Game 13 - Leafs 4, Edmonton 0 - Kessel and Reimer the stars in comfy Leafs win

In their first game with Edmonton, the Leafs were constantly pushed, coming from beind late in the third period to grab an OT victory. This time, there was no such drama, as Toronto opened the scoring in the second minute of the game, and were up 3-0 at the halfway point. In the last ten minutes, the only drama was whether James Reimer would hold onto his shutout, which he did.

Toronto weren't great in the opening frame, but a strong second, featuring two goals and a 7-4 edge in chances saw them pull ahead. They were broadly outchanced in the third period, but almost all of Edmonton's chances came after Kadri scored the 4th goal, meaning that the edge in puck possession and chances was in a large part due to score effects.


A summary of the scoring chances:

Status	Overall		ES
Team	Toronto	Edmonton	Toronto	Edmonton
1	3	5	2	5
2	7	4	7	4
3	2	10	2	7
Total	12	19	11	16

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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						Edmonton
EDM	ES	1	19:24	Hemsky from giveaway	63	71	12	4	44	34	93	83	28	2	5	30
TOR	ES	1	18:52	GOAL! Kessel from Kadri	43	81	12	4	44	34	14	89	64	19	77	30
EDM	ES	1	17:33	Gordon wide from Arcobello	11	19	37	15	51	34	14	27	55	19	77	30
TOR	ES	1	17:22	Lupul from Gardiner	11	19	37	15	51	34	14	27	20	19	77	30
EDM	ES	1	15:19	Hemsky wide from Nugent-Hopkins	43	81	21	3	36	34	93	83	28	15	21	30
EDM	ES	1	03:48	Hemsky from Nugent-Hopkins	63	12	4	44	34	-	93	83	2	37	30	-
TOR	PP	1	01:22	Lupul from rebound of Raymond shot	43	19	12	44	51	34	27	26	2	5	30	-
EDM	ES	1	00:53	N Schultz from Yakupov	43	19	12	44	51	34	93	64	83	15	21	30
TOR	ES	2	19:04	Raymond from Bolland	63	71	12	3	36	34	14	89	64	2	5	30
TOR	ES	2	18:52	Kadri from loose puck	43	81	21	3	36	34	14	89	64	19	77	30
EDM	ES	2	18:27	J Schultz from Gagner	43	81	21	3	36	34	14	89	64	19	77	30
TOR	ES	2	18:19	GOAL! Van Riemsdyk from Kessel	43	81	21	3	36	34	14	89	64	19	77	30
TOR	ES	2	12:52	Lupul wide from McClement	11	19	37	15	51	34	27	26	55	15	21	30
TOR	ES	2	11:18	GOAL! Kessel from loose puck	43	81	21	3	36	34	14	89	64	2	37	30
TOR	ES	2	06:51	Bolland drives wide	63	71	12	4	44	34	14	93	28	2	5	30
EDM	ES	2	04:09	Jones wraparound	63	71	12	4	44	34	14	89	28	19	77	30
EDM	ES	2	03:05	Yakupov wraparound wide	11	81	21	4	44	34	14	89	64	2	5	30
TOR	ES	2	01:41	Clarkson from loose puck	43	71	12	15	51	34	27	26	83	5	21	30
EDM	ES	2	01:03	Yakupov wide from N Schultz	11	19	37	3	36	34	14	89	64	15	19	30
EDM	ES	3	18:36	Eberle from Gagner	43	81	21	15	36	34	14	89	64	19	77	30
TOR	ES	3	15:16	Van Riemsdyk from Kessel	43	81	21	4	44	34	14	89	64	19	77	30
TOR	ES	3	13:46	GOAL! Kadri deflects Rielly shot	43	81	21	3	44	34	93	26	64	2	5	30
EDM	ES	3	11:35	Jones wide from Nugent-Hopkins	23	28	37	4	51	34	93	83	28	5	37	30
EDM	SH	3	10:36	Jones from rebound	11	21	3	36	34	-	14	89	64	28	77	30
EDM	SH	3	10:07	Arcobello deflects J Schultz shot	63	12	15	51	34	-	27	93	26	83	19	30
EDM	SH	3	09:41	Gordon from Hemsky	11	12	3	36	34	-	27	93	26	83	19	30
EDM	ES	3	07:32	Belov from loose puck	11	19	37	4	44	34	93	83	28	19	77	30
EDM	ES	3	07:31	Jones from rebound of Belov shot	11	19	37	4	44	34	93	83	28	19	77	30
EDM	ES	3	05:20	Yakupov from rebound of Hemsky shot	11	19	37	15	51	34	93	64	83	19	77	30
EDM	ES	3	02:24	Jones from loose puck	43	81	21	4	44	34	41	28	55	5	37	30
EDM	ES	3	00:50	Belov wide from Grebeshkov	23	19	38	15	51	34	14	89	55	37	77	30

