Game 55 - Leafs 3, Tampa Bay 2 - Toronto wins with strong 3rd period performance

Through two periods, the Leafs were fortunate to be in the game against the Lightning, well down in chances but level on the scoreboard. They managed something relatively rare in this game, though, dominating the third to earn a victory with a late goal from JVR.

The first was fairly cagey, with some early powerplay chances, but not a lot otherwise in an even frame. Things opened up in the second, as Tampa were effective on their powerplays, as well as getting a lot of even strength chances, taking the period 14-6 overall, and 7-4 at ES.

Toronto had a rare strong third period, holding the Lightning to just 3 chances, and eventually getting rewarded with a late goal from JVR. Tampa managed just one chance after falling behind, as the Leafs did well to defend the lead.

The two teams were level on chances at ES, 13-13, with Toronto barely winning close chances, 12-11, and the Leafs won the third period clearly, 7-3.

A summary of the scoring chances:

Status	Overall		ES
Team	Toronto	Tampa Bay	Toronto	Tampa Bay
1	4	6	2	3
2	6	14	4	7
3	7	3	7	3
Total	17	23	13	13

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	PP	1	16:54	Brown from Thompson	42	81	21	3	4	45	44	23	6	77	30	-
TBL	PP	1	16:44	Palat steals from Phaneuf	42	81	21	3	4	45	9	18	6	77	30	-
TOR	PP	1	15:26	Raymond from loose puck	43	19	12	44	51	45	44	26	7	25	30	-
TBL	PP	1	11:08	Palat from Filppula	43	19	12	44	51	45	51	18	7	25	30	-
TOR	PP	1	10:56	Lupul wide from Rielly	43	19	12	44	51	45	19	26	6	77	30	-
TBL	ES	1	08:54	Brewer wide from Purcell	24	40	12	8	36	45	17	51	16	2	8	30
TBL	ES	1	07:23	St. Louis from Palat	11	28	37	3	36	45	9	26	18	2	8	30
TOR	ES	1	04:32	Kadri wide from giveaway	43	19	41	4	8	45	17	51	16	6	77	30
TBL	ES	1	04:05	Killorn from Filppula	43	19	41	4	8	45	17	51	16	8	77	30
TOR	ES	1	03:46	McClement post from loose puck	11	28	37	44	51	45	44	19	12	2	3	30
TOR	ES	2	18:11	GOAL! Kadri drives	43	19	41	4	8	45	9	26	18	8	77	30
TBL	ES	2	13:49	Barberio from Brown	24	12	41	4	44	45	23	26	86	2	8	30
TBL	ES	2	11:15	Palat from Johnson	42	81	21	3	4	45	9	26	18	2	6	30
TBL	ES	2	11:12	Palat from rebound	42	81	21	3	4	45	9	26	18	2	6	30
TOR	ES	2	10:13	GOAL! Kadri from Lupul	43	19	41	3	36	45	17	51	16	6	77	30
TOR	ES	2	09:49	Holland wide fom Bodie	24	40	12	44	51	45	9	23	86	2	8	30
TBL	SH	2	07:47	Johnson from Purcell	21	41	4	8	45	-	9	51	16	26	77	30
TBL	SH	2	07:38	Filppula post from Johnson	21	41	4	8	45	-	9	51	16	26	77	30
TBL	SH	2	07:32	St. Louis wide from rebound of Filppula shot	21	41	4	8	45	-	9	51	16	26	77	30
TBL	SH	2	07:21	Killorn post from Purcell	21	41	4	8	45	-	17	51	16	25	77	30
TOR	SH	2	07:13	Van Riemsdyk drives	12	21	44	51	45	-	17	86	18	7	25	30
TBL	ES	2	06:47	GOAL! Carle from Palat	11	43	12	44	51	45	17	86	18	7	25	30
TOR	SH	2	05:33	Bozak steals from Hedman	11	42	3	8	45	-	9	51	16	26	77	30
TBL	SH	2	04:32	Purcell from rebound	11	41	3	8	45	-	9	51	16	26	77	30
TBL	SH	2	04:22	St. Louis from Hedman	11	41	3	8	45	-	9	51	16	26	77	30
TBL	SH	2	04:04	St. Louis wide from Purcel	11	41	3	8	45	-	9	16	26	86	77	30
TBL	ES	2	02:52	Thompson from Palat	43	19	41	36	44	45	44	19	18	2	8	30
TBL	ES	2	02:49	GOAL! Barberio from Palat	43	19	41	36	44	45	44	19	18	2	8	30
TOR	ES	2	01:06	Kadri wide from Lupul	43	19	41	4	8	45	17	51	16	2	7	30
TBL	ES	2	00:43	St. Louis drives	43	81	19	3	4	45	51	26	18	8	77	30
TBL	ES	3	17:56	Palat from Carle	11	12	3	4	51	45	17	86	18	6	25	30
TOR	ES	3	17:02	Kulemin deflects Gardiner shot wide	43	19	41	44	51	45	44	19	12	2	7	30
TOR	ES	3	16:33	Kessel wide from Phaneuf	42	81	21	3	36	45	9	26	18	6	77	30
TBL	ES	3	15:17	St. Louis from Brown	11	40	12	3	51	45	23	26	86	2	8	30
TOR	ES	3	14:51	Raymond from Bodie	24	40	12	3	51	45	23	26	86	2	8	30
TOR	ES	3	11:28	Raymond from faceoff	24	40	12	44	51	45	17	51	16	2	8	30
TOR	ES	3	09:03	Kadri from Kulemin	43	19	41	44	51	45	51	23	86	3	77	30
TOR	ES	3	06:31	Van Riemsdyk drives	42	81	21	44	51	45	9	23	26	6	25	30
TOR	ES	3	04:03	GOAL! Van Riemsdyk from Kessel	42	81	21	3	36	45	9	26	18	7	25	30
TBL	ES	3	03:18	St. Louis from Hedman	43	81	21	4	8	45	44	26	18	6	77	30

