after the first three minutes. The third period was the real disappointment for the Leafs, as they didn’t manage a single chance for despite being behind.

Period	Time	ST	SO	Team	How	State	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	O1	O2	O3	O4	O5	O6
1	17:09	0	0	Tor	Laich drives post	ES	15	23	31	42	48	51	5	8	11	14	15	35
1	17:07	0	0	Tor	GOAL! Parenteau from rebound	ES	15	23	31	42	48	51	5	8	11	14	15	35
1	16:15	1	0	Njd	Zacha drives	ES	31	39	44	47	52	54	5	6	26	35	37	48
1	15:41	1	0	Njd	Zacha wide from Elias	ES	31	40	44	47	52	54	2	25	26	28	35	37
1	15:19	1	0	Njd	Palmieri from Kalinin	ES	28	29	31	48	53	56	2	19	21	28	35	51
1	12:58	1	0	Tor	Greening deflects Gardiner shot wide	PP	20	31	38	39	46	51	2	8	15	35	51
1	11:18	1	0	Njd	Palmieri from Zajac	SH	20	23	31	51	54		8	16	19	21	35	51
1	10:53	1	0	Njd	Elias from Zacha	SH	31	40	44	52	56		2	25	26	28	35	37
1	10:50	1	0	Njd	GOAL! Smith-Pelley from faceoff	ES	15	20	29	31	39	42	5	6	25	26	35	37
1	04:38	1	1	Njd	Henrique from Elias	SH	20	31	40	52	54		2	14	25	26	35	37
1	03:01	1	1	Njd	Wood from loose puck	ES	23	31	44	51	53	56	5	6	11	35	44	48
1	02:59	1	1	Njd	Gionta from rebound	ES	23	31	44	51	53	56	5	6	11	35	44	48
1	01:00	1	1	Njd	Schlemko drives	SH	20	31	52	53	56		8	16	19	21	35	51
1	00:45	1	1	Njd	Kalinin from Josefson	SH	29	31	40	44	54		8	16	19	21	35	51
1	00:07	1	1	Njd	Zacha from loose puck	SH	20	31	47	52	53		2	14	25	26	35	37
2	19:01	1	1	Njd	GOAL! Henrique from rebound	ES	31	38	40	44	52	54	2	5	14	26	35	37
2	17:10	1	2	Tor	Parenteau from Bozak	ES	15	20	23	31	42	52	2	11	15	16	28	35
2	17:08	1	2	Tor	Parenteau from rebound	ES	15	20	23	31	42	52	2	11	15	16	28	35
2	16:28	1	2	Tor	Rielly from Boyes	ES	28	29	31	44	53	56	8	11	26	35	37	38
2	15:38	1	2	Njd	Zacha drives	ES	31	40	47	51	52	54	5	6	25	26	35	37
2	11:22	1	2	Tor	Laich drives	ES	15	20	23	29	31	42	5	6	19	25	35	51
2	09:18	1	2	Njd	GOAL! Henrique from Ruutu	ES	29	31	38	39	46	52	2	14	15	35	38	48
2	05:43	1	3	Tor	Boyes from Komarov	ES	15	28	31	42	44	47	2	8	11	26	35	37
2	01:44	1	3	Tor	Rielly drives	PP	15	29	31	38	42	44	2	19	28	35	37
2	00:27	1	3	Njd	Schlemko drives	SH	15	20	29	31	42		2	8	25	26	35	37
3	16:58	1	3	Njd	Elias from Zacha	ES	28	31	44	52	53	56	2	25	26	28	35	37
3	11:28	1	3	Njd	Palmieri drives	ES	15	23	31	42	44	51	2	6	19	21	35	51
3	09:34	1	3	Njd	Smith-Pelley post from Zacha	ES	20	28	29	31	53	56	5	6	25	26	35	37
3	02:13	1	4	Njd	Larsson drives	ES	31	38	39	46	51	52	5	6	16	35	44	48
3	00:54	1	4	Njd	Henrique drives	ES	20	23	31	44	46	54	2	14	28	35	44	48
3	00:48	1	4	Njd	Wood from rebound	ES	20	23	31	44	46	54	14	28	35	38	44	48
3	00:16	1	4	Njd	GOAL! Elias from Palmieri	ES	23	31	51	52	53	56	2	21	26	35	37	38

Leafs Player Data

Player	ESChF	ESChA	ESCh%	ESTOI	ZS%	NZ%	ConEnt	OppConEnt
Bozak	6	2	75.0%	12:23	66.7%	56.3%	38.9%	42.9%
Parenteau	6	2	75.0%	11:40	66.7%	57.6%	47.4%	42.9%
Laich	5	6	45.5%	11:49	57.1%	56.3%	38.9%	35.7%
Boyes	2	3	40.0%	10:19	40.0%	62.5%	33.3%	33.3%
Komarov	1	3	25.0%	14:25	33.3%	53.7%	50.0%	52.6%
Carrick	1	6	14.3%	09:38	100.0%	56.0%	35.7%	45.5%
Froese	1	6	14.3%	09:45	100.0%	58.3%	42.9%	30.0%
Gauthier	0	6	0.0%	09:59	20.0%	59.3%	62.5%	45.5%
Grabner	0	3	0.0%	08:38	33.3%	57.1%	66.7%	44.4%
Greening	0	3	0.0%	12:01	50.0%	50.0%	33.3%	33.3%
Lindberg	0	4	0.0%	11:55	66.7%	54.5%	33.3%	33.3%
Nylander	0	4	0.0%	12:25	50.0%	50.0%	29.4%	35.3%
Campbell	2	1	66.7%	02:01	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%
Corrado	3	4	42.9%	16:06	58.3%	55.6%	40.0%	35.0%
Brennan	2	4	33.3%	22:44	52.9%	61.5%	50.0%	40.0%
Gardiner	2	6	25.0%	14:30	100.0%	58.3%	38.1%	40.0%
Marincin	2	8	20.0%	16:08	66.7%	49.0%	36.0%	34.6%
Rielly	2	9	18.2%	17:46	0.0%	54.0%	48.1%	47.8%

The only line that produced much offense was Tyler Bozak’s, mostly playing with P.A. Parenteau and Brooks Laich. They scored the Leafs‘ only goal, and produced six of the team’s seven ES chances. Brooks Laich had a couple of bad shifts with other lines, which explains his worse defensive numbers.

The young players were unimpressive in this game, as Frederik Gauthier was a team worst -6, and William Nylander’s line didn’t produce a single chance in 12 minutes of ES ice-time.

It wasn’t a great game from Morgan Rielly and Martin Marincin to close out the season, as they were the worst two defencemen in chances. Andrew Campbell’s injury meant that the back end was somewhat jumbled, and Rielly and Marincin played plenty of time with different partners as well, both pairing with Jake Gardiner for a time. This also led to a lot of ice time for T.J. Brennan, who played over 25 minutes and over 22 at ES. In that ice time, Brennan had a relatively quiet game, finishing at -2 in chances.