Game 80 - Tampa Bay 3, Leafs 0 - Lightning shutout Leafs to mathematically eliminate Toronto

In the final meaningful game of the Leafs' season, they actually managed to stay level with their opponent on chances, but, unlike much of the season, were unable to put any of their chances in, and slumped to a defeat. A familiar problem for the Leafs saw them outchanced in the third period, despite chasing the game, and, in theory at least, their playoff lives.

The Leafs had a solid start in the first, struggled in the middle section, at one point giving up six of seven chances, but closed out the frame by pulling a few back, including a couple on a late powerplay. However, there were no goals scored by either side.

They then had one of their unluckiest periods of the season, broadly outchancing the Lightning in the second, but falling behind on a pair of goals from Ondrej Palat. In particular, Phil Kessel was all over Tampa, but couldn't put one in or set up a teammate, a familiar story down the stretch.

Yet again, Toronto were unable to do anything serious in the closing period, giving up the first five chances, and not getting a chance of their own until the second half of the period. They did manage to come up with four chances in the frame, but it wasn't nearly good enough.

An even game, with the two teams level overall and at ES. Losing the third period in chances made it eight straight games in which the Leafs have been outchanced in the last 20 minutes of regulation. ES close chances were also level, at 9-9.

A summary of the scoring chances:

Status	Overall		ES
Team	Toronto	Tampa Bay	Toronto	Tampa Bay
1	7	7	4	6
2	9	7	9	5
3	4	6	4	6
Total	20	20	17	17

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	17:03	Panik from Purcell	11	28	29	36	51	34	44	16	71	6	77	30
TOR	ES	1	16:16	Gleason from Kessel	42	81	21	8	51	34	17	51	24	7	25	30
TOR	PP	1	15:49	Kadri from Franson	43	71	12	4	44	34	44	23	2	62	30	-
TOR	ES	1	12:43	Raymond from Kulemin	40	12	41	3	8	34	9	91	18	7	77	39
TBL	ES	1	12:10	Johnson wide from Palat	11	81	29	36	51	34	9	91	18	2	62	39
TBL	ES	1	10:12	Panik from Thompson	43	37	71	4	44	34	44	16	71	6	77	39
TBL	ES	1	09:08	Callahan deflects Salo shot	42	81	21	3	8	34	17	51	24	6	77	39
TBL	ES	1	06:56	Stamkos from Panik	43	37	71	3	44	34	9	91	71	7	25	39
TOR	ES	1	06:02	Van Riemsdyk from Bozak	42	81	21	4	44	34	11	23	86	7	25	39
TBL	ES	1	05:47	Gudas from Kucherov	42	81	21	4	44	34	44	23	86	7	77	39
TBL	PP	1	04:29	Stamkos from Johnson	42	81	21	3	51	34	9	18	6	77	39	-
TOR	ES	1	04:07	Raymond from Bodie	40	12	41	3	8	34	9	91	18	2	62	39
TOR	PP	1	03:00	Gardiner drives	42	81	21	3	51	34	9	18	6	77	39	-
TOR	PP	1	02:46	Van Riemsdyk from Kessel	42	81	21	3	51	34	9	18	2	7	39	-
TOR	ES	2	17:40	Kessel post from Gardiner	42	81	21	36	51	34	9	91	18	7	25	39
TBL	ES	2	16:19	Kucherov from Panik	11	29	71	3	8	34	11	71	86	2	62	39
TBL	ES	2	15:23	Palat wide from Stamkos	42	81	21	36	51	34	9	91	18	7	25	39
TOR	ES	2	14:59	Kessel drives	42	81	21	36	51	34	17	51	24	2	77	39
TOR	ES	2	12:22	Ashton wide from Kessel	42	81	37	4	44	34	44	71	86	62	77	39
TOR	ES	2	12:14	Kessel drives	42	81	21	4	44	34	44	71	86	62	77	39
TBL	ES	2	10:41	GOAL! Palat drives	42	81	21	36	51	34	9	91	18	7	77	39
TOR	ES	2	05:11	Van Riemsdyk from Bozak	42	81	21	4	44	34	17	51	24	7	25	39
TBL	SH	2	04:17	Stamkos wide from Hedman	11	41	3	4	34	-	9	91	18	25	62	39
TBL	SH	2	04:15	GOAL! Palat from loose puck	11	41	3	4	34	-	9	91	18	25	62	39
TOR	ES	2	03:53	Ashton wraparound	43	37	71	36	51	34	44	16	71	2	77	39
TOR	ES	2	03:15	Gardiner from Bozak	42	81	21	36	51	34	17	44	24	2	7	39
TBL	ES	2	03:08	Callahan drives	42	81	21	4	51	34	17	51	24	7	25	39
TBL	ES	2	01:44	Purcell from Panik	28	12	41	3	8	34	44	16	71	62	77	39
TOR	ES	2	00:59	Kessel drives	42	81	21	4	44	34	17	51	24	25	77	39
TOR	ES	2	00:19	Gardiner from Kessel	42	81	21	3	51	34	17	51	91	7	25	39
TBL	ES	3	18:14	Palat wide from Johnson	42	81	21	36	51	34	9	91	18	62	77	39
TBL	ES	3	16:32	Kucherov from rebound of Brown shot	40	12	41	3	8	34	11	23	86	2	62	39
TBL	ES	3	15:15	Johnson from Palat	43	81	37	4	44	34	9	91	18	2	25	39
TBL	ES	3	15:13	Johnson from rebound	43	81	37	4	44	34	9	91	18	2	25	39
TBL	ES	3	12:32	Panik wide from Purcell	43	71	12	4	51	34	44	16	71	25	77	39
TOR	ES	3	09:37	Raymond deflects Phaneuf shot	43	71	12	3	8	34	44	16	71	2	77	39
TOR	ES	3	07:49	Van Riemsdyk from rebound of Phaneuf shot	42	81	21	3	36	34	17	51	24	2	77	39
TOR	ES	3	07:00	Kadri drives	43	71	12	36	51	34	9	91	18	7	25	39
TOR	ES	3	05:16	Kadri wraparound	43	71	12	44	51	34	44	16	71	2	7	39
TBL	ES	3	03:34	Palat steals from Kessel wide	42	81	21	3	36	34	9	91	18	2	62	39