The Extra Skater game profile.

Tampa won Corsi in all aspects, 74-58 overall, 53-47 5-on-5 and 50-42 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
Phaneuf	5	11	-6	24:19	4	6	-2	18:04	0	2	-2	03:29	1	3	-2	02:46
Franson	3	13	-10	21:27	3	7	-4	16:18	0	2	-2	03:00	0	4	-4	02:09
Gleason	4	10	-6	18:33	3	3	0	14:30	0	0	0	00:00	1	7	-6	04:03
Mcclement	2	7	-5	12:59	1	4	-3	08:44	0	0	0	00:00	1	3	-2	04:15
Raymond	6	6	0	13:56	3	5	-2	10:26	2	1	1	02:25	1	0	1	01:05
Lupul	8	5	3	18:58	6	4	2	16:27	2	1	1	02:31	0	0	0	00:00
Van riemsdyk	4	9	-5	21:07	3	3	0	15:53	0	2	-2	03:29	1	4	-3	01:45
Holland	3	2	1	08:44	3	2	1	08:44	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Orr	1	1	0	04:52	1	1	0	04:52	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Gunnarsson	3	4	-1	18:35	3	4	-1	16:29	0	0	0	00:11	0	0	0	01:55
Ashton	1	1	0	05:10	1	1	0	05:10	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Bodie	3	2	1	07:35	3	2	1	07:35	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Kulemin	6	11	-5	19:51	6	4	2	16:03	0	0	0	00:00	0	7	-7	03:48
Bozak	4	4	0	20:49	3	2	1	16:13	0	2	-2	03:29	1	0	1	01:07
Kadri	8	7	1	18:14	6	6	0	15:25	2	1	1	02:49	0	0	0	00:00
Rielly	9	5	4	16:38	6	4	2	13:47	2	1	1	02:49	1	0	1	00:02
Gardiner	10	4	6	20:45	7	3	4	17:09	2	1	1	02:31	1	0	1	01:05
Kessel	3	6	-3	21:31	3	4	-1	18:14	0	2	-2	03:17	0	0	0	00:00
Bernier	17	23	-6	59:57	13	13	0	47:57	2	3	-1	06:00	2	7	-5	06:00

