Game 75 - Philadelphia 4, Leafs 2 - Special teams see Toronto's losing streak stretch to seven

The Leafs again had a poor start, and while they did manage to get level in the game, they weren't able to avoid a seventh straight defeat. A fair bit of it was down to special teams, with Philadelphia producing a pair of powerplay goals and the Leafs unable to cash in with the man advantage.

Toronto generated only three chances in the first period, and gave up ten overall, six at even strength. This included a Flyer goal, coming right at the start of a 5-on-3. Toronto responded well in the second, getting level almost immediately, and getting the better of the first half of the period, before Philadelphia pulled back ahead with another powerplay goal.

The third was an even period, but Giroux got a critical goal to re-establish the two-goal lead, and while Bolland was able to pull one back for the Leafs, that was as close as they'd come, as they didn't manage a single chance in the last 13 minutes, with a goal from Wayne Simmonds sealing Philly's win.

A more even game than the last couple, with the Leafs losing out 10-14 at ES, though 14-21 overall, thanks to the Flyers' powerplay chances. The ES close chances also went to the Flyers, 9-6.

A summary of the scoring chances:

Status	Overall		ES
Team	Toronto	Philadelphia	Toronto	Philadelphia
1	3	10	3	6
2	5	4	3	3
3	6	7	4	5
Total	14	21	10	14

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						Philadelphia
PHI	ES	1	18:26	McGinn wide from B Schenn	63	71	41	8	44	45	10	17	15	22	47	35
PHI	ES	1	17:44	Lecavalier from Rinaldo	11	28	40	4	51	45	36	40	18	8	32	35
TOR	ES	1	16:45	Lupul drives	43	19	41	8	44	45	28	93	19	8	32	35
PHI	SH	1	14:25	GOAL! Lecavalier from Timonen	11	3	36	45	-	-	40	17	28	19	44	35
PHI	SH	1	13:43	B Schenn from faceoff	12	21	3	36	45	-	10	40	24	32	47	35
PHI	SH	1	13:06	Lecavalier wide from B Schenn	12	21	3	36	45	-	10	40	24	32	47	35
PHI	SH	1	12:30	Giroux from Hartnell	11	12	44	51	45	-	28	93	19	5	44	35
PHI	ES	1	12:16	Couturier drives wide	11	42	41	4	8	45	14	36	12	5	44	35
TOR	ES	1	09:18	Van Riemsdyk drives	42	81	21	3	36	45	28	93	19	5	44	35
PHI	ES	1	09:00	Voracek from Giroux	42	81	21	3	36	45	28	93	19	5	8	35
PHI	ES	1	06:54	Lecavalier wide from Hall	11	28	40	8	44	45	36	40	18	5	8	35
TOR	ES	1	03:36	Kulemin from rebound of Gunnarsson shot	43	19	41	3	36	45	28	93	19	8	32	35
PHI	ES	1	02:00	Read drives wide	11	81	21	4	51	45	14	24	12	5	8	35
TOR	ES	2	19:56	GOAL! Van Riemsdyk from Bozak	42	81	21	4	51	45	14	36	24	5	44	35
PHI	ES	2	18:20	Giroux wide from Voracek	43	19	41	3	36	45	28	93	19	8	32	35
TOR	PP	2	15:34	Kadri from Kessel	43	81	21	3	44	45	14	24	8	22	35	-
TOR	ES	2	15:20	Bozak wide from Van Riemsdyk	42	81	21	8	36	45	28	93	19	5	44	35
TOR	ES	2	13:14	Clarkson drives	63	71	12	8	44	45	10	17	15	22	47	35
PHI	ES	2	10:11	Timonen from loose puck	42	81	21	8	44	45	28	93	19	5	44	35
PHI	SH	2	08:57	GOAL! Hartnell deflects Timonen shot	11	71	3	36	45	-	17	28	93	19	44	35
PHI	ES	2	05:56	B Schenn wide from loose puck	63	71	12	8	44	45	10	17	15	8	32	35
TOR	EN	2	02:09	Phaneuf from Van Riemsdyk	42	43	19	21	3	51	14	36	17	32	47	35
TOR	ES	3	18:43	Phaneuf from Kulemin	43	21	41	3	36	45	28	93	19	8	32	35
TOR	ES	3	18:42	Phaneuf from rebound	43	21	41	3	36	45	28	93	19	8	32	35
PHI	ES	3	18:28	Voracek from Giroux	43	21	41	3	36	45	28	93	19	8	32	35
TOR	ES	3	17:22	Rielly from Kessel	63	81	12	8	44	45	14	18	15	8	32	35
PHI	ES	3	16:34	Raffl from Read	42	81	21	4	51	45	14	24	12	5	44	35
PHI	ES	3	15:03	GOAL! Giroux drives	63	71	12	4	51	45	10	17	15	22	47	35
TOR	ES	3	14:00	Clarkson drives	63	71	12	4	51	45	10	17	15	22	47	35
TOR	EN	3	13:43	Raymond from Gardiner	43	63	71	12	4	51	10	17	15	22	47	35
TOR	EN	3	13:42	GOAL! Bolland from rebound of Raymond shot	43	63	71	12	4	51	10	17	15	22	47	35
PHI	ES	3	07:21	GOAL! Simmonds from giveaway	43	19	41	3	8	45	10	17	15	22	47	35
PHI	PP	3	03:15	Raffl wide from Hall	43	81	21	3	4	45	18	12	5	44	35	-
PHI	PP	3	02:18	Couturier from Read	43	19	12	44	51	45	14	24	22	47	35	-
PHI	ES	3	01:25	Voracek drives	42	81	21	3	4	45	28	93	19	32	47	35

The Extra Skater game profile.