The Extra Skater game profile.

The Lightning won in Corsi, 63-55 overall, 59-41 5-on-5, and 34-22 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	7	9	-2	21:18	5	6	-1	18:11	2	1	1	03:00	0	2	-2	00:07
Franson	6	8	-2	20:28	5	6	-1	17:25	1	0	1	02:56	0	2	-2	00:07
Gleason	4	4	0	15:53	4	4	0	15:53	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
McClement	0	5	-5	08:45	0	3	-3	08:38	0	0	0	00:00	0	2	-2	00:07
Raymond	6	3	3	16:08	5	3	2	13:10	1	0	1	02:58	0	0	0	00:00
Van Riemsdyk	12	8	4	22:40	10	7	3	19:38	2	1	1	03:02	0	0	0	00:00
Orr	0	2	-2	04:24	0	2	-2	04:24	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
D'Amigo	0	3	-3	05:07	0	3	-3	05:07	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Gunnarsson	6	6	0	17:35	6	6	0	17:35	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Ashton	2	4	-2	12:14	2	4	-2	12:14	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Bodie	2	1	1	13:36	2	1	1	13:36	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Kulemin	2	4	-2	13:32	2	2	0	13:25	0	0	0	00:00	0	2	-2	00:07
Bozak	13	8	5	23:30	11	7	4	20:28	2	1	1	03:02	0	0	0	00:00
Kadri	5	5	0	18:06	4	5	-1	15:08	1	0	1	02:58	0	0	0	00:00
Rielly	7	5	2	20:49	6	5	1	17:51	1	0	1	02:58	0	0	0	00:00
Gardiner	10	8	2	23:57	8	7	1	20:51	2	1	1	03:06	0	0	0	00:00
Clarkson	5	4	1	19:25	4	4	0	16:27	1	0	1	02:58	0	0	0	00:00
Kessel	13	11	2	23:19	11	10	1	20:17	2	1	1	03:02	0	0	0	00:00
Reimer	20	20	0	59:07	17	17	0	53:00	3	1	2	06:00	0	2	-2	00:07