For a second straight game, the top line did relatively little until producing a winning goal, as they had a very event quiet night by their standards. The line that was strong was Kadri with Kulemin and Lupul, with the latter pair leading the forwards at +2. Jay McClement was the worst of the forwards at -3, and Mason Raymond struggled as well, at -2.

Another strong game from the young defensemen, with Gardiner leading the team at +4, and Rielly +2. Cody Franson had a game-worst -4, on for 7 Tampa chances at ES, and 13 overall. Tim Gleason got beat-up quite a bit over the course of the night, but ended up even.

The Lightning:

Player	F	A	D	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESD	EVTOI	PPF	PPA	PPD	PPTOI	SHF	SHA	SHD	SHTOI
Brewer	8	6	2	16:37	8	6	2	16:09	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:28
Aulie	0	2	-2	05:16	0	2	-2	05:16	0	1	-1	00:00	0	-1	1	00:00
Salo	6	5	1	16:18	4	4	0	12:32	0	0	0	00:56	2	1	1	02:50
Gudas	2	5	-3	19:47	1	3	-2	16:35	0	0	0	00:15	1	2	-1	02:57
Barberio	8	4	4	12:52	8	4	4	12:52	0	1	-1	00:00	0	-1	1	00:00
Johnson	10	6	4	25:24	3	5	-2	19:12	6	0	6	04:46	1	1	0	01:26
Malone	0	2	-2	10:12	0	2	-2	10:12	0	1	-1	00:00	0	-1	1	00:00
Purcell	9	5	4	15:25	2	4	-2	10:32	7	0	7	04:53	0	1	-1	00:00
Killorn	5	5	0	15:20	4	4	0	13:46	1	0	1	01:18	0	1	-1	00:16
Palat	11	4	7	19:58	9	3	6	16:43	0	0	0	01:07	2	1	1	02:08
Crombeen	2	3	-1	11:55	2	2	0	10:46	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	01:09
Brown	3	4	-1	10:16	2	4	-2	08:32	0	0	0	00:00	1	0	1	01:44
Carle	4	4	0	20:51	2	2	0	16:29	1	0	1	01:14	1	2	-1	03:08
St. louis	13	8	5	24:29	7	5	2	18:12	6	0	6	04:42	0	3	-3	01:35
Thompson	4	3	1	14:25	3	2	1	11:26	0	1	-1	00:00	1	0	1	02:59
Filppula	10	6	4	22:07	3	5	-2	16:45	6	1	5	04:39	1	0	1	00:43
Hedman	12	7	5	23:33	3	5	-2	16:07	7	0	7	04:49	2	2	0	02:37
Kucherov	5	4	1	10:53	4	3	1	09:32	1	0	1	01:21	0	1	-1	00:00
Bishop	23	17	6	58:22	13	13	0	46:22	7	0	7	06:00	3	4	-1	06:00

While there was a lot of talk about non-Olympian Marty St. Louis, who was solid, the most impressive Lightning player was an Olympic bound one, Czech Ondrej Palat, on for nine Tampa chances. Mark Barberio was also very good up front. No really poor games from the Lightning, but Hedman and Filppula weren't particularly impressive at ES, and Ryan Malone did little in his ten minutes.

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - Jake Gardiner, Nikolai Kulemin, Joffrey Lupul
Tampa Bay - Ondrej Palat, Mark Barberio, Martin St. Louis

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Cody Franson, Jay McClement, Mason Raymond
Tampa Bay - Ryan Malone, Radko Gudas, Valtteri Filppula