By the numbers: Game 68 vs. New York

Scoring Chances

Complete scoring chance summary

Team	Period	Time	Note	Home						Away						State
Home	1	18:29	Martin from Strome, save	11	14	18	20	21	27	8	19	22	27	31	88	5v5
Home	1	15:30	Okposo rebound, save	3	20	21	27	44	51	5	8	19	31	44	88	5v5
Away	1	13:30	Couture from Marleau, goalpost	15	20	29	37	43	46	5	12	31	39	44	83	5v5
Away	1	12:46	Couture from Nieto, save	11	12	15	20	29	44	5	12	31	39	44	83	5v5
Home	1	8:52	Nielsen one-timer from Okposo, save	3	20	21	27	37	51	8	19	22	31	52	88	5v5
Away	1	7:04	Nieto from Couture, save	12	15	20	29	37	46	12	27	31	39	61	83	5v5
Away	1	7:01	Marleau deflection from Hannan, save	12	15	20	29	37	46	12	27	31	39	61	83	5v5
Away	1	6:34	Nieto from Couture, goal	12	15	20	29	37	46	12	27	31	39	61	83	5v5
Away	1	5:15	Demers from Havlat, goal	11	13	14	17	18	20	5	9	15	31	44	57	5v5
Home	2	19:29	Lee backhand from Nielsen, goal	3	20	21	27	44	51	8	19	27	31	61	88	5v5
Away	2	13:33	Boyle from Nieto, miss	12	15	20	29	37	46	12	22	31	39	52	83	5v5
Away	2	10:30	Burns off turnover, save	3	13	17	18	20	46	8	19	22	31	52	88	5v5
Away	2	10:29	Thornton rebound from Burns, goal	3	13	17	18	20	46	8	19	22	31	52	88	5v5
Home	2	2:59	Nelson deflection from Donovan, goal	11	12	15	20	29	46	5	9	15	31	44	57	5v5
Away	2	1:46	Havlat from Sheppard, goal	11	13	14	17	18	20	5	9	15	31	44	57	5v5
Away	3	16:03	Pavelski from Thornton, save (5v4 PP)	3	15	20	44	51		8	12	19	22	31	39	4v5
Home	3	13:46	Nielsen backhand, save	11	14	20	21	27	51	8	19	22	31	52	88	5v5
Away	3	5:55	Pavelski, miss	3	15	20	27	29	44	8	19	27	31	61	88	5v5
Home	3	3:17	Halmo from Nelson, save	3	20	28	29	43	44	10	27	31	37	61	81	5v5
Home	3	1:02	Nielsen from Cizikas, save	3	21	27	44	51	53	12	27	31	39	61	83	5v5
Home	3	0:34	Nielsen from Okposo, save	3	21	27	44	51	53	8	12	27	31	39	61	5v5
Home	3	0:22	Nielsen from Okposo, goal	3	11	20	21	27	51	5	8	19	31	44	88	5v5

On-ice scoring chances, for and against

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
5	DEMERS, JASON	21:30	4	3	00:56	0	0	00:00	0	0
8	PAVELSKI, JOE	14:37	3	7	01:04	1	0	00:00	0	0
9	HAVLAT, MARTY	14:49	2	1	00:56	0	0	00:00	0	0
10	DESJARDINS, ANDREW	12:46	0	1	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
12	MARLEAU, PATRICK	16:39	6	2	01:04	1	0	00:00	0	0
15	SHEPPARD, JAMES	14:52	2	1	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
19	THORNTON, JOE	13:54	3	6	01:04	1	0	00:00	0	0
22	BOYLE, DAN	17:44	3	3	01:04	1	0	00:00	0	0
27	HANNAN, SCOTT	19:04	4	5	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
31	NIEMI, ANTTI		11	10		1	0		0	0
37	BURISH, ADAM	11:55	0	1	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
39	COUTURE, LOGAN	16:51	6	2	01:04	1	0	00:00	0	0
44	VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD	21:35	4	3	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
52	IRWIN, MATT	17:24	3	2	00:56	0	0	00:00	0	0
57	WINGELS, TOMMY	15:25	2	1	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
61	BRAUN, JUSTIN	18:43	4	4	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
81	KENNEDY, TYLER	12:35	0	1	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
83	NIETO, MATT	15:10	6	1	00:56	0	0	00:00	0	0
88	BURNS, BRENT	14:27	3	6	00:56	0	0	00:00	0	0

Team scoring chance totals

Period	Totals		EV		5v4 PP		5v3 PP		4v5 SH		3v5 SH
1	6	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ovr	12	10	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head-to-head scoring chances

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Despite being outshot by a sizable amount, particularly when protecting a two-goal lead for most of the third period, the Sharks ended up outchancing the Islanders overall, mostly on the strength of a terrific performance by the Logan Couture line. The top line, on the other hand, had a difficult night going up against Frans Nielsen’s unit for the Islanders, as the head-to-head chart demonstrates.

