Game 21 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Red Wings 1

The Maple Leafs played a strong, low-chance game against a Red Wings team that dominated them in chances in two previous meetings. Toronto had more chances...

How are the Maple Leafs performing relative to past seasons?

The Maple Leafs just surpassed the quarter pole of their schedule with a win over the Detroit Red Wings in game #21 of the 2014-15 season....

Leafs Scoring Chance Tracking – One-Quarter Mark

It feels like it's still early in the season, but we've passed the 25% point with the Leafs having played 21 of their 82...

Game 22 Scoring Chances: Penguins 4 vs. Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Toronto finished its season series with Pittsburgh, ending up clearly second-best in chances in all three games. In this one, though, they managed to earn...

Tyler Bozak is back to his old self. Mostly.

In the summer, I wrote about Bozak's statistically-improved 2013-14 season. In that post, I observed that Bozak had significantly improved his 5v5 offensive production last season,...

Game 23 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 6 vs. Capitals 2

The Maple Leafs were opportunistic early against the Capitals. Despite getting outchanced in the first period, they scored two goals from the point to...

Game 24 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 5 vs. Stars 3

The Leafs started December with another strong performance, which was similar to their game against the Capitals. The first period was even in chances at...

Game 25 Scoring Chances: Devils 5 vs. Maple Leafs 3

Toronto had a bad start against a short-handed Devils team, falling behind 8-4 in ES Chances, and 1-0 on the scoreboard. However, they seemed...

Game 26 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 5 vs. Canucks 2

In the first half, this was a similar game to last Saturday's effort against Washington: The Leafs were opportunistic, opening up a 4-0 lead...

Game 27 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Flames 1

If you've been following my scoring chance wrap-ups, there's a lot familiar in the story of tonight's game. The Leafs managed to take the lead...

Game 28 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 2 vs. Red Wings 1 (SO)

The Toronto Maple Leafs had one of the worst chance performances I've seen, almost as bad as the game that Buffalo played against them...

Game 29 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Red Wings 1

Over the last couple of seasons, these types of games from the Leafs have been rare; they were the better team and carried the...

JVR, PDO and the Leafs Defense

I didn't have any particular topic I wanted to write about this week, so yesterday morning I asked my twitter followers what they wanted me...

Game 30 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 4 vs. Kings 3 (SO)

Through the first half of this game, the Leafs looked in great shape, especially given it was the second half of a back-to-back; they...

Game 31 Scoring Chances: Maple Leafs 6 vs. Ducks 2

While the score line was different, there was a lot similar between the Leafs' back-to-back wins against the teams from Southern California. Much like Sunday, the...

Game 32 Scoring Chances: Hurricanes 4 vs Maple Leafs 1

The opening period of tonight's game was similar to the Leafs' last road outing against Detroit. The difference was that the Hurricanes were able...

Nazem Kadri: Is He First Line Material?

Nazem Kadri has faced enormous expectations ever since his name was called by then-Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke at the 2009 NHL entry...

Optimizing the Leafs Forward Lines

The last three games have really highlighted the Leafs defensive woes, but the problem has been an ongoing one and a significant portion of the...

What Does the Future Hold for Jake Gardiner?

And what should the Leafs do with the polarizing young defenceman? The answer isn't an instantly-gratifying one: Continue to be patient. There is currently no bigger...

Leafs Scoring Chance Tracking – Halfway point

I originally intended this to be a look back after 41 games, but recent events made it much more sensible to use 40 games...

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