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<img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/theleafsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/carter%20ashton.jpg?resize=420%2C296&#038;ssl=1" width="420" height="296" alt="" />
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Sometimes it&rsquo;s a just a trivial item, an interesting tidbit just as a matter of fact.
Three of the 2012-13 Toronto Marlies four shorthanded goals against were scored less than five minutes into the 3rd period. One broke a scoreless tie and another was an insurance goal extending the opposition lead by two goals.<o:p></o:p>
Or, all four empty net goal scored against were in games in which the Marlies trailed by two or more goals.<o:p></o:p>
Over the next couple of posts, I&rsquo;ll just start to do a data dump and share some of the season&rsquo;s findings to date.<o:p></o:p>
We&rsquo;re breaking boxcars.<o:p></o:p>
We&rsquo;ll start this off with a more general look at Marlies goals and goals against broken down by period and then by PPG. There&rsquo;s beauty in the symmetry of 27 goals scored in each period.&nbsp;
<table class="tableizer-table">
<tbody>
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow">
<th>Event</th>
<th>1st</th>
<th>2nd</th>
<th>3rd</th>
<th>OT</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Goals Against</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PP GA</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Goals For</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PPG For</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<o:p></o:p>
This is a player breakdown of goals by period.<o:p></o:p>
<img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/theleafsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/MarliesGoalsbyPeriod.jpg?resize=550%2C394&#038;ssl=1" width="550" height="394" vspace="2" hspace="2" border="2" align="middle" alt="" /><o:p></o:p>
It wouldn&rsquo;t be complete without a breakdown of individual player assists on goals, but it&#8217;s too&nbsp;large for a good visual display here. It&rsquo;s housed in a <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnIapVfsuXB0dFBVZGFGYTBrUjFTS0cwZFZfaU54UWc">google spreadsheet here</a>.
The spreadsheet contains players goals breakdown, one with primary and another with secondary assist on each Marlies goal.<o:p></o:p>
I&rsquo;m apprehensive about the placement of assists into primary and secondary on game sheets. Nonetheless anomalies can be further investigated, but the breakdown is a general snapshot. Look at Nazem Kadri&rsquo;s three primary assists on each of Jake Gardiner and Matt Frattin goals.<o:p></o:p>
Breaking it down even further is the timeliness.<o:p></o:p>
This table points out the score during the game when the Marlies players scored. Across the top are numbers ranging from -4 to 4 and represent the gap in score at the time the player scored a goal. Minus-1 means the Marlies were down by one goal at the time the goal was scored.<o:p></o:p>
As an example, Carter Ashton scored four (of his five goals) while the game was tied. Jake Gardiner also scored four in a tie game.<o:p></o:p>
Ryan Hamilton is unique in that he&rsquo;s scored five times with the Marlies up a goal.
<table class="tableizer-table">
<tbody>
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow">
<th>Players</th>
<th>-4</th>
<th>-3</th>
<th>-2</th>
<th>-1</th>
<th>Tied</th>
<th>+1</th>
<th>+2</th>
<th>+3</th>
<th>+4</th>
<th>Total</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>B. Ross</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C. Ashton</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>G. McKegg</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>G. Scott</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>J. Colborne</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>J. D&#8217;Amigo</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>J. Gardiner</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>K. Aucoin</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>K. Holzer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>K. Ryan</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>L. Komarov</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>M. Fraser</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>M. Frattin</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>M. Kostka</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>M. Zigomanis</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>N. Deschamps</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>N. Kadri</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>P. Ranger</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>R. Hamilton</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>S. Abbott</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>S. Gysbers</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W. Acton</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>84</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<o:p></o:p>
&nbsp;

<center>
<img src="https://theleafsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/carter ashton.jpg" width="420" height="296" alt="" />
Image via Dave Abel
</center>
Sometimes it&rsquo;s a just a trivial item, an interesting tidbit just as a matter of fact.
