Saturday, March 22, 2014

Game 71 - Tampa Bay 5, Leafs 3 - Shaky goaltending leads to third straight Leaf defeat

Toronto's sudden run of defeats has come at a poor time, with a playoff spot that seemed so secure days ago now looking more and more precarious. A home loss to Tampa was particularly worrisome, as the goaltending, which has been the Leafs' biggest strength all season, now seems a real point of vulnerability, with Bernier's injury and Reimer's struggles.

The first period was level in chances, with the Lightning edging the period, and leaving ahead 3-2, with the Leafs' early lead undone by a pair from Steven Stamkos. The Leafs were then totally overwhelmed at the start of the second, giving up seven of the next eight ES chances after the 5-minute penalty from the end of the first expired.

Down 4-2, there was some hope for the Leafs, as they finished the second strongly, at got off to a great start in the third, including cutting the lead to one through Gardiner. However, they generated just 3 ES chances the rest of the game, and gave up a back-breaker of a goal with 7 minutes to go. They did manage four chances with the goalie out, but they weren't able to cut the lead down from two.

That chase in the third period allowed the Leafs to pull just barely ahead in the ES chances, though the close chances were handily won by Tampa, 11-6.

A summary of the scoring chances:
Status Overall ES
Team Toronto Tampa Bay Toronto Tampa Bay
1 6 8 6 7
2 5 7 4 7
3 12 3 6 1
Total 23 18 16 15

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 Tampa Bay
TBL ES 1 17:40 Kostka drives wide 24 19 12 8 44 34 44 23 12 21 77 30
TOR ES 1 16:29 GOAL! Kessel from Gunnarsson 42 81 21 3 36 34 9 17 91 7 25 30
TOR ES 1 15:28 Holland from loose puck 24 19 12 8 44 34 44 19 12 2 21 30
TOR ES 1 14:00 Bozak wide from Van Riemsdyk 42 81 21 3 51 34 9 11 17 7 25 30
TBL ES 1 13:40 Purcell wide from Brown 42 81 41 3 51 34 11 16 23 6 77 30
TBL ES 1 13:25 Brown from Pyatt 42 81 41 3 51 34 11 16 23 6 77 30
TOR ES 1 12:51 Kadri from loose puck 43 71 41 4 15 34 51 24 18 21 77 30
TBL ES 1 12:13 Stamkos wide from Palat 24 19 12 8 44 34 91 24 18 2 7 30
TOR ES 1 09:28 GOAL! Kulemin deflects Gleason shot 43 71 41 8 44 34 51 24 18 7 25 30
TBL SH 1 06:38 GOAL! Stamkos from Filppula 12 21 8 15 34 - 51 91 24 18 6 30
TOR ES 1 06:15 Gardiner post from Lupul 24 19 12 4 51 34 44 19 12 7 25 30
TBL ES 1 05:19 Purcell drives wide 42 81 21 8 44 34 11 16 23 2 21 30
TBL ES 1 04:21 GOAL! Stamkos from Johnson 42 81 21 3 36 34 9 17 91 2 6 30
TBL ES 1 03:57 Palat deflects Gudas shot wide 43 71 41 4 51 34 51 24 18 7 25 30
TOR PP 2 17:41 Lupul from Rielly 43 19 12 44 51 34 44 23 7 77 30 -
TBL ES 2 16:51 Hedman from Purcell 42 81 3 36 34 - 91 16 21 77 30 -
TBL ES 2 14:17 Kostka from Crombeen 43 19 41 8 44 34 44 19 12 2 21 30
TBL ES 2 14:05 Brewer drives 43 19 41 8 44 34 9 91 12 2 21 30
TBL ES 2 14:05 GOAL! Stamkos from rebound of Brewer shot 43 19 41 8 44 34 9 91 12 2 21 30
TOR ES 2 13:12 Gunnarsson from Kessel 42 81 21 3 36 34 9 91 16 6 25 30
TBL ES 2 12:07 Pyatt from Brown 24 19 12 8 44 34 11 23 18 2 21 30
TBL ES 2 12:06 Palat from rebound of Pyatt shot 24 19 12 8 44 34 11 23 18 2 21 30
TBL ES 2 12:06 Brown from rebound of Palat shot 24 19 12 8 44 34 11 23 18 2 21 30
TOR ES 2 02:29 Kulemin from rebound of McClement shot 11 40 41 3 36 34 9 91 16 2 21 30
TOR ES 2 01:56 Van Riemsdyk from Bozak 42 81 21 4 51 34 51 24 18 6 25 30
TOR ES 2 00:03 Kessel from Gardiner 42 81 21 36 51 34 51 24 18 7 77 30
TOR ES 3 19:45 Johnson from loose puck 11 40 41 3 36 34 9 91 16 6 25 30
TOR ES 3 17:20 Lupul wide from Kadri 43 19 12 44 51 34 51 23 12 6 25 30
TOR PP 3 14:32 Bozak deflects Kessel pass 42 81 21 3 4 34 9 44 6 25 30 -
TOR PP 3 13:26 Gardiner drives 43 71 12 44 51 34 51 24 7 77 30 -
TOR ES 3 11:40 GOAL! Gardiner drives 42 81 21 4 51 34 11 16 23 6 25 30
TOR ES 3 09:46 Kulemin from loose puck 24 40 41 4 51 34 44 19 12 2 21 30
TOR ES 3 09:04 Holland from loose puck 24 40 12 4 51 34 44 19 12 2 21 30
TBL SH 3 07:04 GOAL! Johnson from Malone 12 41 4 8 34 - 9 16 12 21 77 30
TOR ES 3 05:13 Van Riemsdyk drives 42 81 21 8 36 34 9 91 16 21 77 30
TBL ES 3 04:34 Filppula drives 42 81 21 4 51 34 51 24 18 7 77 30
TBL SH 3 04:01 Kostka drives 12 41 3 36 34 - 9 16 12 21 25 30
TOR EN 3 01:40 Van Riemsdyk wide from Lupul 42 81 19 21 44 51 44 19 23 2 7 30
TOR EN 3 01:28 Kessel from Lupul 42 81 19 21 44 51 44 19 23 2 7 30
TOR EN 3 01:26 Lupul from rebound of Kessel shot 42 81 19 21 44 51 44 19 23 2 7 30
TOR EN 3 01:24 Lupul from rebound 42 81 19 21 44 51 44 19 23 2 7 30

