Game 23 - Leafs 2, Washington 1 (SO) - Caps can't turn Corsi into chances

One of the biggest blowouts against the Leafs in terms of Corsi not only resulted in a Toronto win, but also in an extension of their streak of outchancing teams at even strength, as they came 5 minutes away from winning outright against Washington, before Ovechkin struck and left them to win it in a shootout.

The game started with a flurry of Washington chances, but Toronto responded well, and managed to win the last 16 minutes of the period 9-3, to end up taking the frame as a whole.

The second saw the Leafs get outshot, in particular on a bucnh of powerplay shots, but Washington's propensity for taking shots from the point, combined with the Leafs defensive approach, meant that the Caps generated only 4 chances all period, and only one at even strength, resulting in an easy Leafs victory on the chance front. In addition, David Clarkson scored again, putting the Leafs up on the scoreboard.

The final period saw Washington come out hard, dominating chances, and coming out with a deserved goal late in the game from Ovechkin. This was really a poor period from the Leafs, score effects are one thing, but to give up 11 chances, the worst third period of the season, is really troublesome; especially when they had a similar game recently against Buffalo.

While being heavily outshot, the Leafs won the chance battle, thanks to a good overtime period (an area where they've been strong all year). It's now a 5-game streak of not being outshot.

A summary of the scoring chances:

Status	Overall		ES
Team	Toronto	Washington	Toronto	Washington
1	9	7	9	7
2	8	4	6	1
3	4	14	4	11
4	4	1	4	1
Total	25	26	23	20

Details below.



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.

