zeke
Well-known member
Ok, the break is over. They got their rest. No more whining. Time to get back into gear.
Leafs are starting to slip too much. Down to 14th best record in the league (though neck in neck with 4 teams ahead of them, and not quite down with the bubble teams.
The Blues are one of those teams we're neck and neck with. They've followed a similar path as us this year - a good first quarter followed by a slow and steady decline. Though for them much of that has to do with Allen falling back down to earth (not surprising given he's not actually very good), and by Hutton getting red hot (which won't last, but might last thru tonight).
Interesting looking at the Blues' lines - kinda similar format in their top-2 lines, but instead of finishing off the top 2 lines with grinders like hyman and komarov, they play skilled youngsters there in Barbashev and Jaskin. And they do that even though they don't near the offensive depth we do.
Legend:
Letter Grades = Quality of Competition measured by opponents' time on ice, Converted into Letter Grades for simplicity
p60 = points per 60 minutes
CF% = Corsi For Percentage (i.e. shot attempts for percentage)
xGF% = Expected Goals For Percentage (i.e. shot attempt percentage adjusted for shot quality) - this stat is already adjusted for zone deployment and game score
In Brackets = CF% and xGF% relative to team
dsv% = difference between save percentage and expected save percentage
Line 1
Matthews (20): 35gms, ES 16:17 (A+), 2.87p60, 50.5cf% (-0.2), 54.7xgf% (+3.9) / PP 2:18, 4.51p60 / SH 0:01
Stastny (32): 40gms, ES 14:57 (A), 2.35p60, 54.5cf% (+4.2), 52.9xgf% (-0.4) / PP 2:58, 1.77p60 / SH 1:01
Nylander (21): 45gms, ES 14:28 (A-), 2.29p60, 50.7cf% (+1.0), 50.4xgf% (-1.0) / PP 2:11, 4.28p60 / SH 0:00
Tarasenko (26): 46gms, ES 15:44 (A), 2.49p60, 51.6cf% (-0.0), 53.3xgf% (+0.2) / PP 3:54, 3.71p60 / SH 0:10
Hyman (25): 45gms, ES 14:43 (A+), 1.60p60, 50.2cf% (+0.3), 53.4xgf% (+3.7) / PP 0:10, 0.00p60 / SH 2:51
Barbashev (22): 17gms, ES 11:34 (C+), 1.52p60, 45.8cf% (-5.6), 50.7xgf% (-5.0) / PP 0:24, 0.00p60 / SH 0:08
Line 2
Kadri (27): 43gms, ES 14:09 (A), 1.56p60, 49.1cf% (-1.6), 49.7xgf% (-2.1) / PP 2:08, 5.30p60 / SH 0:00
Schenn (26): 46gms, ES 15:30 (A-), 2.62p60, 53.0cf% (+2.1), 53.2xgf% (-0.0) / PP 3:30, 4.50p60 / SH 0:33
Marleau (38): 45gms, ES 14:15 (A-), 1.75p60, 50.2cf% (+0.2), 48.7xgf% (-3.2) / PP 2:15, 2.40p60 / SH 0:34
Steen (33): 40gms, ES 14:33 (A), 1.18p60, 53.9cf% (+2.0), 53.2xgf% (-1.1) / PP 3:07, 4.32p60 / SH 1:09
Komarov (31): 45gms, ES 12:55 (A-), 0.42p60, 46.6cf% (-4.6), 47.9xgf% (-4.4) / PP 0:52, 3.16p60 / SH 2:56
Jaskin (24): 40gms, ES 11:08 (C), 1.48p60, 53.7cf% (+2.9), 57.2xgf% (+5.3) / PP 0:32, 2.87p60 / SH 0:03
Line 3
Bozak (31): 44gms, ES 13:00 (C-), 1.97p60, 51.9cf% (+2.7), 53.9xgf% (+3.8) / PP 2:18, 3.55p60 / SH 0:01
Berglund (29): 22gms, ES 12:45 (C+), 1.09p60, 50.2cf% (+0.5), 48.2xgf% (-4.6) / PP 1:55, 4.24p60 / SH 1:05
