Week 2 Review

The Leafs continued their strong start; losing their first game of the year in a tight game against Colorado, before tkaing advantage of some good goaltending to shut-out Nashville and surviving a sloppy game against Edmonton.

Game	Overall		Even Strength
	Leafs	Opp	Leafs	Opp
Oct. 8 v. COL	19	17	16	16
Oct. 10 @ NSH	17	13	13	8
Oct. 12 v. EDM	17	21	14	14
Total	53	51	43	38

The Leafs win the week, a +2 overall and a +5 at ES, splitting the two closing games and winning the one game they were superior in, against Nashville.


The team's early pattern of slow starts has pretty much stopped; they were the better team against Colorado early, and a soporific start against Nashville didn't really benefit either side.

The players totals from the week are below:

Overall	#	F	A	N	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESN	ESTOI	F/60	A/60	N/60
Raymond	3	12	21	-9	54:42	8	17	-9	42:21	11.3	24.1	-12.8
Franson	3	17	23	-6	63:15	12	17	-5	45:56	15.7	22.2	-6.5
Gardiner	3	19	14	5	59:00	15	12	3	50:42	17.8	14.2	3.6
Rielly	3	16	17	-1	51:31	15	17	-2	48:01	18.7	21.2	-2.5
Van Riemsdyk	3	24	15	9	67:43	18	10	8	51:38	20.9	11.6	9.3
Lupul	3	20	18	2	50:28	16	18	-2	44:56	21.4	24.0	-2.7
Bodie	1	1	0	1	05:03	1	0	1	05:03	11.9	0.0	11.9
Bozak	3	23	16	7	69:43	17	11	6	53:09	19.2	12.4	6.8
Kadri	3	21	12	9	44:45	17	12	5	37:59	26.9	19.0	7.9
Leivo	2	3	4	-1	19:46	3	4	-1	19:12	9.4	12.5	-3.1
Phaneuf	3	22	17	5	73:36	16	13	3	55:25	17.3	14.1	3.2
McClement	2	4	10	-6	29:43	4	2	2	20:22	11.8	5.9	5.9
Orr	3	4	4	0	23:26	4	4	0	22:25	10.7	10.7	0.0
Smith	1	1	1	0	05:16	1	1	0	05:16	11.4	11.4	0.0
Broll	2	6	6	0	16:12	6	6	0	16:12	22.2	22.2	0.0
Devane	1	1	2	-1	04:51	1	2	-1	04:51	12.4	24.7	-12.4
Bolland	3	8	15	-7	47:55	8	12	-4	41:09	11.7	17.5	-5.8
Kessel	3	24	12	12	62:40	18	12	6	53:28	20.2	13.5	6.7
Ranger	3	19	13	6	59:23	15	7	8	44:52	20.1	9.4	10.7
Bernier	3	51	51	0	181:07	41	38	3	146:13	16.8	15.6	1.2
Ashton	3	7	2	5	21:55	7	2	5	21:05	19.9	5.7	14.2
Gunnarsson	3	13	19	-6	59:04	13	11	2	51:05	15.3	12.9	2.3

A prettier week, with most of the team above even in the differential.
 
Good weeks:
Paul Ranger (20.1 CF/60, 9.4 CA/60)
Ranger hasn't been particularly impressive from my eyes, but his Corsi numbers and chance numbers look quite good. He hasn't been on for a lot against, and has been with productive lines. He benifits from the fact that he and Gardiner have tended to get some of the weaker competition, but he's still done well in that time.


James Van Riemsdyk (3 goals, 1 assist | 20.9 CF/60, 11.6 CA/60)
JVR had an excellent week, showing some great visiion and hands. He is looking like having the potential for  a real breakout season. One major positive this week is his defneisve play; he was able to get his chances against under control, while his chances for went up marginally. Playing at this level for a prolonged stretch will make him a very dangerous player.

