Leafs Vs. Predators Scoring Chances

12 years ago

The Leafs probably deserved better than the 4-1 loss to Nashville. They played a relatively quiet road game, and wound up out-chancing their opponents 12-7 overall, and 8-6 at even strength. Such a low tally is remarkable, but then, the Predators are known for their defensive stye of play, and the Leafs definitely played a conservative game, so after re-watching it, the numbers don’t come as a surprise.

The only three Leafs to be out-chanced at EV were Jake Gardiner, Nikolai Kulemin, and Joffrey Lupul. The penalty kill had at least 4 good chances, and the Leafs managed to only give up 1 on the PK. Not bad.

One thing I noticed while compiling these numbers is that although the Leafs had a number of shots from close in, the Predators, like the Bruins and many other defensively-oriented teams, clear pucks (often from rebounds) out of the slot quickly and efficiently, preventing the Leafs from creating too much havoc around the net.

Follow me over the jump for the numbers.

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20265

Team	Period	Time	Note	TOR	Opponent
TOR	1	17:02	Kessel	3	11	30	36	38	81	6	12	20	23	24	35	5v5
NSH	1	14:12	Erat	3	19	30	36	42	81	6	10	12	20	35	74	5v5
TOR	1	11:04	Kulemin	4	19	24	30	42	81	6	10	12	20	35	74	5v5
TOR	2	18:55	Frattin	3	12	30	36	39	41	15	27	33	35	38	51	5v5
TOR	2	17:27	Steckel	4	15	20	24	30	46	5	7	13	25	35	38	5v5
NSH	2	15:21	Smith	4	24	30	39	41	51	7	15	27	33	35	38	5v5
NSH	2	13:27	Tootoo	2	11	20	30	36		6	12	13	20	22	35	4v5
NSH	2	12:21	Fisher	8	12	19	24	30	81	8	10	12	35	51	74	5v5
TOR	2	9:48	Liles	3	19	24	30	42	81	6	13	20	25	35		5v4
TOR	2	9:24	Liles	15	24	30	36	39	81	6	12	20	25	35		5v4
TOR	3	19:47	Liles	4	19	24	30	42	81	6	10	12	20	35	74	5v5
NSH	3	17:55	Erat	2	19	30	42	51	81	6	10	12	20	35	74	5v5
TOR	3	17:24	Kessel	3	19	24	30	42	81	8	13	25	35	51		5v4
TOR	3	17:03	Bozak	3	19	24	30	42	81	8	13	25	35	51		5v4
NSH	3	12:09	Fisher	4	19	24	30	42	81	8	12	27	35	51	74	5v5
TOR	3	4:09	Frattin	24	30	39	42	51	81	6	15	20	27	33	35	5v5
NSH	3	3:22	Stortini	4	24	30	39	41	42	8	12	13	24	35	51	5v5
TOR	3	1:30	Lupul	3	12	19	20	24	81	6	15	20	27	35	74	5v5
TOR	3	0:14	Rosehill	2	30	36	38	42	46	5	7	22	33	35	38	5v5

#	Player	EV	PP	SH
2	L. SCHENN	13:33	1	1	0:00	0	0	1:37	0	1
3	D. PHANEUF	19:50	3	1	2:10	3	0	2:49	0	0
4	C. FRANSON	16:22	3	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
8	M. KOMISAREK	12:13	0	1	0:00	0	0	0:09	0	0
11	P. DUPUIS	7:00	1	0	0:00	0	0	3:48	0	1
12	T. CONNOLLY	16:41	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:02	0	0
15	M. LOMBARDI	6:33	1	0	0:04	1	0	1:13	0	0
19	J. LUPUL	22:28	3	4	2:10	3	0	0:00	0	0
20	D. STECKEL	11:42	2	0	0:00	0	0	3:27	0	1
24	J. LILES	21:06	5	4	2:14	4	0	0:00	0	0
30	B. SCRIVENS	51:20	7	6	2:14	4	0	4:55	0	1
36	C. GUNNARSSON	14:11	3	1	0:04	1	0	3:32	0	1
38	J. ROSEHILL	4:25	2	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
39	M. FRATTIN	14:25	2	2	0:04	1	0	0:00	0	0
41	N. KULEMIN	15:00	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
42	T. BOZAK	20:27	4	4	2:10	3	0	0:00	0	0
46	J. CRABB	10:08	2	0	0:00	0	0	1:05	0	0
51	J. GARDINER	13:59	1	2	0:00	0	0	1:43	0	0
81	P. KESSEL	24:38	5	4	2:14	4	0	0:15	0	0

Period	Totals	EV	PP	5v3 PP	SH	5v3 SH
1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	6	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	12	7	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Leafs Vs. Predators Scoring Chances

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