The Extra Skater game profile.

An even Corsi game, the Leafs winning 66-64 overall, Tampa winning 51-45 5-on-5, and the Lightning handily winning 5-on-5 close, 30-12.

The scoring chance numbers for Leaf players:

Player F A D TOI ESF ESA ESD EVTOI PPF PPA PPD PPTOI SHF SHA SHD SHTOI
Phaneuf 6 5 1 21:34 5 4 1 15:22 1 0 1 01:53 0 1 -1 04:19
Franson 7 3 4 21:39 6 2 4 16:34 1 0 1 02:25 0 1 -1 02:40
Gleason 3 11 -8 15:47 3 9 -6 11:41 0 0 0 00:00 0 2 -2 04:06
McClement 2 0 2 11:08 2 0 2 06:12 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 04:56
Raymond 6 8 -2 18:47 4 5 -1 12:33 2 0 2 02:16 0 3 -3 03:58
Ranger 1 1 0 04:50 1 0 1 03:11 0 0 0 00:00 0 1 -1 01:39
Lupul 8 8 0 16:11 3 8 -5 15:01 1 0 1 01:10 4 0 4 00:00
Van Riemsdyk 12 4 8 22:39 7 3 4 18:04 1 0 1 02:14 4 1 3 02:21
Holland 4 5 -1 09:37 4 5 -1 09:37 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 00:00
Gunnarsson 6 3 3 19:00 6 2 4 14:28 0 0 0 00:00 0 1 -1 04:32
Bodie 4 0 4 07:09 4 0 4 07:09 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 00:00
Kulemin 5 8 -3 17:03 5 6 -1 12:45 0 0 0 00:00 0 2 -2 04:18
Bozak 12 6 6 21:04 7 6 1 18:06 1 0 1 02:22 4 0 4 00:36
Kadri 5 4 1 15:49 3 4 -1 12:26 2 0 2 02:16 0 0 0 01:07
Rielly 9 9 0 16:08 3 9 -6 13:34 2 0 2 02:34 4 0 4 00:00
Gardiner 14 4 10 21:02 8 4 4 18:38 2 0 2 02:24 4 0 4 00:00
Clarkson 3 1 2 10:14 2 1 1 09:00 1 0 1 01:14 0 0 0 00:00
Kessel 12 6 6 21:01 7 6 1 18:39 1 0 1 02:22 4 0 4 00:00
Reimer 19 18 1 58:18 16 15 1 45:02 3 0 3 04:38 0 3 -3 08:38