The Extra Skater game profile.

Edmonton dominated Corsi, 76-48 overall, 65-41 5-on-5, and 22-16 in 5-on-5 Corsi close.

Some notes:

1st - 18:52 - The Leafs open the scoring 68 seconds in, a pinch from Belov that missed the puck catching Edmonton off guard, leaving Kessel alone in the centre of the ice. Kadri managed to push past Schultz, getting a pass to the wide open forward. Kessel was in tight, but made a great move to get it past Bachman.
1st - 3:48 - Franson, put under pressure by Nugent-Hopkins, coughs the puck up in the corner. Nugent-Hopkins then centres to Hemsky, alone in front, but Reimer makes a good save in close.
1st - 0:53 - A late shorthanded chance for Edmonton. The puck is chipped past Raymond and Rielly at the line, and with Gardiner on the far side, Yakupov is able to chase the puck down and throw it in front. Rielly has his man tied up, but Nick Schultz jumps in and is free as the third man, putting a good shot on that Reimer stops.


2nd - 19:04 - Bolland sifts into the zone, and Raymond manages to go through the two defenseman in front, getting a small gap on Smid, who can't tie his stick up. Bolland finds Raymond with a pass, and Bachman gets over for the save.
2nd - 18:19 - Kessel doesn't stay with Schultz, who drives down the middle and takes a good pass from Gagner after Edmonton enters the zone. After Bernier stops it, though, the puck goes out into the neutral zone for a speeding Kessel. Schultz is now caught, leaving Kessel and JVR 2-on-1 with Belov. Kessel finds Van Riemsdyk with the pass, and makes it 2-0. Gagner's backchecking leaves a lot to be desired here, just cruises after JVR in the slot, rather than giving it his all to try and get close and tie up his stick.
2nd - 11:18 - Almost not a chance, as it's a very tight angle, but Kessel manages to put it anyway, as the puck goes off the end boards right to him. There's not much the defense can do, as you can't defend a shot from that angle all that well, though no one was really too close to Kessel.

3rd - 18:34 - Ranger gets embarrased by Eberle, who is in close attention when Gagner gets the puck to him in the slot, only to have Eberle use some great hands to stickhandle through his legs and get free right in front. Reimer is there again with an excellent save.
3rd - 15:16 - With Edmonton pushing for a goal to get back in it, Van Riemsdyk and Kessel got free on a 2-on-1, with Belov defending. Kessel mishandles the puck slightly, but recovers to throw a pass around Belov to the open JVR, who can't tip it past Bachman.
3rd - 13:46 - Temporarily Morgan Rielly's first NHL goal, though it ended up going off of Kadri. A terrible giveaway from Petry, who just throws it up the middle, right to JVR. He finds Kessel down low, and while Smid goes down to try and block the pass across Kessel goes back to a jumping-in Rielly, who fires a good shot on, with it brushing of Kadri on the way in.
3rd - 7:31 - A pass to Belov at the point goes off Ashton's skate, and ends up going to Belov, but up in the slot. Lupul 's attempt to go after the puck misses, and Belov cuts right across the slot. He doesn't get much on the shot, but Jones maanges a whack at a rebound that Reimer stops.