Marner (20): 45gms, ES 13:23 (C), 1.77p60, 53.0cf% (+4.0), 58.4xgf% (+9.8) / PP 2:17, 6.40p60 / SH 0:03
Thompson (20): 15gms, ES 11:17 (B-), 1.80p60, 50.2cf% (+2.5), 50.0xgf% (-1.9) / PP 1:34, 0.00p60 / SH 0:00
VanRyk (28): 44gms, ES 12:18 (C), 1.74p60, 54.0cf% (+5.4), 55.1xgf% (+5.5) / PP 2:21, 6.95p60 / SH 0:00
Sobotka (30): 46gms, ES 14:39 (B+), 1.27p60, 51.6cf% (-0.1), 50.7xgf% (-3.6) / PP 1:57, 2.01p60 / SH 1:06
Line 4
Gauthier (22): 5gms, ES 6:40 (F), 0.00p60, 41.7cf% (-11.9), 31.0xgf% (-18.4) / PP 0:03, 0.00p60 / SH 1:43
Brodziak (33): 45gms, ES 10:23 (C-), 1.69p60, 48.5cf% (-4.1), 55.4xgf% (+2.6) / PP 0:05, 0.00p60 / SH 1:51
Brown (23): 45gms, ES 11:32 (B-), 1.57p60, 47.0cf% (-3.9), 43.6xgf% (-9.4) / PP 1:16, 1.05p60 / SH 2:11
Pajaarvi (26): 41gms, ES 9:46 (C), 0.61p60, 48.6cf% (-3.8), 52.9xgf% (-0.7) / PP 0:04, 0.00p60 / SH 1:17
Martin (28): 43gms, ES 8:01 (F), 1.77p60, 50.6cf% (+0.3), 48.5xgf% (-3.9) / PP 0:01, 0.00p60 / SH 0:00
Thorburn (34): 24gms, ES 7:24 (F), 1.01p60, 46.8cf% (-3.9), 49.0xgf% (-1.0) / PP 0:00, 0.00p60 / SH 0:00
Pair 1
Rielly (23): 45gms, ES 18:18 (A), 1.15p60, 52.5cf% (+3.9), 51.6xgf% (+1.0) / PP 2:19, 7.03p60 / SH 1:26
Pietrangelo (27): 42gms, ES 19:25 (A-), 1.45p60, 50.6cf% (-1.4), 49.8xgf% (-5.1) / PP 3:37, 2.79p60 / SH 2:31
Hainsey (36): 45gms, ES 17:34 (A+), 0.94p60, 49.6cf% (-0.7), 50.2xgf% (-1.2) / PP 0:09, 12.07p60 / SH 4:30
Gunnarsson (31): 40gms, ES 14:25 (B-), 0.53p60, 46.8cf% (-6.0), 53.5xgf% (+0.4) / PP 0:02, 0.00p60 / SH 1:22
Pair 2
Gardiner (27): 45gms, ES 20:01(B+), 0.69p60, 49.1cf% (-1.5), 50.5xgf% (-0.8) / PP 2:15, 4.12p60 / SH 0:33
Parayko (24): 46gms, ES 18:19 (B+), 0.80p60, 53.9cf% (+3.5), 57.9xgf% (+7.4) / PP 2:15, 4.68p60 / SH 2:10
Carrick (23): 25gms, ES 13:44 (D), 0.71p60, 51.1cf% (+1.2), 51.0xgf% (+3.2) / PP 0:04, 29.70p60 / SH 0:02
Bouwmeester (34): 16gms, ES 17:15 (B+), 0.44p60, 51.7cf% (-3.9), 49.4xgf% (-9.2) / PP 0:00, 2.35p60 / SH 1:54
Pair 3
Dermott (21): 42gms, ES 14:04 (D-), 2.13p60, 61.4cf% (+12.7), 54.5xgf% (+11.3) / PP 0:00, 0.00p60 / SH 0:07
Edmundson (24): 46gms, ES 17:45 (A-), 0.97p60, 52.0cf% (+0.7), 52.4xgf% (+1.1) / PP 0:16, 5.03p60 / SH 2:31
Polak (31): 26gms, ES 14:30 (D+), 0.96p60, 49.3cf% (-0.1), 53.8xgf% (+3.3) / PP 0:00, 0.00p60 / SH 2:16
Bortuzzo (28): 43gms, ES 13:41 (C-), 0.41p60, 52.4cf% (+1.2), 54.1xgf% (+1.0) / PP 0:03, 5.32p60 / SH 1:22
Starter
Andersen (28): 37gms, 92.1sv%, +1.3dsv% / ES 92.5sv%, +0.8dsv% / PK 89.9sv%, +3.8dsv%
Hutton (32): 16gms, 94.0sv%, +3.1dsv% / ES 94.3sv%, +1.7dsv% / PK 90.2sv%, +5.7dsv%
Backup
McElhinney (34): 7gms, 91.6xv%, +1.2dsv% / ES 92.5sv%, +0.3dsv% / PK 88.9sv%, +4.8dsv%
Allen (27): 35gms, 90.8sv%, -0.5dsv% / ES 91.7sv%, -0.8dsv% / PK 87.6sv%, +1.0dsv%
Leafs are starting to slip too much. Down to 14th best record in the league (though neck in neck with 4 teams ahead of them, and not quite down with the bubble teams.
