Despite largely controlling the play at even strength, the Leafs broke through just once on New York’s Igor Shesterkin on Saturday night despite nine shots on goal from Auston Matthews and eight from William Nylander, and 11 of those were recorded as high-danger chances by Natural Stat Trick. The power play moved to 27th in the league at 12.5% after three more unsuccessful attempts against the Rangers.
Interestingly, as strong of a team as Tampa has been for many years now and as good as their starting goaltender is, the Leafs and their man advantage have generally scored on them at a good clip in recent seasons.