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Scoring Chances: Game 15 vs. Buffalo

Complete scoring chance summary

Team Period Time Note Home Away State
Home 1 17:24 Marleau from Couture, miss 9 12 31 39 44 61 19 20 26 30 57 63 5v5
Away 1 14:31 Hodgson from Pysyk, miss 9 12 31 39 44 61 3 10 19 26 30 63 5v5
Home 1 11:25 Couture from Havlat, save 7 9 12 22 31 39 3 10 19 26 30 63 5v5
Home 1 11:23 Boyle from Marleau, save 7 9 12 22 31 39 3 10 19 26 30 63 5v5
Home 1 11:14 Marleau deflection from Stuart, save 7 9 12 22 31 39 3 10 19 26 30 63 5v5
Home 1 11:13 Havlat rebound from Marleau, goal 7 9 12 22 31 39 3 10 19 26 30 63 5v5
Away 1 10:16 McCormick deflection from McBain, save 5 10 18 22 31 48 4 8 23 30 55 65 5v5
Away 2 17:25 Stafford from McBain on 3on2, goal 5 19 27 31 48 81 4 21 22 28 30 55 5v5
Away 2 14:09 McCormick from Stafford, goal 5 10 18 27 31 43 8 20 21 28 30 57 5v5
Home 2 12:53 Couture from Havlat, miss 9 12 31 39 44 61 3 10 19 26 30 63 5v5
Home 2 10:31 Wingels from Havlat, goalpost (5v4 PP) 5 9 31 48 57 61 3 8 10 21 30 5v4
Home 2 5:04 Marleau rebound from Couture, save (5v4 PP) 8 12 19 22 31 39 9 20 21 30 57 5v4
Home 2 4:38 Couture one-timer from Pavelski, miss (5v4 PP) 8 12 19 22 31 39 9 20 21 30 57 5v4
Away 2 2:48 Foligno from Myers, save 7 10 18 31 44 83 9 20 30 57 78 82 5v5
Away 2 1:01 Stafford from Girgensons, block 7 8 22 31 81 83 4 21 22 28 30 55 5v5
Home 3 19:40 Couture from Havlat, save 9 12 31 39 44 61 19 20 26 30 57 63 5v5
Away 3 18:56 Foligno backhand from Tropp, save 7 8 22 31 81 83 3 9 10 30 78 82 5v5
Away 3 18:41 Ennis one-timer from Hodgson, goal (5v4 PP) 8 12 31 44 61 4 10 19 26 30 63 4v5
Home 3 18:13 Hertl from Thornton, miss 5 19 27 31 48 57 8 20 23 30 57 65 5v5
Home 3 16:42 Kennedy rebound from Vlasic, goal 8 31 44 61 81 83 3 9 10 30 78 82 5v5
Home 3 15:32 Hertl wraparound from Hannan, goal 5 19 27 31 48 57 19 20 26 30 57 63 5v5
Home 3 13:56 Kennedy from Pavelski, save 5 8 27 31 81 83 3 10 21 22 28 30 5v5
Away 3 12:37 Hodgson from Ennis, save 9 12 31 39 44 61 19 20 26 30 57 63 5v5
Away 3 12:33 Tallinder from Ennis, goal 9 12 31 39 44 61 19 20 26 30 57 63 5v5
Away 3 10:42 Hodgson slapshot, miss (5v4 PP) 7 8 12 27 31 4 10 19 26 30 63 4v5
Away 3 10:33 Moulson rebound from Hodgson, save (5v4 PP) 7 8 12 27 31 4 10 19 26 30 63 4v5
Away 3 10:25 Moulson deflection from Ehrhoff, save (5v3 PP) 7 31 39 44 4 10 19 26 30 63 3v5
Away 3 9:40 McBain one-timer from Ehrhoff, crossbar (5v3 PP) 7 31 39 44 4 10 19 26 30 63 3v5
Away 3 9:10 Stafford from Myers, save (5v4 PP) 8 31 44 61 81 3 9 21 30 57 82 4v5
Away 3 8:21 Foligno breakaway from Myers, save 5 9 12 31 39 61 9 20 30 57 78 82 5v5
Home 3 7:43 Marleau from Couture, save 5 9 12 27 31 39 9 20 30 57 65 82 5v5
Home 3 6:49 Hertl from Wingels, save 7 19 22 31 48 57 4 8 23 30 55 65 5v5
Home 3 6:39 Wingels from Thornton, save 7 19 22 31 48 57 4 8 23 30 55 65 5v5
Home 3 5:54 Marleau rebound from Havlat, miss 9 12 31 39 44 61 3 9 10 30 78 82 5v5
Home 3 4:50 Couture backhand from Pavelski, miss (5v4 PP) 8 12 19 22 31 39 3 10 22 30 65 5v4
Home 3 3:48 Havlat from Hertl, save 5 9 31 48 57 61 4 9 21 30 55 82 5v5
Home 3 3:47 Wingels rebound from Havlat, goal 5 9 31 48 57 61 4 9 21 30 55 82 5v5
Home 4 3:27 Braun from Havlat, miss (4v4) 5 9 31 39 61 10 19 26 30 55 4v4
Home 4 3:12 Wingels rebound from Kennedy, block (4v4) 5 27 31 57 81 4 28 30 57 63 4v4
Home 4 3:04 Kennedy, goalpost (4v4) 5 27 31 57 81 4 28 30 57 63 4v4
Away 4 2:03 Tropp from Ehrhoff, save (4v4) 7 9 19 22 31 3 10 30 63 78 4v4
Home 4 1:14 Vlasic from Couture on 3on2, save (4v4) 31 39 44 48 61 19 20 26 30 57 4v4

