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Scoring Chances: Game 34 vs. St. Louis

Our look at the head-to-head, team totals and on-ice scoring chances from the Sharks' 4-2 win over St. Louis on Tuesday night.

Complete scoring chance summary

Team Period Time Note Home Away State
Away 1 16:08 Wingels from Havlat, save (5v4 PP) 19 20 27 41 74 9 31 48 52 57 88 4v5
Away 1 12:51 Hertl from Boyle, save (4v4) 19 20 22 41 74 9 22 31 44 48 4v4
Away 1 12:15 Couture from Thornton, miss (5v4 PP) 5 21 40 41 46 8 12 19 31 39 88 4v5
Away 1 11:32 Thornton from Marleau, save (5v4 PP) 12 19 32 41 46 91 7 8 12 19 31 39 5v5
Away 1 10:25 Pavelski deflection from Havlat, miss 5 21 25 27 41 56 8 9 15 22 31 52 5v5
Away 1 10:23 Pavelski rebound, goal 5 21 25 27 41 56 8 9 15 22 31 52 5v5
Away 1 10:06 Wingels one-timer from Marleau, crossbar 10 20 22 28 41 74 12 31 39 44 57 61 5v5
Away 1 7:27 Irwin from Braun, goal 5 10 12 25 41 46 12 19 31 52 61 88 5v5
Away 1 2:42 Couture from Marleau, save 5 12 22 32 41 91 5 7 12 31 39 57 5v5
Home 2 18:33 Paajarvi off turnover, save 5 21 22 41 56 91 5 7 19 31 48 88 5v5
Away 2 18:01 Burns from Thornton, goal 5 21 22 41 56 91 5 7 19 31 48 88 5v5
Away 2 16:30 Burns backhand from Thornton, miss 10 12 19 25 27 41 19 22 31 48 52 88 5v5
Home 2 15:53 Berglund backhand off turnover, save 5 21 22 41 56 91 8 9 15 22 31 52 5v5
Home 2 15:52 Tarasenko rebound from Berglund, save 5 21 22 41 56 91 8 9 15 22 31 52 5v5
Home 2 15:43 Tarasenko rebound, miss 5 21 22 41 56 91 8 9 15 22 31 52 5v5
Away 2 13:09 Irwin from Thornton, save 19 21 27 41 56 91 19 22 31 48 52 88 5v5
Away 2 13:04 Burns off turnover, save 19 21 27 41 56 91 19 22 31 48 52 88 5v5
Home 2 12:05 Cole off turnover, miss 12 25 28 32 41 46 8 22 31 48 52 88 5v5
Home 2 9:52 Stewart one-timer from Roy, miss 12 19 25 27 32 41 12 22 31 39 52 57 5v5
Away 2 9:18 Burns one-timer from Thornton, save 19 21 27 41 56 91 19 22 31 48 52 88 5v5
Away 2 5:46 Havlat from Hertl, save (5v4 PP) 19 20 27 41 74 5 7 9 31 48 57 4v5
Home 2 4:45 Roy from Porter, save 12 25 28 32 41 46 5 7 10 18 31 43 5v5
Away 3 12:20 Couture from Marleau on 2on1, miss 5 10 20 27 41 74 9 12 22 31 39 52 5v5
Away 3 12:00 Braun deflection from Havlat, save 10 19 20 27 41 74 9 12 31 39 44 61 5v5
Away 3 11:59 Braun rebound, miss 10 19 20 27 41 74 9 12 31 39 44 61 5v5
Away 3 11:43 Marleau deflection from Braun, goalpost 10 19 20 27 41 74 9 12 31 39 44 61 5v5
Away 3 11:42 Havlat rebound from Marleau, goal 10 19 20 27 41 74 9 12 31 39 44 61 5v5
Away 3 6:00 Couture deflection from Marleau, save 12 22 25 27 32 41 9 12 31 39 44 61 5v5
Home 3 5:29 Tarasenko from Polak, save 21 28 41 46 56 91 8 15 31 44 57 61 5v5
Home 3 0:57 Shattenkirk deflection from Oshie, save (5v4 PP) 10 12 20 22 27 74 7 10 31 43 44 5v4
Home 3 0:40 Steen one-timer from Oshie, miss (5v4 PP) 10 12 20 22 27 74 7 10 31 43 44 5v4

On-ice scoring chances for and against

# Player EV PP SH
5 DEMERS, JASON 15:54 2 2 00:20 1 0 01:43 0 0
7 STUART, BRAD 16:54 3 2 00:26 1 0 01:38 0 2
8 PAVELSKI, JOE 15:21 3 5 02:33 1 0 02:10 0 0
9 HAVLAT, MARTY 14:04 9 3 01:37 2 0 00:00 0 0
10 DESJARDINS, ANDREW 07:49 0 1 00:00 0 0 01:45 0 2
12 MARLEAU, PATRICK 14:23 10 1 03:22 1 0 01:48 0 0
15 SHEPPARD, JAMES 15:04 2 4 00:00 0 0 00:00 0 0
18 BROWN, MIKE 07:41 0 1 00:00 0 0 00:00 0 0
19 THORNTON, JOE 11:06 7 1 03:03 1 0 00:27 0 0
22 BOYLE, DAN 17:37 8 5 02:10 0 0 00:00 0 0
31 NIEMI, ANTTI 18 8 3 0 0 2
39 COUTURE, LOGAN 14:35 9 1 03:26 1 0 01:04 0 0
43 MCCARTHY, JOHN 08:23 0 1 00:00 0 0 01:18 0 2
44 VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD 16:10 7 1 00:15 0 0 03:16 0 2
48 HERTL, TOMAS 12:19 6 2 01:25 2 0 00:00 0 0
52 IRWIN, MATT 17:11 8 5 01:55 1 0 00:24 0 0
57 WINGELS, TOMMY 15:03 2 2 01:56 2 0 01:26 0 0
61 BRAUN, JUSTIN 15:55 7 1 00:15 0 0 02:57 0 0
88 BURNS, BRENT 11:40 6 2 02:12 2 0 00:00 0 0

Team scoring chance totals

Period Totals EV 5v4 PP 5v3 PP 4v5 SH 3v5 SH
1 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 6 7 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 6 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ovr 21 10 18 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Head-to-head scoring chances

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  • In three first periods against St. Louis this season, the Sharks have outshot the Blues 36-12, outchanced them 24-6 and outscored them 8-0. Surprisingly (or maybe not given that the Blues played the previous night in Ottawa), the 9-0 edge in chances the Sharks built through twenty minutes last night was the most lopsided margin yet even though only two of those chances found the back of the net.
  • This game, particularly the third period, certainly lends some credence to the theory that Marty Havlat is still an effective player when put on a line with Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture. When those three were on the ice together last night, the Sharks outchanced the Blues 6-0 and outscored them one-nil. I'm sure we'll see lineup changes prior to the game in L.A. (presumably Matt Nieto and Tyler Kennedy will draw back in for John McCarthy and Mike Brown, who were useless) but here's hoping that trio stays together.
  • Probably Tom, Dick & Hairy's best game as a line since the last time the Sharks played the Blues. I'm sure Ken Hitchcock would have liked to have matched David Backes up against Jumbo but Backes' concussion forced the Blues head coach to go with Patrik Berglund in that role and Joe crushed him, reminiscent of what happened when those two were matched up against each other in the playoff series between these teams a couple of years ago.

For more information on what these numbers and charts mean, head here for more details on how scoring chances are tracked and analyzed.

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