Three of the 2012-13 Toronto Marlies four shorthanded goals against were scored less than five minutes into the 3rd period. One broke a scoreless tie and another was an insurance goal extending the opposition lead by two goals.<o:p></o:p>
Or, all four empty net goal scored against were in games in which the Marlies trailed by two or more goals.<o:p></o:p>
Over the next couple of posts, I&rsquo;ll just start to do a data dump and share some of the season&rsquo;s findings to date.<o:p></o:p>
We&rsquo;re breaking boxcars.<o:p></o:p>
We&rsquo;ll start this off with a more general look at Marlies goals and goals against broken down by period and then by PPG. There&rsquo;s beauty in the symmetry of 27 goals scored in each period.&nbsp;
<table class="tableizer-table">
 <tbody>
 <tr class="tableizer-firstrow">
 <th>Event</th>
 <th>1st</th>
 <th>2nd</th>
 <th>3rd</th>
 <th>OT</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Goals Against</td>
 <td>17</td>
 <td>23</td>
 <td>27</td>
 <td>0</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>PP GA</td>
 <td>4</td>
 <td>9</td>
 <td>7</td>
 <td>0</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Goals For</td>
 <td>27</td>
 <td>27</td>
 <td>27</td>
 <td>3</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>PPG For</td>
 <td>7</td>
 <td>9</td>
 <td>6</td>
 <td>0</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<o:p></o:p>
This is a player breakdown of goals by period.<o:p></o:p>
<img src="https://theleafsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/MarliesGoalsbyPeriod.jpg" width="550" height="394" vspace="2" hspace="2" border="2" align="middle" alt="" /><o:p></o:p>
It wouldn&rsquo;t be complete without a breakdown of individual player assists on goals, but it's too&nbsp;large for a good visual display here. It&rsquo;s housed in a <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnIapVfsuXB0dFBVZGFGYTBrUjFTS0cwZFZfaU54UWc">google spreadsheet here</a>.
The spreadsheet contains players goals breakdown, one with primary and another with secondary assist on each Marlies goal.<o:p></o:p>
I&rsquo;m apprehensive about the placement of assists into primary and secondary on game sheets. Nonetheless anomalies can be further investigated, but the breakdown is a general snapshot. Look at Nazem Kadri&rsquo;s three primary assists on each of Jake Gardiner and Matt Frattin goals.<o:p></o:p>
Breaking it down even further is the timeliness.<o:p></o:p>
This table points out the score during the game when the Marlies players scored. Across the top are numbers ranging from -4 to 4 and represent the gap in score at the time the player scored a goal. Minus-1 means the Marlies were down by one goal at the time the goal was scored.<o:p></o:p>
As an example, Carter Ashton scored four (of his five goals) while the game was tied. Jake Gardiner also scored four in a tie game.<o:p></o:p>
Ryan Hamilton is unique in that he&rsquo;s scored five times with the Marlies up a goal.
<table class="tableizer-table">
 <tbody>
 <tr class="tableizer-firstrow">
 <th>Players</th>
 <th>-4</th>
 <th>-3</th>
 <th>-2</th>
 <th>-1</th>
 <th>Tied</th>
 <th>+1</th>
 <th>+2</th>
 <th>+3</th>
 <th>+4</th>
 <th>Total</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>B. Ross</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>C. Ashton</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>4</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>5</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>G. McKegg</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>3</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>G. Scott</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>2</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>J. Colborne</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>J. D'Amigo</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>3</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>J. Gardiner</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>4</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>9</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>K. Aucoin</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>5</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>K. Holzer</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>K. Ryan</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>3</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>L. Komarov</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>3</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>6</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>M. Fraser</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>2</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>M. Frattin</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>8</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>M. Kostka</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>4</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>M. Zigomanis</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>2</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>N. Deschamps</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>5</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>N. Kadri</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>3</td>
 <td>3</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>7</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>P. Ranger</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>2</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>R. Hamilton</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>5</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>9</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>S. Abbott</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>S. Gysbers</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>W. Acton</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>3</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>4</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Total</td>
 <td>1</td>
 <td>2</td>
 <td>8</td>
 <td>9</td>
 <td>25</td>
 <td>17</td>
 <td>11</td>
 <td>6</td>
 <td>5</td>
 <td>84</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<o:p></o:p>
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