5v5 Zone Entries

#	Player	Overall Entries	Shots Per Overall Entry	Controlled Entries	Shots Per Controlled Entry	% Of Entries With Control
5	DEMERS, JASON	3	0.33	1	1	33.3
8	PAVELSKI, JOE	4	0	3	0	75
9	HAVLAT, MARTY	5	0.4	1	1	20
10	DESJARDINS, ANDREW	6	0.33	2	1	33.3
12	MARLEAU, PATRICK	4	0.5	1	1	25
15	SHEPPARD, JAMES	5	0	1	0	20
19	THORNTON, JOE	9	0.56	5	0.6	55.6
22	BOYLE, DAN	4	0.25	2	0.5	50
27	HANNAN, SCOTT	3	0.33	0	0	0
37	BURISH, ADAM	4	0.25	2	0.5	50
39	COUTURE, LOGAN	4	0.75	3	1	75
44	VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD	2	0	0	0	0
52	IRWIN, MATT	4	0.5	2	1	50
57	WINGELS, TOMMY	3	0	2	0	66.7
61	BRAUN, JUSTIN	2	1.5	0	0	0
81	KENNEDY, TYLER	7	0.71	4	0.5	57.1
83	NIETO, MATT	7	0.14	3	0.33	42.9
88	BURNS, BRENT	3	0.33	2	0.5	66.7
	Sharks Overall	79	0.38	34	0.56	43
	Islanders Overall	84	0.46	37	0.76	44

Chalk it up to their six offensive-zone starts that the James Sheppard line was able to produce offense in this game despite a dreadful neutral zone performance. The three of them combined for just two shots on thirteen offensive-zone entries, only four of which came while retaining possession of the puck. San Jose as a whole struggled more on the defensive side of the puck, allowing the Islanders to generate far more shots off their controlled entries than the Sharks did at the other end of the rink. The bright side is that, as we saw above, not many of those Islanders shots were from dangerous locations.

5v5 Zone Exits

#	Player	Touches	In-Zone Passes	Carry-Out	Pass-Out	Turnover	Icing	Overall Success %	Exit Success %
5	DEMERS, JASON	25	12	4	1	8	0	20.0	38.5
8	PAVELSKI, JOE	9	2	3	1	3	0	44.4	57.1
9	HAVLAT, MARTY	8	2	3	0	3	0	37.5	50.0
10	DESJARDINS, ANDREW	3	1	0	1	1	0	33.3	50.0
12	MARLEAU, PATRICK	11	4	1	3	2	1	36.4	57.1
15	SHEPPARD, JAMES	15	5	5	2	3	0	46.7	70.0
19	THORNTON, JOE	10	3	1	2	3	1	30.0	42.9
22	BOYLE, DAN	20	9	8	1	2	0	45.0	81.8
27	HANNAN, SCOTT	17	11	3	1	2	0	23.5	66.7
37	BURISH, ADAM	9	3	1	3	2	0	44.4	66.7
39	COUTURE, LOGAN	9	2	3	0	3	0	33.3	42.9
44	VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD	21	9	3	2	7	0	23.8	41.7
52	IRWIN, MATT	22	11	4	1	5	1	22.7	45.5
57	WINGELS, TOMMY	3	1	1	1	0	0	66.7	100.0
61	BRAUN, JUSTIN	26	9	9	1	7	0	38.5	58.8
81	KENNEDY, TYLER	11	2	3	5	1	0	72.7	88.9
83	NIETO, MATT	10	4	2	1	3	0	30.0	50.0
88	BURNS, BRENT	8	3	2	1	2	0	37.5	60.0
	Overall	237	93	56	27	57	3	40.0	60.0

You can quibble with Tyler Kennedy’s decision-making in the offensive zone (his shot selection is, at times, maddening) but he reliably makes the right plays in the other two zones, particularly when it comes to getting the puck moving in the right direction out of his own end. He was the biggest reason that fourth line had a good game last night.

For more on what scoring chances, zone entries and zone exits are, how they’re tracked, and why they matter, read this post.

Scoring Chances

5v5 Zone Entries

5v5 Zone Exits

Talking Points