The Blues are one of those teams we're neck and neck with. They've followed a similar path as us this year - a good first quarter followed by a slow and steady decline. Though for them much of that has to do with Allen falling back down to earth (not surprising given he's not actually very good), and by Hutton getting red hot (which won't last, but might last thru tonight).
Interesting looking at the Blues' lines - kinda similar format in their top-2 lines, but instead of finishing off the top 2 lines with grinders like hyman and komarov, they play skilled youngsters there in Barbashev and Jaskin. And they do that even though they don't near the offensive depth we do.
Legend:
Letter Grades = Quality of Competition measured by opponents' time on ice, Converted into Letter Grades for simplicity
p60 = points per 60 minutes
CF% = Corsi For Percentage (i.e. shot attempts for percentage)
xGF% = Expected Goals For Percentage (i.e. shot attempt percentage adjusted for shot quality) - this stat is already adjusted for zone deployment and game score
In Brackets = CF% and xGF% relative to team
dsv% = difference between save percentage and expected save percentage
Line 1
Matthews (20): 35gms, ES 16:17 (A+), 2.87p60, 50.5cf% (-0.2), 54.7xgf% (+3.9) / PP 2:18, 4.51p60 / SH 0:01
Stastny (32): 40gms, ES 14:57 (A), 2.35p60, 54.5cf% (+4.2), 52.9xgf% (-0.4) / PP 2:58, 1.77p60 / SH 1:01
Nylander (21): 45gms, ES 14:28 (A-), 2.29p60, 50.7cf% (+1.0), 50.4xgf% (-1.0) / PP 2:11, 4.28p60 / SH 0:00
Tarasenko (26): 46gms, ES 15:44 (A), 2.49p60, 51.6cf% (-0.0), 53.3xgf% (+0.2) / PP 3:54, 3.71p60 / SH 0:10
Hyman (25): 45gms, ES 14:43 (A+), 1.60p60, 50.2cf% (+0.3), 53.4xgf% (+3.7) / PP 0:10, 0.00p60 / SH 2:51
Barbashev (22): 17gms, ES 11:34 (C+), 1.52p60, 45.8cf% (-5.6), 50.7xgf% (-5.0) / PP 0:24, 0.00p60 / SH 0:08
Line 2
Kadri (27): 43gms, ES 14:09 (A), 1.56p60, 49.1cf% (-1.6), 49.7xgf% (-2.1) / PP 2:08, 5.30p60 / SH 0:00
Schenn (26): 46gms, ES 15:30 (A-), 2.62p60, 53.0cf% (+2.1), 53.2xgf% (-0.0) / PP 3:30, 4.50p60 / SH 0:33
Marleau (38): 45gms, ES 14:15 (A-), 1.75p60, 50.2cf% (+0.2), 48.7xgf% (-3.2) / PP 2:15, 2.40p60 / SH 0:34
Steen (33): 40gms, ES 14:33 (A), 1.18p60, 53.9cf% (+2.0), 53.2xgf% (-1.1) / PP 3:07, 4.32p60 / SH 1:09
Komarov (31): 45gms, ES 12:55 (A-), 0.42p60, 46.6cf% (-4.6), 47.9xgf% (-4.4) / PP 0:52, 3.16p60 / SH 2:56
Jaskin (24): 40gms, ES 11:08 (C), 1.48p60, 53.7cf% (+2.9), 57.2xgf% (+5.3) / PP 0:32, 2.87p60 / SH 0:03
Line 3
Bozak (31): 44gms, ES 13:00 (C-), 1.97p60, 51.9cf% (+2.7), 53.9xgf% (+3.8) / PP 2:18, 3.55p60 / SH 0:01
Berglund (29): 22gms, ES 12:45 (C+), 1.09p60, 50.2cf% (+0.5), 48.2xgf% (-4.6) / PP 1:55, 4.24p60 / SH 1:05