Nazem Kadri (1 goal, 2 assists | 26.9 CF/60, 19.0 CA/60)
Kadri is still on for a lot of chances, a virtually identical number to last week, but substantially improved on the offensive end, with a team best mark.

Bad weeks:
Mayson Raymond (2 assists | 11.3 CF/60, 24.1 CA/60)
After a solid start, Raymond felt fairly invisible this week. In particular, his defensive performance wasn't great. Part of this is down to his usage; he's got one of the lowest percentages of offensive zone starts of the regular forwards, so he's somewhat predisposed to being on for more chances against.

Cody Franson (2 assists | 15.7 CF/60, 22.2 CA/60)
A very tough week for Franson, though again I suspect it's down to usage; having a rookie partner and getting a lot of D-zone starts isn't conducive to good results. One of the Leafs' problems early in the year seems to be that Franson is being asked a little too much of. He did well with Fraser on a third D-pairing last season, the step-up seems to have caught him out somewhat this season.

Dave Bolland (1 goal | 11.7 CF/60, 17.5 CA/60)
Similar to Raymond, in that he cooled down after a strong first week, though not to the same degree. Didn't produce many chances over the week, though he did manage the game winner against Edmonton.

Overall	#	F	A	N	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESN	ESTOI	F/60	A/60	N/60
Reimer	2	36	37	-1	90:44	21	30	-9	67:30	18.7	26.7	-8.0
Raymond	6	29	36	-7	102:18	17	28	-11	78:27	13.0	21.4	-8.4
Franson	6	39	47	-8	134:45	24	36	-12	98:01	14.7	22.0	-7.3
Gardiner	6	43	34	9	113:22	30	30	0	96:50	18.6	18.6	0.0
Rielly	4	19	25	-6	69:38	18	25	-7	65:43	16.4	22.8	-6.4
Abbott	1	2	6	-4	05:16	2	6	-4	05:16	22.8	68.4	-45.6
Fraser	2	2	10	-8	24:07	2	5	-3	17:44	6.8	16.9	-10.2
Van Riemsdyk	6	48	41	7	129:46	33	32	1	95:38	20.7	20.1	0.6
Lupul	6	42	31	11	102:01	27	29	-2	87:45	18.5	19.8	-1.4
Bodie	4	8	10	-2	28:13	8	10	-2	27:40	17.3	21.7	-4.3
Bozak	6	49	44	5	133:43	34	34	0	99:40	20.5	20.5	0.0
Kadri	6	38	29	9	90:07	25	27	-2	74:38	20.1	21.7	-1.6
Leivo	2	3	4	-1	19:46	3	4	-1	19:12	9.4	12.5	-3.1
Phaneuf	6	50	42	8	152:14	30	31	-1	107:05	16.8	17.4	-0.6
McClement	5	11	26	-15	75:04	9	8	1	50:50	10.6	9.4	1.2
Orr	6	6	7	-1	41:28	6	7	-1	40:27	8.9	10.4	-1.5
Smith	1	1	1	0	05:16	1	1	0	05:16	11.4	11.4	0.0
Broll	2	6	6	0	16:12	6	6	0	16:12	22.2	22.2	0.0
Devane	2	3	2	1	11:43	3	2	1	11:43	15.4	10.2	5.1
Bolland	6	21	22	-1	95:11	19	17	2	82:17	13.9	12.4	1.5
Kessel	6	53	37	16	128:40	36	36	0	105:57	20.4	20.4	0.0
Kulemin	2	3	6	-3	31:40	3	1	2	22:43	7.9	2.6	5.3
Ranger	6	42	33	9	120:02	31	23	8	94:36	19.7	14.6	5.1
Bernier	5	74	77	-3	275:11	58	55	3	220:15	15.8	15.0	0.8
Ashton	5	9	4	5	32:12	9	4	5	31:19	17.2	7.7	9.6
Gunnarsson	6	28	38	-10	122:15	27	21	6	100:51	16.1	12.5	3.6