Game 2 - Oct 2nd @ Philadelphia - Leafs 3, Philadelphia 1

The second game of a back-to-back of road home openers saw the Leafs head to Philadelphia. In a similar story to their opening game, the first period was a struggle, as they took six minutes in penalties, and faced a myriad of Flyer chances, eventually giving up a goal in the last 10 seconds of the frame. They settled down in the second, though they still faced some penalty trouble, and pulled level late in the period with Kessel's first of his big new contract. Dave Bolland was then the man in the third, scoring early for the game winner, and adding a late insurance marker.

Of particular note was just how well the Leafs defended with a lead in the third, compared to the other parts of the game; the last ten minutes saw just two Philadelphia chances, and neither of those were really 1-A grade. While they were saved a desperate last minute scramble by a late penalty, they successfully bottled up the Flyers in the last few minutes. When the games have been more open early this year, Toronto hasn't been great, but when they've buckled down, they have managed to control chances and stay even.




A summary of the scoring chances, first over the entire game:

All	TOR	PHI
1	3	10
2	3	7
3	4	3
Total	10	20

Then only at even strength:

ES	TOR	PHI
1	3	6
2	3	3
3	1	2
Total	7	11

This was my list of scoring chances from the game. If you see any problems or omissions (here or anywhere else), please go ahead and leave a comment.

Team	St	P	Time	Note	Toronto						Philadelphia
TOR	ES	1	00:24	Van Riemsdyk wide	42	81	21	3	36	45	10	28	19	5	44	35
PHI	ES	1	00:52	Simmonds from Hartnell	42	81	21	4	15	45	40	17	19	8	41	35
PHI	ES	1	01:53	Talbot from Voracek	63	40	12	2	51	45	14	25	93	22	32	35
TOR	ES	1	03:56	Van Riemsdyk from Bozak	42	81	21	3	36	45	40	17	24	5	44	35
PHI	ES	1	04:47	Read from Lecavalier	42	81	21	4	15	45	40	17	24	5	44	35
TOR	ES	1	09:42	Kadri wide from Kessel	43	81	19	3	36	45	10	28	19	5	44	35
PHI	ES	1	10:02	Hartnell wide from Giroux	43	81	19	3	36	45	10	28	19	8	41	35
PHI	SH	1	11:24	Hartnell deflects Timonen shot wide	11	42	3	36	45	-	17	28	93	19	44	35
PHI	SH	1	12:16	Simmonds from rebound of Timonen shot	11	42	3	36	45	-	17	28	93	19	44	35
PHI	ES	1	15:24	Hartnell deflects Timonen shot wide	42	81	21	3	36	45	28	93	19	5	44	35
PHI	ES	1	15:54	Simmonds from Lecavalier	63	40	12	4	15	45	40	17	24	22	32	35
PHI	SH	1	18:59	Giroux wide from Streit	11	41	3	36	45	-	10	40	24	28	32	35
PHI	SH	1	19:53	GOAL! B Schenn from Lecavalier	63	12	2	4	45	-	10	40	24	28	32	35
PHI	ES	2	03:06	Rinaldo from Streit	42	81	21	4	15	45	36	18	37	5	44	35
PHI	ES	2	04:18	Lecavalier wide from Simmons	42	81	21	4	15	45	40	17	24	5	44	35
PHI	SH	2	05:22	B Schenn wide from Giroux	11	41	3	36	45	-	10	28	93	19	44	35
PHI	SH	2	06:13	B Schenn from rebound of Streit shot	63	21	2	4	45	-	10	40	24	32	41	35
TOR	ES	2	08:25	Lupul from loose puck	11	19	41	3	51	45	10	28	19	22	44	35
TOR	ES	2	10:01	Kessel from Van Riemsdyk	42	81	21	4	15	45	40	17	24	5	44	35
PHI	SH	2	15:21	Voracek from loose puck	11	41	2	36	45	-	17	28	93	19	44	35
PHI	SH	2	15:52	Hartnell wide from Giroux	11	41	2	36	45	-	17	28	93	19	44	35
TOR	ES	2	17:06	GOAL! Kessel rebound from Phaneuf shot	43	81	19	3	51	45	14	25	36	5	8	35
PHI	ES	2	19:56	Simmonds PS after stealing from Ranger	42	81	21	4	15	45	17	28	19	32	41	35
TOR	ES	3	02:30	GOAL! Bolland from Lupul	63	19	41	4	15	45	40	17	24	22	32	35
TOR	SH	3	06:18	Van Riemsdyk wide	11	21	4	15	45	-	17	28	93	19	44	35
PHI	SH	3	07:24	Streit from loose puck	11	21	4	36	45	-	10	40	24	32	41	35
PHI	ES	3	11:29	Giroux wraparound from Hartnell	43	40	12	3	36	45	10	28	19	22	32	35
PHI	ES	3	16:53	Timonen deflects Coburn shot	42	81	21	36	51	45	40	24	93	5	44	35
TOR	PP	3	19:36	Lupul from Rebound of Franson shot	63	81	19	3	4	45	40	28	93	5	35	-
TOR	PP	3	19:37	GOAL! Bolland from rebound of Lupul shot	63	81	19	3	4	45	40	28	93	5	35	-

The Extra Skater game profile.