Marner (20): 45gms, ES 13:23 (C), 1.77p60, 53.0cf% (+4.0), 58.4xgf% (+9.8) / PP 2:17, 6.40p60 / SH 0:03
Thompson (20): 15gms, ES 11:17 (B-), 1.80p60, 50.2cf% (+2.5), 50.0xgf% (-1.9) / PP 1:34, 0.00p60 / SH 0:00
VanRyk (28): 44gms, ES 12:18 (C), 1.74p60, 54.0cf% (+5.4), 55.1xgf% (+5.5) / PP 2:21, 6.95p60 / SH 0:00
Sobotka (30): 46gms, ES 14:39 (B+), 1.27p60, 51.6cf% (-0.1), 50.7xgf% (-3.6) / PP 1:57, 2.01p60 / SH 1:06
Line 4
Gauthier (22): 5gms, ES 6:40 (F), 0.00p60, 41.7cf% (-11.9), 31.0xgf% (-18.4) / PP 0:03, 0.00p60 / SH 1:43
Brodziak (33): 45gms, ES 10:23 (C-), 1.69p60, 48.5cf% (-4.1), 55.4xgf% (+2.6) / PP 0:05, 0.00p60 / SH 1:51
Brown (23): 45gms, ES 11:32 (B-), 1.57p60, 47.0cf% (-3.9), 43.6xgf% (-9.4) / PP 1:16, 1.05p60 / SH 2:11
Pajaarvi (26): 41gms, ES 9:46 (C), 0.61p60, 48.6cf% (-3.8), 52.9xgf% (-0.7) / PP 0:04, 0.00p60 / SH 1:17
Martin (28): 43gms, ES 8:01 (F), 1.77p60, 50.6cf% (+0.3), 48.5xgf% (-3.9) / PP 0:01, 0.00p60 / SH 0:00
Thorburn (34): 24gms, ES 7:24 (F), 1.01p60, 46.8cf% (-3.9), 49.0xgf% (-1.0) / PP 0:00, 0.00p60 / SH 0:00
Pair 1
Rielly (23): 45gms, ES 18:18 (A), 1.15p60, 52.5cf% (+3.9), 51.6xgf% (+1.0) / PP 2:19, 7.03p60 / SH 1:26
Pietrangelo (27): 42gms, ES 19:25 (A-), 1.45p60, 50.6cf% (-1.4), 49.8xgf% (-5.1) / PP 3:37, 2.79p60 / SH 2:31
Hainsey (36): 45gms, ES 17:34 (A+), 0.94p60, 49.6cf% (-0.7), 50.2xgf% (-1.2) / PP 0:09, 12.07p60 / SH 4:30
Gunnarsson (31): 40gms, ES 14:25 (B-), 0.53p60, 46.8cf% (-6.0), 53.5xgf% (+0.4) / PP 0:02, 0.00p60 / SH 1:22
Pair 2
Gardiner (27): 45gms, ES 20:01(B+), 0.69p60, 49.1cf% (-1.5), 50.5xgf% (-0.8) / PP 2:15, 4.12p60 / SH 0:33
Parayko (24): 46gms, ES 18:19 (B+), 0.80p60, 53.9cf% (+3.5), 57.9xgf% (+7.4) / PP 2:15, 4.68p60 / SH 2:10
Carrick (23): 25gms, ES 13:44 (D), 0.71p60, 51.1cf% (+1.2), 51.0xgf% (+3.2) / PP 0:04, 29.70p60 / SH 0:02
Bouwmeester (34): 16gms, ES 17:15 (B+), 0.44p60, 51.7cf% (-3.9), 49.4xgf% (-9.2) / PP 0:00, 2.35p60 / SH 1:54
Pair 3
Dermott (21): 42gms, ES 14:04 (D-), 2.13p60, 61.4cf% (+12.7), 54.5xgf% (+11.3) / PP 0:00, 0.00p60 / SH 0:07
Edmundson (24): 46gms, ES 17:45 (A-), 0.97p60, 52.0cf% (+0.7), 52.4xgf% (+1.1) / PP 0:16, 5.03p60 / SH 2:31
Polak (31): 26gms, ES 14:30 (D+), 0.96p60, 49.3cf% (-0.1), 53.8xgf% (+3.3) / PP 0:00, 0.00p60 / SH 2:16
Bortuzzo (28): 43gms, ES 13:41 (C-), 0.41p60, 52.4cf% (+1.2), 54.1xgf% (+1.0) / PP 0:03, 5.32p60 / SH 1:22
Starter
Andersen (28): 37gms, 92.1sv%, +1.3dsv% / ES 92.5sv%, +0.8dsv% / PK 89.9sv%, +3.8dsv%
Hutton (32): 16gms, 94.0sv%, +3.1dsv% / ES 94.3sv%, +1.7dsv% / PK 90.2sv%, +5.7dsv%
Backup
McElhinney (34): 7gms, 91.6xv%, +1.2dsv% / ES 92.5sv%, +0.3dsv% / PK 88.9sv%, +4.8dsv%
Allen (27): 35gms, 90.8sv%, -0.5dsv% / ES 91.7sv%, -0.8dsv% / PK 87.6sv%, +1.0dsv%
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