Club	St	P	Time	Note	Toronto						Washington
WAS	ES	1	19:12	Chimera from loose puck	24	21	41	4	51	34	19	43	25	27	52	70
WAS	ES	1	18:34	Chimera from Laich	24	81	21	4	51	34	21	42	25	27	74	70
WAS	ES	1	18:28	Laich from rebound of Chimera shot	24	81	21	4	51	34	21	42	25	27	74	70
WAS	ES	1	18:28	Ward from rebound of Chimera shot	24	81	21	4	51	34	21	42	25	27	74	70
TOR	ES	1	16:41	Kadri from loose puck	43	19	71	2	44	34	19	16	8	23	88	70
TOR	ES	1	14:30	Kessel from Van Riemsdyk	24	81	21	2	36	34	84	42	25	52	88	70
WAS	ES	1	13:52	Laich drives	43	19	71	2	44	34	21	42	25	27	74	70
TOR	ES	1	12:32	Holland wide from Van Riemsdyk	24	81	21	3	36	34	19	90	8	23	88	70
TOR	ES	1	08:39	Clarkson wraparound	43	19	71	2	44	34	21	42	25	34	52	70
TOR	ES	1	08:10	Lupul wide from Kadri	43	81	19	4	51	34	84	20	25	27	74	70
WAS	ES	1	06:36	Green from Backstrom	11	12	41	3	36	34	19	90	8	34	52	70
WAS	ES	1	05:10	Chimera from rebound of Ward shot	43	19	71	4	51	34	21	42	25	23	88	70
TOR	ES	1	05:00	Lupul from Kadri	43	19	71	4	51	34	21	42	25	23	88	70
TOR	ES	1	04:31	Kessel drives	24	81	21	2	4	34	84	16	20	27	74	70
TOR	ES	1	04:30	Van Riemsdyk from rebound of Kessel shot	24	81	21	2	4	34	84	16	20	27	74	70
TOR	ES	1	03:11	Kulemin from Raymond	11	12	41	3	36	34	19	90	8	34	52	70
TOR	ES	2	19:41	Kadri wide from Clarkson	43	19	71	2	44	34	21	42	25	34	52	70
WAS	SH	2	18:16	Brouwer from Johansson	11	41	3	36	34	-	19	90	20	8	74	70
WAS	SH	2	18:16	Backstrom from rebound of Brouwer shot	11	41	3	36	34	-	19	90	20	8	74	70
WAS	SH	2	12:42	Carlson from Backstrom	11	41	2	36	34	-	19	21	20	8	74	70
WAS	ES	2	11:21	Fehr from Chimera	43	19	71	2	44	34	46	16	25	27	74	70
TOR	PP	2	10:52	Kessel from Franson	81	19	21	3	4	34	21	20	27	74	70	-
TOR	PP	2	09:52	GOAL! Clarkson deflects Gardiner shot	43	71	12	44	51	34	21	20	23	34	70	-
TOR	ES	2	08:01	Clarkson post from Kadri	43	19	71	2	44	34	19	42	25	23	88	70
TOR	ES	2	05:49	Van Riemsdyk deflects Franson shot wide	24	81	21	4	51	34	84	16	20	34	52	70
TOR	ES	2	03:43	Clarkson from Kadri	43	19	71	3	36	34	21	42	25	23	88	70
TOR	ES	2	03:19	Phaneuf from Lupul	43	81	19	3	4	34	21	42	25	27	74	70
TOR	ES	2	00:09	Kadri from Clarkson	43	19	71	4	51	34	84	42	25	34	74	70
WAS	SH	3	18:57	Backstrom from Carlson	11	22	3	36	34	-	19	90	20	8	74	70
WAS	SH	3	18:43	Ovechkin wide from Carlson	11	22	3	36	34	-	19	90	20	8	74	70
WAS	SH	3	17:52	Ovechkin drives	21	41	2	4	34	-	19	90	42	8	74	70
TOR	ES	3	14:04	Van Riemsdyk from Kessel	24	81	21	2	44	34	21	42	25	27	74	70
WAS	ES	3	13:27	Brouwer from Grabovski	24	81	21	4	51	34	84	16	20	34	52	70
WAS	ES	3	13:14	Brouwer from loose puck	24	81	21	4	51	34	84	16	20	27	74	70
WAS	ES	3	12:46	Grabovski wide from Fehr	24	81	21	4	51	34	84	16	20	27	74	70
TOR	ES	3	10:35	Rielly from Lupul	43	19	71	4	44	34	46	43	24	23	88	70
WAS	ES	3	09:47	Ovechkin from Backstrom	11	12	41	3	36	34	19	90	8	34	52	70
WAS	ES	3	09:32	Backstrom from Urbom	11	12	41	3	36	34	19	90	8	34	52	70
WAS	ES	3	09:18	Alzner wide from Chimera	19	22	71	2	44	34	21	42	25	27	74	70
WAS	ES	3	08:00	Grabovski fron Fehr	24	81	21	4	51	34	84	16	20	23	34	70
WAS	ES	3	07:53	Grabovski from loose puck	24	81	21	4	51	34	84	16	20	23	34	70
TOR	ES	3	07:05	Phaneuf post from McClement	11	12	41	3	36	34	19	90	8	52	88	70
WAS	ES	3	05:05	Fehr from loose puck	24	81	21	4	51	34	84	16	20	34	52	70
TOR	ES	3	04:18	Van Riemsdyk wide from Kessel	11	81	21	3	36	34	19	90	8	34	52	70
WAS	ES	3	04:10	GOAL! Ovechkin from Green	11	21	41	3	36	34	19	90	8	52	88	70
WAS	ES	3	03:49	Ward from Chimera	43	19	71	2	44	34	21	42	25	74	88	70
TOR	ES	4	03:20	Kessel drives	24	81	3	44	34	-	21	20	52	88	70	-
TOR	ES	4	02:21	Gardiner from Raymond	12	21	4	51	34	-	19	16	27	74	70	-
TOR	ES	4	01:45	Kadri from Rielly	43	71	44	51	34	-	19	16	74	88	70	-
TOR	ES	4	00:47	Kessel from Gunnarsson	24	81	3	36	34	-	42	25	52	88	70	-
WAS	ES	4	00:25	Schmidt from Chimera	19	12	4	51	34	-	42	25	52	88	70	-

The Extra Skater game profile.

The Leafs got badly beaten in Corsi. 54-101 overall, 46-82 5-on-5 and 38-58 5-on-5 close. So very little between the two teams. That 101 Corsi events for Washington are staggering, especially when you consider that they didn't generate as many chances as the Leafs did.

The scoring chance numbers for the Leaf players:

Player	F	A	D	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESD	EVTOI	PPF	PPA	PPD	PPTOI	SHF	SHA	SHD
Fraser	8	6	2	19:15	8	4	4	16:30	0	0	0	00:00	0	2	-2
Phaneuf	9	8	1	23:31	8	4	4	19:57	1	0	1	01:02	0	4	-4
Franson	10	13	-3	22:18	9	12	-3	19:10	1	0	1	01:02	0	1	-1
Mcclement	3	9	-6	20:13	3	4	-1	15:37	0	0	0	00:00	0	5	-5
Raymond	4	4	0	14:32	3	4	-1	14:06	1	0	1	00:26	0	0	0
Lupul	11	6	5	20:58	10	6	4	20:05	1	0	1	00:53	0	0	0
Van Riemsdyk	9	12	-3	18:54	8	11	-3	16:33	1	0	1	00:53	0	1	-1
Smithson	0	3	-3	08:34	0	1	-1	05:25	0	0	0	00:00	0	2	-2
Holland	8	10	-2	18:01	8	10	-2	18:01	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0
Orr	0	0	0	03:49	0	0	0	03:49	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0
Gunnarsson	7	9	-2	22:39	7	4	3	18:43	0	0	0	00:00	0	5	-5
Mclaren	0	0	0	04:00	0	0	0	04:00	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0
Kulemin	2	9	-7	18:13	2	5	-3	15:26	0	0	0	00:00	0	4	-4
Kadri	12	4	8	19:35	11	4	7	19:09	1	0	1	00:26	0	0	0
Rielly	9	4	5	19:25	8	4	4	19:07	1	0	1	00:17	0	0	0
Gardiner	7	12	-5	23:02	6	12	-6	22:05	1	0	1	00:17	0	0	0
Clarkson	10	5	5	18:38	9	5	4	18:12	1	0	1	00:26	0	0	0
Kessel	12	9	3	18:23	11	9	2	17:30	1	0	1	00:53	0	0	0
Reimer	25	26	-1	65:00	23	20	3	57:41	2	0	2	01:19	0	6	-6

Kadri has had a solid return from his suspension, which continued tonight, as he was a team-high +7, on for a game-high 11 chances for, and led all forwards in ES ice time. Clarkson and Lupul were also both strong, and Kessel had a decent night, on for a lot of chances both for and against. Van Riemsdyk had a tougher night, a -3, as was Kulemin, who had a lot of minutes and a tough assignment against Ovechkin; Raymond and McClement weren't as low in a similar assignment, though.

Another good game from Morgan Rielly, who showed some good offensive flash, and was a +4. Phaneuf and Fraser were equal, while the defenders who struggled were Franson and Gardiner, who was a team low -6.


The Capitals:

Player	F	A	D	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESD	EVTOI	PPF	PPA	PPD	PPTOI	SHF	SHA	SHD	SHTOI
Ovechkin	10	5	5	24:44	4	5	-1	18:56	6	0	6	05:48	0	0	0	00:00
Fehr	7	6	1	16:56	7	6	1	16:56	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Backstrom	11	8	3	24:09	5	8	-3	20:11	6	0	6	03:58	0	0	0	00:00
Brouwer	11	7	4	18:19	6	5	1	13:20	5	0	5	04:04	0	2	-2	00:55
Laich	8	9	-1	18:51	7	7	0	15:30	1	0	1	02:26	0	2	-2	00:55
Strachan	3	7	-4	13:08	3	6	-3	12:41	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	00:27
Volpatti	0	1	-1	05:28	0	1	-1	05:28	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Chimera	10	11	-1	17:29	10	11	-1	16:30	0	0	0	00:35	0	0	0	00:24
Alzner	9	7	2	20:51	9	6	3	19:59	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	00:52
Urbom	7	7	0	18:21	7	6	1	17:54	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	00:27
Ward	9	10	-1	18:18	8	10	-2	15:58	1	0	1	01:56	0	0	0	00:24
Wilson	1	1	0	04:59	1	1	0	04:59	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Latta	1	1	0	07:48	1	1	0	07:48	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Green	8	9	-1	24:19	8	9	-1	23:10	0	0	0	01:09	0	0	0	00:00
Carlson	15	9	6	27:33	9	8	1	21:50	6	0	6	04:51	0	1	-1	00:52
Grabovski	6	6	0	16:18	6	6	0	14:51	0	0	0	01:27	0	0	0	00:00
Schmidt	4	11	-7	19:50	4	11	-7	19:38	0	0	0	00:12	0	0	0	00:00
Johansson	9	4	5	21:20	4	4	0	17:46	5	0	5	03:34	0	0	0	00:00
Holtby	26	25	1	65:00	20	23	-3	57:41	6	0	6	06:00	0	2	-2	01:19

No one really stood out for Washington, with Alzner the best at +3. Ovechkin was the team's best overall, but without the powerplay chances, he was held reasonably in check. Backstrom wasn't all that great as a -3, while Nate Schmidt had a miserable game, a game-low -7. 

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - Nazem Kadri, Dion Phaneuf, Morgan Rielly
Washington - Karl Alzner

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Jake Gardiner, Cody Franson, James Van Riemsdyk
Washington - Nate Schmidt, Nicklas Backstrom, Tyson Strachan