On-ice scoring chances for and against

# Player EV PP SH
5 DEMERS, JASON 15:43 9 4 02:21 1 0 00:00 0 0
7 STUART, BRAD 20:12 6 4 00:08 0 0 02:08 0 4
8 PAVELSKI, JOE 16:24 2 2 04:55 3 0 01:33 0 4
9 HAVLAT, MARTY 14:46 12 5 02:57 1 0 00:00 0 0
10 DESJARDINS, ANDREW 05:21 0 3 00:00 0 0 00:26 0 0
12 MARLEAU, PATRICK 16:39 9 4 04:55 3 0 01:04 0 3
18 BROWN, MIKE 04:52 0 3 00:00 0 0 00:00 0 0
19 THORNTON, JOE 17:48 4 2 05:03 3 0 00:00 0 0
22 BOYLE, DAN 18:31 6 4 05:31 3 0 00:00 0 0
27 HANNAN, SCOTT 19:43 6 2 00:08 0 0 00:39 0 2
31 NIEMI, ANTTI 21 11 4 0 0 6
39 COUTURE, LOGAN 16:17 11 4 04:55 3 0 01:03 0 2
43 MCCARTHY, JOHN 05:02 0 1 00:08 0 0 00:18 0 0
44 VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD 16:52 6 4 00:00 0 0 02:04 0 4
48 HERTL, TOMAS 16:41 7 2 02:57 1 0 00:00 0 0
57 WINGELS, TOMMY 16:01 8 0 02:57 1 0 00:00 0 0
61 BRAUN, JUSTIN 17:20 9 4 02:57 1 0 00:57 0 2
81 KENNEDY, TYLER 12:59 4 3 00:00 0 0 00:03 0 1
83 NIETO, MATTHEW 12:31 2 3 00:08 0 0 00:00 0 0

Team scoring chance totals

Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 12 10 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2
4 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ovr 25 17 21 11 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 2

Head-to-head scoring chances

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  • Giving up 4 goals and 36 shots to the worst team in recent NHL history certainly isn’t something to be proud of but the Sharks did manage to outchance the Sabres by a significant margin at even-strength. Granted, they were trailing for nearly the entire final forty minutes of regulation.
  • Tommy Wingels has been awesome lately and will get a well-deserved look on the Thornton line tonight against Vancouver after playing perhaps the best game of his NHL career against the Sabres. He scored twice (even if the second one went unnoticed) and the Sharks outchanced Buffalo 8-0 and outshot them 12-4 when he was on the ice at even-strength. I’m excited to see what he, Thornton and Tomas Hertl can do together over a full game because they looked unstoppable in their shifts together on Tuesday.
  • I thought it would take a bit longer for Martin Havlat to get back into game shape after missing training camp, preseason and the first month of the regular season but he was flying in this one and was probably the Sharks’ best player after Wingels. He assisted on 7 of the Sharks’ 25 scoring chances in addition to taking two of his own. His skating and decision-making in the neutral zone were also pristine as he generated tons of clean entries and played a big role in his linemates dominating the middle part of the ice. It’s hard to read too much into one game against a terrible team but if Havlat is back, that’s obviously great news.
  • A very unimpressive second period, perhaps their worst of the season, was what sealed San Jose’s fate in this game, I think. As much as the blown call is infuriating, it wouldn’t have gone to overtime if the Sharks had come out to play in the second.
  • Unsurprisingly, the fourth line is worthless (and not trusted to play upwards of five minutes) when Mike Brown is on it. It’s certainly not why the Sharks lost this game, but putting him in the lineup over James Sheppard just so he could punch one of Buffalo’s goons probably wasn’t the greatest of decisions. Also not the greatest coaching decision: giving Brad Stuart more even-strength minutes than any other player.

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