The top line was excellent in generating chances, and will be very disappointed not to have a breakthrough. Bozak was the best forward, on for 11 ES Leaf chances, and a +4, JVR was a +3, while Kessel actually ended up only at +1, as he was on for 10 Tampa chances. Mason Raymond was the next best forward, at +2. Jerry D'Amigo, who's generally been pretty good, was the worst of the forwards in Tampa, level with Jay McClement at -3. Colton Orr played only 4 minutes in his return to the lineup, but managed to be -2 in that time.

An even night for the defense, with all the players between +1 and -1. Jake Gardiner had a good night, on for 8 Leaf chances, and playing a team high 24 minutes. Morgan Rielly was the other defenseman above even, while Phaneuf and Franson were both -1.

The Lightning:

Player	F	A	D	TOI	ESF	ESA	ESD	EVTOI	PPF	PPA	PPD	PPTOI	SHF	SHA	SHD	SHTOI
Brewer	6	9	-3	21:47	6	7	-1	18:16	0	0	0	00:00	0	2	-2	03:31
Salo	4	1	3	07:51	3	0	3	06:26	0	0	0	00:00	1	1	0	01:25
Gudas	5	10	-5	22:26	5	9	-4	20:26	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	02:00
Johnson	11	6	5	18:18	8	4	4	15:59	2	0	2	00:00	1	2	-1	02:19
Pyatt	2	1	1	11:47	2	1	1	11:47	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Purcell	4	3	1	10:45	4	3	1	10:45	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Killorn	2	7	-5	15:08	2	7	-5	15:06	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:02
Palat	10	6	4	17:44	7	4	3	15:36	2	0	2	00:07	1	2	-1	02:01
Brown	2	2	0	13:43	2	1	1	12:15	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	01:28
Callahan	2	6	-4	16:50	2	6	-4	14:38	0	0	0	00:07	0	0	0	02:05
Carle	8	7	1	24:28	6	7	-1	22:21	2	0	2	00:00	0	0	0	02:07
Thompson	5	7	-2	13:10	5	6	-1	11:16	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	01:54
Filppula	2	6	-4	17:03	2	6	-4	14:43	0	0	0	00:07	0	0	0	02:13
Sustr	8	4	4	18:10	6	3	3	17:20	2	0	2	00:00	0	1	-1	00:50
Panik	6	5	1	10:56	6	5	1	10:56	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Hedman	9	9	0	25:13	8	8	0	23:01	0	0	0	00:07	1	1	0	02:05
Kucherov	3	3	0	12:35	3	3	0	12:35	0	0	0	00:00	0	0	0	00:00
Stamkos	10	5	5	16:06	8	5	3	15:59	2	0	2	00:07	0	0	0	00:00
Bishop	1	2	-1	05:43	1	1	0	03:45	0	0	0	00:00	0	1	-1	01:58
Lindback	19	18	1	54:17	16	16	0	50:08	2	0	2	00:07	1	2	-1	04:02

Stamkos and Palat joined Sustr and Salo at +3, with Johnson leading the Lightning at +4. It was a tough game for Killorn, Callahan and Filppula, the first a -5, and the other two -4.

Players with nice chance numbers:
Toronto - Tyler Bozak, James Van Riemsdyk, Mason Raymond
Tampa Bay - Tyler Johnson, Andrej Sustr, Ondrej Palat

Players with poor chance numbers:
Toronto - Jay McClement, Jerry D'Amigo, Colton Orr
Tampa Bay - Alex Killorn, Radko Gudas, Valtteri Filppula