Another big Corsi lead, 73-42 for the Flyers, but that includes a lot of powerplay time;  at 5-on-5 the split was 44-33, a decent reflection of how the game went at even strength.


The overall scoring chance numbers for the Leaf players:

Player	F	A	D	TOI
Fraser	0	5	-5	13:30
Phaneuf	7	7	0	26:32
Franson	5	9	-4	22:37
McClement	2	7	-5	18:40
Raymond	0	4	-4	10:10
Ranger	3	6	-3	19:04
Lupul	6	1	5	16:07
Van Riemsdyk	4	9	-5	17:37
Orr	0	0	0	06:31
Gunnarson	3	11	-8	25:12
Ashton	0	0	0	06:37
Bodie	0	3	-3	06:19
Kulemin	2	4	-2	17:17
Bozak	3	9	-6	18:34
Kadri	2	2	0	11:53
Bernier	10	20	-10	60:00
Gardiner	2	2	0	13:59
Bolland	3	4	-1	16:08
Kessel	7	8	-1	20:03

And at even strength alone:

Player	F	A	D	EVTOI
Fraser	0	1	-1	09:44
Phaneuf	5	3	2	17:26
Franson	2	6	-4	16:29
McClement	1	0	1	09:38
Raymond	0	3	-3	07:53
Ranger	2	6	-4	16:23
Lupul	4	1	3	14:44
Van Riemsdyk	3	7	-4	13:22
Orr	0	0	0	06:31
Gunnarson	3	4	-1	16:17
Ashton	0	0	0	06:37
Bodie	0	3	-3	05:51
Kulemin	2	0	2	11:39
Bozak	3	7	-4	14:42
Kadri	2	2	0	11:05
Bernier	7	11	-4	44:17
Gardiner	2	2	0	13:11
Bolland	1	2	-1	11:09
Kessel	5	8	-3	18:44

Lupul, Kadri and Kulemin haven't had a great start; they haven't generated as much as you'd expect from a line with that level of offensive firepower, but have had two good games defensively, with Kulemin not on for a chance against in 11 minutes of even strength time in this one. They're not driving play that well, but they're not struggling either.

JVR and Bozak weren't that good, taking big negative splits; Kessel did too, but still led the team in chances.

Bolland's Corsi numbers were very good, even if he didn't turn that into a lot of chances. Raymond and Bodie were pretty quiet after strong starts last game.

Phaneuf  was very solid on the defensive end, even with a decent chunk of penalty killing time his overall differential is even, a very good achievement. Gardiner didn't get that much ice time, but was improved from his game in Montreal, while Ranger and Franson had some struggles.


The Flyers:

Player	F	A	D	TOI
Coburn	5	7	-2	17:11
Grossmann	2	1	1	15:40
B Schenn	7	3	4	19:54
Couturier	1	1	0	11:23
Simmonds	9	4	5	17:58
Hall	1	0	1	08:48
Hartnell	10	4	6	21:51
L Schenn	3	2	1	14:39
Read	8	3	5	18:51
Talbot	1	1	0	11:30
Giroux	11	6	5	26:02
Streit	8	1	7	22:42
Mason	20	10	10	59:26
Rinaldo	1	1	0	09:33
Rosehill	1	0	1	06:22
Lecavalier	9	5	4	19:26
Meszaros	5	0	5	18:56
Timonen	10	6	4	20:37
Voracek	8	3	5	16:36

And at even strength:

Player	F	A	D	EVTOI
Coburn	5	5	0	15:21
Grossmann	2	1	1	14:25
B Schenn	2	3	-1	14:13
Couturier	1	1	0	09:28
Simmonds	5	3	2	11:37
Hall	1	0	1	07:37
Hartnell	5	3	2	15:06
L Schenn	3	2	1	13:50
Read	4	3	1	12:09
Talbot	1	1	0	10:15
Giroux	4	3	1	15:53
Streit	4	1	3	16:13
Mason	11	7	4	43:43
Rinaldo	1	1	0	09:29
Rosehill	1	0	1	06:22
Lecavalier	5	3	2	12:32
Meszaros	3	0	3	14:29
Timonen	5	5	0	13:46
Voracek	3	0	3	09:14

With all that powerplay time, the numbers look pretty gaudy for the Flyers overall. Giroux was dangerous, along with Hartnell, Simmonds and Voracek, and its tough on them that they didn't get a reward for all the chances they generated. Lecavalier was also effective. Brayden Schenn got the goal, but was one of the Flyers weaker forwards last night, the only one negative at even strength.

Coburn wasn't all that effective, on the ice for the most chances against, along with Timonen, who at least had some good power play chances. Meszaros not being on ice for a chance against in 19 minutes is pretty impressive, very nice game from him.

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf, Nikolai Kulemin
Philadelphia - Andrej Meszaros, Jakub Voracek, Wayne Simmonds

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Cody Franson, Paul Ranger, James van Riemsdyk
Philadelphia - Braydon Coburn, Brayden Schenn