The Flyers took a narrow Corsi win, 65-55 overall, 48-40 5-on-5, and 27-26 5-on-5 close.

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	10	-4	21:17	4	5	-1	15:18	1	1	0	03:31	1	4	-3	02:28
Franson	4	7	-3	22:00	2	6	-4	18:05	0	1	-1	02:27	2	0	2	01:28
Gleason	4	6	-2	14:25	4	6	-2	13:25	0	0	0	00:01	0	0	0	00:59
McClement	0	7	-7	09:32	0	4	-4	07:04	0	0	0	00:00	0	3	-3	02:28
Raymond	5	6	-1	16:56	3	2	1	12:51	0	1	-1	03:14	2	3	-1	00:51
Lupul	3	3	0	16:57	2	2	0	13:13	0	1	-1	03:44	1	0	1	00:00
Van Riemsdyk	7	9	-2	24:31	5	6	-1	18:48	1	1	0	03:00	1	2	-1	02:43
Orr	0	2	-2	04:26	0	2	-2	04:26	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Gunnarsson	5	7	-2	17:08	5	3	2	14:48	0	0	0	00:06	0	4	-4	02:14
Bodie	0	2	-2	04:58	0	2	-2	04:58	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Kulemin	4	5	-1	12:05	4	5	-1	11:03	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	01:02
Bozak	4	5	-1	22:26	3	5	-2	18:40	0	0	0	02:13	1	0	1	01:33
Kadri	8	5	3	16:55	4	3	1	11:59	1	2	-1	04:33	3	0	3	00:23
Rielly	4	6	-2	20:44	3	4	-1	15:52	1	1	0	03:58	0	1	-1	00:54
Gardiner	5	6	-1	24:31	2	4	-2	19:52	0	1	-1	03:34	3	1	2	01:05
Bolland	5	3	2	11:33	3	3	0	11:33	0	0	0	00:00	2	0	2	00:00
Clarkson	4	4	0	10:21	2	3	-1	10:16	0	0	0	00:00	2	1	1	00:05
Kessel	5	6	-1	22:39	4	5	-1	18:25	1	1	0	03:29	0	0	0	00:45
Bernier	11	21	-10	58:45	10	14	-4	48:10	1	2	-1	06:46	0	5	-5	03:49

A decent night from the Leafs second line, with Kadri and Kulemin generating similar chances, and a similar differential to the top line, which was in the negative, but only marginally. Jay McClement had a really poor night, -4 and not on for a Leaf chance. Mason Raymond, along with Kadri, were the only forwards above even, while Lupul and Bolland finished at even, decent games from both after some struggles.

A strong night from Carl Gunnarsson, who led the team with a +2, and had a goal called back for goalie interference. He was the only defenseman in the positive, with Phaneuf and Rielly the next best at -1. Cody Franson, who played 18 minutes, was the worst on the back end, a -4.

The Flyers:

Player	F	A	D	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESD	EVTOI	PPF	PPA	PPD	PPTOI	SHF	SHA	SHD	SHTOI
Coburn	8	3	5	23:49	6	3	3	18:30	1	0	1	00:41	1	0	1	04:38
Grossmann	7	6	1	21:30	7	5	2	17:37	0	0	0	00:23	0	1	-1	03:30
Schenn	6	4	2	10:52	4	2	2	09:52	2	0	2	01:00	0	2	-2	00:00
Raffl	4	0	4	14:54	3	0	3	12:05	0	0	0	00:25	1	0	1	02:24
Couturier	4	4	0	19:25	3	2	1	15:02	0	0	0	00:25	1	2	-1	03:58
Mcginn	4	5	-1	08:13	4	3	1	08:13	0	0	0	00:00	0	2	-2	00:00
Simmonds	6	5	1	12:03	4	2	2	09:12	2	0	2	02:51	0	3	-3	00:00
Hall	3	1	2	14:15	2	1	1	11:12	0	0	0	00:00	1	0	1	03:03
Hartnell	8	6	2	15:33	5	6	-1	12:24	3	0	3	03:09	0	0	0	00:00
Schenn	4	5	-1	15:50	3	2	1	13:42	0	0	0	00:00	1	3	-2	02:08
Read	5	2	3	19:46	2	1	1	14:18	2	0	2	01:23	1	1	0	04:05
Giroux	8	6	2	16:09	5	6	-1	12:59	3	0	3	03:09	0	0	0	00:01
Streit	7	6	1	21:14	5	5	0	19:16	2	0	2	01:58	0	1	-1	00:00
Rinaldo	3	2	1	11:32	3	1	2	11:30	0	0	0	00:02	0	1	-1	00:00
Lecavalier	5	0	5	13:32	2	0	2	12:29	3	0	3	01:03	0	0	0	00:00
Timonen	7	3	4	15:59	3	3	0	09:44	3	0	3	03:09	1	0	1	03:06
Macdonald	7	5	2	19:52	4	2	2	18:40	2	0	2	01:02	1	3	-2	00:10
Voracek	7	6	1	15:36	5	6	-1	13:25	2	0	2	02:10	0	0	0	00:01
Mason	21	14	7	59:56	14	10	4	48:36	5	0	5	04:34	2	4	-2	06:46

Raffl and Coburn had the best differentials for the flyers, both +3, with Raffl not on for a single Leaf ES chance in 12 minutes. Three Flyers managed to be negative in the win, and, surprisingly, it was the line of Hartnell, Giroux and Voracek; despite combining for two goals and five points.

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - Carl Gunnarsson, Nazem Kadri, Mason Raymond
Philadelphia - Braydon Coburn, Michael Raffl, Andrew MacDonald

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Cody Franson, Jay McClement
Philadelphia - Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell