Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Game 30 - Leafs 4, Ottawa 3 (SO) - Another third period lead lost, but victory comes in the shootout

With a large, supportive crowd backing them in Ottawa, the Leafs continued their struggles with a lead, giving up two in the third period, but managing to survive to the shootout, where they were perfect to earn a second straight win.

The two teams exchanged powerplay goals in the first, but the Senators had the better of the chances. The second period saw Ottawa's strong performance in chances continue, but the Leafs struck twice to take the lead, Kessell scoring early in the frame, and Gardiner scoring on a shot from the blue line.

Toronto generated only one chance in the final period, and none at even strength, and with Condra scoring an early goal, and Karlsson adding a powerplay marker, the game was level halfway through the period. Both sides were fairly defensive after the tying goal, as only a single chance came for either team before the end of regulation.

While there was a flurry of chances in the overtime, neither team was able to score, and the Leafs had a perfect shootout, scoring twice and getting two saves to win a second straight game.

The Leafs lost every period, but the real concern for them is that they generated just one even strength chance in the last 29 minutes, continuing a disturbing trend of third period struggles.

A summary of the scoring chances:

Status Overall ES
Team Toronto Ottawa Toronto Ottawa
1 6 10 5 8
2 4 8 3 5
3 1 8 0 5
4 3 2 3 2
Total 14 28 11 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 Ottawa
TOR PP 1 18:23 GOAL! Van Riemsdyk from rebound 43 81 21 3 4 34 19 16 2 4 41 -
OTT SH 1 16:36 Karlsson wide from Phillips 11 41 3 36 34 - 19 93 16 4 65 41
OTT ES 1 15:12 Greening from rebound of Corvo shot 11 21 2 3 36 34 7 14 6 46 77 41
TOR ES 1 14:53 Kessel from D'Amigo 43 81 29 2 26 34 14 15 25 3 65 41
TOR ES 1 14:52 Kessel wide from rebound 43 81 29 2 26 34 14 15 25 3 65 41
TOR ES 1 12:09 Smith deflects Fraser shot wide 23 71 12 2 26 34 7 6 16 2 46 41
OTT ES 1 10:41 Zibanejad wide from giveaway 11 81 21 4 51 34 19 93 16 4 65 41
OTT ES 1 10:36 Spezza from MacArthur 11 81 21 4 51 34 19 93 16 4 65 41
OTT SH 1 10:16 GOAL! McArthur from Zibanejad 23 41 3 36 34 - 19 93 16 4 65 41
OTT ES 1 09:13 Michalek from Ryan 43 81 21 2 26 34 7 6 9 3 65 41
OTT ES 1 08:52 Kassian from Cowan 43 81 21 2 26 34 15 25 28 2 46 41
TOR ES 1 03:50 Raymond from loose puck 43 81 12 36 51 34 7 6 9 2 46 41
TOR ES 1 03:49 Kadri from rebound of Raymond shot 43 81 12 36 51 34 7 6 9 2 46 41
OTT ES 1 01:01 Karlsson drives 43 81 21 26 51 34 7 14 15 2 65 41
OTT ES 1 00:57 Smith from loose puck 43 81 21 26 51 34 7 14 15 65 77 41
OTT ES 1 00:26 Turris from loose puck 23 71 12 3 36 34 7 6 9 4 77 41
TOR ES 2 16:55 GOAL! Kessel from Van Riemsdyk 43 81 21 26 51 34 14 15 25 3 65 41
OTT ES 2 15:17 Turris wide from Corvo 43 81 4 51 34 - 7 16 4 77 41 -
OTT SH 2 13:08 MacArthur defleccts Karlsson shot wide 11 41 3 36 34 - 19 93 16 4 65 41
OTT SH 2 12:45 Karlsson from Zibanejad 11 41 3 36 34 - 19 93 16 4 65 41
TOR ES 2 09:31 Smith from Clarkson 23 71 12 2 26 34 19 68 93 4 77 41
OTT ES 2 09:11 Cowen from Turris 43 81 29 4 51 34 7 6 9 2 46 41
OTT ES 2 07:22 Greening from rebound of Wiercioch shot 24 29 38 2 26 34 14 19 25 2 46 41
TOR PP 2 06:59 Van Riemsdyk drives 43 81 21 3 4 34 7 22 3 4 41 -
OTT ES 2 04:57 Condra from Greening 11 12 41 36 51 34 14 93 22 4 77 41
OTT ES 2 04:07 Methot drives 23 81 12 36 51 34 7 68 6 3 65 41
OTT SH 2 02:55 Michalek wide from Ryan 29 12 4 36 34 - 7 6 9 4 65 41
TOR ES 2 00:22 McClement from Kulemin 11 23 41 2 3 34 19 93 16 3 65 41
OTT ES 3 17:37 GOAL! Condra from Greening 23 12 41 4 51 34 14 15 22 2 46 41
OTT ES 3 16:40 Zibanejad wide from Spezza 23 71 12 3 36 34 19 93 16 3 65 41
OTT ES 3 16:26 Zibanejad from MacArthur 23 71 12 3 36 34 19 93 16 3 65 41
OTT ES 3 16:21 Zibanejad from Spezza 23 71 12 3 36 34 19 93 16 3 65 41
OTT SH 3 15:10 Ryan from Wiercioch 11 12 3 36 34 - 7 6 9 46 77 41
TOR SH 3 14:41 Raymond drives wide 23 12 2 51 34 - 19 93 16 46 77 41
OTT SH 3 14:31 Zibanejad wide from MacArthur 23 29 2 51 34 - 19 93 16 4 65 41
OTT SH 3 09:30 GOAL! Karlsson from Zibanejad 23 29 2 4 34 - 19 93 16 4 65 41
OTT ES 3 02:44 Ryan drives 11 29 41 4 51 34 7 6 16 3 4 41
TOR ES 4 04:17 Van Riemsdyk from Gardiner 12 21 3 51 34 - 19 16 3 65 41 -
OTT ES 4 03:23 Cowen from Spezza 43 81 3 51 34 - 19 16 2 65 41 -
OTT ES 4 01:02 Turris from rebound of Karlsson shot 12 21 3 51 34 - 7 9 3 65 41 -
TOR ES 4 00:39 Gunnarsson wide from Kadri 43 81 26 36 34 - 19 16 4 65 41 -
TOR ES 4 00:30 Kessel drives 23 81 26 36 34 - 19 16 4 65 41 -

The Extra Skater game profile.

A win for the Sens in Corsi, 90-51 overall and 53-35 5-on-5, though just 32-28 5-on-5 close.

The scoring chance numbers for the Leaf players:
Player F A D TOI ESF ESA ESD EVTOI PPF PPA PPD PPTOI SHF SHA SHD SHTOI
Fraser 6 6 0 16:00 5 4 1 11:55 0 0 0 00:00 1 2 -1 04:05
Phaneuf 4 12 -8 28:32 2 7 -5 14:46 2 0 2 06:39 0 5 -5 07:07
Franson 2 8 -6 21:02 0 6 -6 11:29 2 0 2 06:08 0 2 -2 03:25
McClement 1 9 -8 15:16 1 5 -4 06:53 0 0 0 00:00 0 4 -4 08:23
Raymond 6 10 -4 22:35 5 8 -3 14:29 0 0 0 03:16 1 2 -1 04:50
Van Riemsdyk 4 8 -4 24:06 2 8 -6 16:49 2 0 2 06:46 0 0 0 00:31
Smith 5 9 -4 21:30 4 6 -2 15:06 0 0 0 03:16 1 3 -2 03:08
Holland 0 1 -1 03:35 0 1 -1 03:35 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 00:00
Liles 7 5 2 17:51 7 5 2 14:38 0 0 0 03:13 0 0 0 00:00
D'Amigo 2 6 -4 08:13 2 3 -1 05:54 0 0 0 00:00 0 3 -3 02:19
Gunnarsson 4 13 -9 23:52 4 7 -3 15:04 0 0 0 00:00 0 6 -6 08:48
Ashton 0 0 0 01:24 0 0 0 01:24 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 00:00
McLaren 0 1 -1 03:34 0 1 -1 03:34 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 00:00
Kulemin 1 7 -6 10:08 1 3 -2 04:04 0 0 0 00:00 0 4 -4 06:04
Kadri 8 7 1 23:51 6 7 -1 17:00 2 0 2 06:46 0 0 0 00:05
Gardiner 5 13 -8 23:39 4 12 -8 17:40 0 0 0 04:04 1 1 0 01:55
Clarkson 2 4 -2 16:15 2 4 -2 12:59 0 0 0 03:16 0 0 0 00:00
Kessel 9 10 -1 25:20 7 10 -3 18:34 2 0 2 06:46 0 0 0 00:00
Reimer 14 28 -14 65:00 11 20 -9 42:18 2 0 2 10:02 1 8 -7 12:40

No Leaf forward was positive in chances for the game, and the only one at even was Ashton, who played for less than 90 seconds. Of the regular forwards, Kadri had the best night, at just -1, while Van Riemsdyk had the worst night, at -6. 

Mark Fraser had a solid night, as did John-Michael Liles in his NHL return, both as the only Leafs positive on the night. Liles, at +2, was the team's best. On the other hand, Jake Gardiner, had a terrible -8, despite posting the team's best Corsi rating on the night, which is a bit confounding to me. Cody Franson also had a poor night, not on for single ES Leaf chance.

The Senators:
Player F A D TOI ESF ESA ESD EVTOI PPF PPA PPD PPTOI SHF SHA SHD SHTOI
Cowen 6 4 2 15:37 6 3 3 11:41 0 0 0 00:02 0 1 -1 03:54
Methot 7 6 1 23:19 7 5 2 18:03 0 0 0 00:00 0 1 -1 05:16
Phillips 13 5 8 26:28 6 3 3 13:33 7 0 7 07:15 0 2 -2 05:40
Ryan 8 3 5 21:51 6 3 3 16:08 2 0 2 05:43 0 0 0 00:00
Turris 12 4 8 23:40 10 3 7 17:56 2 0 2 04:08 0 1 -1 01:36
Michalek 6 2 4 18:52 4 2 2 12:11 2 0 2 04:18 0 0 0 02:23
Greening 6 3 3 14:06 6 3 3 10:56 0 0 0 00:30 0 0 0 02:40
Smith 4 3 1 13:57 4 3 1 10:34 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 03:23
Macarthur 14 7 7 22:20 8 5 3 12:26 6 0 6 07:10 0 2 -2 02:44
Spezza 13 7 6 22:57 7 5 2 12:11 6 0 6 08:32 0 2 -2 02:14
Condra 2 1 1 11:38 2 0 2 06:34 0 0 0 00:00 0 1 -1 05:04
Neil 2 3 -1 06:28 2 3 -1 05:33 0 0 0 00:55 0 0 0 00:00
Kassian 1 0 1 01:05 1 0 1 01:05 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 00:00
Wiercioch 6 4 2 14:44 5 3 2 09:19 1 0 1 05:25 0 1 -1 00:00
Karlsson 18 7 11 32:57 11 7 4 18:02 7 0 7 09:42 0 0 0 05:13
Hoffman 1 1 0 04:57 1 1 0 04:15 0 0 0 00:42 0 0 0 00:00
Corvo 6 2 4 17:26 5 1 4 14:29 1 0 1 02:56 0 1 -1 00:01
Zibanejad 12 3 9 17:10 6 2 4 11:08 6 0 6 06:02 0 1 -1 00:00
Anderson 28 14 14 64:49 20 11 9 42:07 8 0 8 12:40 0 3 -3 10:02

Almost the opposite to the Leafs, just one Senator was in the negative at even strength, as Chris Neil was a -1. The best of the team was Kyle Turris, who was head and shoulders ahead of his teammates at +7. Erik Karlsson was also strong, on for a game-high 11 chances for.

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - John-Michael Liles
Ottawa - Kyle Turris, Erik Karlsson, Joe Corvo

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Jake Gardiner, Cody Franson, James Van Riemsdyk
Ottawa - Chris Neil

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