The scoring chance numbers for the Leaf players:

Player	F	A	D	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESD	EVTOI	PPF	PPA	PPD	SHF	SHA	SHD
Phaneuf	5	5	0	19:11	5	3	2	16:35	0	0	0	0	2	-2
Franson	3	8	-5	19:38	3	8	-5	18:43	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mcclement	2	8	-6	16:45	2	6	-4	15:14	0	0	0	0	2	-2
Raymond	5	6	-1	19:23	4	4	0	17:28	1	0	1	0	2	-2
Ranger	3	5	-2	22:15	3	4	-1	21:46	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Lupul	3	7	-4	16:24	2	7	-5	15:29	1	0	1	0	0	0
Van Riemsdyk	5	6	-1	14:27	5	5	0	12:23	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Smith	0	2	-2	10:33	0	2	-2	10:33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orr	0	1	-1	08:00	0	1	-1	08:00	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gunnarsson	4	6	-2	18:59	4	4	0	17:28	0	0	0	0	2	-2
Ashton	2	6	-4	15:08	2	6	-4	15:08	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mclaren	0	1	-1	09:32	0	1	-1	09:32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kadri	8	5	3	16:31	7	5	2	15:35	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rielly	5	8	-3	20:12	4	8	-4	19:17	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gardiner	4	6	-2	20:01	3	5	-2	18:27	1	0	1	0	1	-1
Bolland	2	4	-2	16:18	2	3	-1	14:45	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Clarkson	3	2	1	17:36	3	2	1	17:35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kessel	6	5	1	15:17	6	5	1	14:12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reimer	12	19	-7	59:50	11	16	-5	55:50	1	0	1	0	3	-3

As befits his 4 point game, Kessel was a solid +1, on for six chances for. He was bested by his new linemate Kadri, who had the team's best offensive performance, on for 7 ES chances. Lupul, Ashton and McClement, kind of a makeshift line thrown together with some injuries, was badly outchanced, and were the weakest on the team.

Phaneuf had another good game, playing in his home town. his +2 was rhe only positive on the Leafs' defence, and on for just three chances against was one of the best marks for players who got substantial minutes. Franson and Rielly struggled again, with Franson a team worst -5. This partnership has been consistently outchanced all year, and with Fraser close to returning, it'll be interesting to see whether they stay together.

The Oilers:

Player	F	A	D	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESD	EVTOI	PPF	PPA	PPD	SHF	SHA	SHD
Petry	3	5	-2	17:26	3	4	-1	16:43	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Smid	4	5	-1	18:26	4	4	0	17:43	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Eberle	8	8	0	23:08	7	8	-1	21:40	1	0	1	0	0	0
N. Schultz	3	1	2	16:34	3	1	2	15:17	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. Schultz	10	5	5	17:37	8	5	3	16:52	2	0	2	0	0	0
Gazdic	0	1	-1	07:54	0	1	-1	07:54	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ference	2	2	0	17:25	2	2	0	16:08	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arcobello	2	4	-2	16:56	0	3	-3	14:36	2	0	2	0	1	-1
Gordon	3	4	-1	13:35	1	3	-2	11:15	2	0	2	0	1	-1
Jones	8	1	7	15:22	7	1	6	14:21	1	0	1	0	0	0
Grebeshkov	4	1	3	11:35	4	1	3	11:35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acton	1	0	1	06:57	1	0	1	06:30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eager	3	1	2	11:35	3	1	2	11:35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yakupov	7	7	0	21:34	6	7	-1	20:21	1	0	1	0	0	0
Belov	9	5	4	18:56	8	5	3	17:41	1	0	1	0	0	0
Hemsky	10	1	9	18:44	8	1	7	17:45	2	0	2	0	0	0
Gagner	7	6	1	21:54	6	6	0	20:53	1	0	1	0	0	0
Nugent-Hopkins	10	2	8	20:22	8	2	6	19:11	2	0	2	0	0	0
Bachman	19	12	7	60:00	16	11	5	56:00	3	0	3	0	1	-1

A great game from Hemsky, Jones and Nugent-Hopkins, all at least +6, and on for just four chances against combined. Eberle, Yakupov and Gagner were all on for a lot of chances for, but also against, as with Eberle facing a game high eight against.

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - Dion Phaneuf, Nazem Kadri
Edmonton - Ryan Jones, Ales Hemsky, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Cody Franson, Joffrey Lupul, Jay McClement
Edmonton - Mark Arcobello, Boyd Gordon