Van Riemsdyk had the best difference of any of the forwards, at +4, ahead of Bozak and Kessel, who were both right around even, mostly down one shift when the latter pair were on with Kulemin for a couple of chances. The other forward who was excellent was Troy Bodie, who continues a very strong run in recent weeks, not on for a single Leaf chance against. Joffrey Lupul's season to forget continues, as he was the worst of the forwards.

Back-to-back strong games from Cody Franson, as well as from Jake Gardiner, who in the last couple of weeks has finally found the form that drew so much praise in earlier seasons. Carl Gunnarsson also did well, with all three putting up +4s. On the other hand, it was a miserable night for Gleason and Rielly, both a team-worst -6.

The Lightning:
Player F A D TOI ESF ESA ESD EVTOI PPF PPA PPD PPTOI SHF SHA SHD SHTOI
Brewer 9 8 1 14:12 9 4 5 13:33 0 0 0 00:00 0 4 -4 00:39
Salo 4 6 -2 19:37 3 5 -2 14:59 1 0 1 02:57 0 1 -1 01:41
Gudas 3 11 -8 19:56 3 5 -2 17:43 0 0 0 00:01 0 6 -6 02:12
Johnson 5 7 -2 21:52 3 6 -3 15:44 2 0 2 04:00 0 1 -1 02:08
Pyatt 6 2 4 07:43 6 2 4 07:43 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 00:00
Malone 6 5 1 11:20 4 5 -1 09:12 2 0 2 02:08 0 0 0 00:00
Purcell 6 5 1 17:12 4 5 -1 13:06 2 0 2 04:06 0 0 0 00:00
Killorn 1 2 -1 06:21 1 2 -1 04:24 0 0 0 01:57 0 0 0 00:00
Palat 7 4 3 21:06 6 4 2 15:09 1 0 1 04:27 0 0 0 01:30
Crombeen 1 8 -7 09:43 1 4 -3 09:43 0 0 0 00:00 0 4 -4 00:00
Kostka 11 6 5 19:15 9 6 3 13:50 2 0 2 05:25 0 0 0 00:00
Brown 7 7 0 10:35 7 2 5 09:33 0 0 0 00:00 0 5 -5 01:02
Callahan 4 5 -1 19:08 3 4 -1 13:07 1 0 1 04:33 0 1 -1 01:28
Carle 2 10 -8 20:24 1 9 -8 17:07 1 0 1 01:09 0 1 -1 02:08
Thompson 2 10 -8 12:12 2 4 -2 10:32 0 0 0 00:00 0 6 -6 01:40
Filppula 3 6 -3 20:50 2 5 -3 14:44 1 0 1 04:38 0 1 -1 01:28
Hedman 6 5 1 23:00 5 3 2 16:11 1 0 1 04:13 0 2 -2 02:36
Stamkos 6 5 1 18:34 5 5 0 14:58 1 0 1 03:36 0 0 0 00:00
Bishop 18 23 -5 60:00 15 16 -1 46:44 3 0 3 08:38 0 7 -7 04:38

Eric Brewer was one of the Lightning's best, along with Taylor Pyatt and J.T. Brown. Steven Stamkos got a hat-trick, but was only even in chances on the night. Matt Carle had a terrible night, playing 17 minutes and putting up a -8.

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - Cody Franson, James Van Riemsdyk, Carl Gunnarsson
Tampa Bay - Eric Brewer, J.T. Brown, Taylor Pyatt

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Tim Gleason, Morgan Rielly, Joffrey Lupul
Tampa Bay - Matt Carle, Tyler Johnson, Valtteri Filppula

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