Scoring Chances: Game 36 vs. Dallas

Complete scoring chance summary

Team	Period	Time	Note	Home						Away						State
Home	1	19:40	Marleau deflection from Pavelski, save	8	12	19	32	44	61	4	14	32	33	43	91	5v5
Home	1	19:39	Marleau rebound, save	8	12	19	32	44	61	4	14	32	33	43	91	5v5
Away	1	15:13	Whitney backhand from Horcoff, goal	5	7	10	18	32	81	10	13	23	32	36	38	5v5
Home	1	12:13	McCarthy backhand, save	12	22	32	43	52	57	17	22	23	32	36	72	5v5
Away	1	10:05	Horcoff backhand, save	10	18	22	32	52	81	10	13	23	32	36	38	5v5
Home	1	5:34	Thornton off turnover, save (5v4 PP)	8	12	19	22	32	39	4	10	21	24	32		5v4
Away	1	1:28	Roussel deflection from Goligoski, save	19	22	32	52	83	88	4	12	20	21	32	33	5v5
Away	2	18:50	Chiasson rebound from Gonchar, miss	22	32	43	52	57	83	12	20	21	24	32	55	5v5
Away	2	18:42	Roussel deflection from Gonchar, miss	22	32	43	52	57	83	12	20	21	24	32	55	5v5
Home	2	18:31	Wingels from Nieto, save	5	32	39	44	57	83	12	20	21	24	32	55	5v5
Home	2	18:23	Burns slapshot from Couture, save	5	9	32	39	44	88	4	17	22	32	33	72	5v5
Away	2	17:50	Peverley off turnover, save	5	9	32	39	44	88	4	17	22	32	33	72	5v5
Away	2	15:14	Roussel deflection from Goligoski, goal	10	18	22	32	52	81	4	12	20	21	32	33	5v5
Home	2	14:32	Wingels from Nieto, save	5	32	43	44	57	83	10	13	23	32	36	38	5v5
Home	2	14:30	McCarthy rebound from Wingels, save	5	32	43	44	57	83	10	13	23	32	36	38	5v5
Away	2	13:46	Benn from Nichushkin, miss	7	8	12	19	32	61	4	14	32	33	43	91	5v5
Home	2	13:27	Marleau from Thornton, save	7	8	12	19	32	61	4	14	32	33	43	91	5v5
Home	2	13:16	Marleau deflection from Stuart, goalpost	7	8	12	19	32	61	4	14	32	33	43	91	5v5
Away	2	11:56	Sceviour off turnover, miss	22	32	43	52	57	83	20	21	22	23	32	36	5v5
Away	2	10:49	Whitney from Horcoff, save	5	8	19	32	44	83	4	10	13	32	33	91	5v5
Away	2	9:33	Gonchar from Eakin, save	9	22	32	39	52	88	12	20	21	24	32	55	5v5
Home	2	8:55	Havlat deflection from Irwin, save	9	22	32	39	52	88	20	22	24	32	55	72	5v5
Home	2	8:14	Demers one-timer from Kennedy, goal	5	10	18	32	44	81	4	17	22	32	33	72	5v5
Away	2	6:15	Sceviour rebound from Gaunce, save	8	12	19	22	32	52	17	22	24	32	36	72	5v5
Away	2	5:54	Peverley from Cole on 3on2, save	8	12	19	22	32	52	17	22	24	32	33	72	5v5
Away	2	3:32	Dillon from Fiddler, miss	7	9	32	39	61	88	4	10	13	32	33	38	5v5
Home	2	1:14	Havlat from Burns, save	7	9	32	39	61	88	4	12	20	21	32	33	5v5
Away	3	18:38	Sceviour from Peverley, save	5	9	32	43	44	83	17	22	23	32	36	72	5v5
Away	3	18:36	Cole rebound from Sceviour, crossbar	5	9	32	43	44	83	17	22	23	32	36	72	5v5
Away	3	16:05	Roussel from Eakin, save	5	8	12	19	32	44	4	20	21	23	32	33	5v5
Home	3	15:37	Pavelski backhand from Thornton, goal	5	8	12	19	32	44	4	14	17	22	32	33	5v5
Away	3	11:37	Roussel deflection from Chiasson, save	7	9	32	43	61	83	12	20	21	24	32	36	5v5
Home	3	9:34	Braun backhand from Marleau, miss	7	8	12	19	32	61	14	23	24	32	43	91	5v5
Away	3	9:02	Nichushkin off turnover, save	5	7	8	32	43	83	4	20	21	32	33	43	5v5
Home	3	7:52	Havlat one-timer from Nieto, save	9	22	32	43	52	83	17	22	23	32	36	72	5v5
Home	3	6:31	Marleau deflection from Braun, miss	8	12	19	32	44	61	14	24	32	36	43	91	5v5
Home	3	5:27	Couture one-timer from Wingels, save	22	32	39	52	57	88	4	12	20	21	23	32	5v5
Home	4	1:50	Couture rebound from Braun, save (4v4)	7	12	32	39	61		12	20	32	33	36		4v4
Home	4	0:37	Pavelski backhand from Burns, save (4v4)	8	22	32	52	88		4	17	23	32	43		4v4

On-ice scoring chances for and against

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
5	DEMERS, JASON	18:34	6	7	01:26	0	0	01:57	0	0
7	STUART, BRAD	21:00	5	5	00:00	0	0	02:07	0	0
8	PAVELSKI, JOE	18:04	8	6	03:25	1	0	02:00	0	0
9	HAVLAT, MARTY	14:30	4	6	02:36	0	0	00:00	0	0
10	DESJARDINS, ANDREW	06:35	1	3	00:00	0	0	00:56	0	0
12	MARLEAU, PATRICK	16:58	9	4	03:25	1	0	01:40	0	0
18	BROWN, MIKE	06:18	1	3	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
19	THORNTON, JOE	17:06	7	6	03:30	1	0	00:00	0	0
22	BOYLE, DAN	16:25	5	9	03:31	1	0	00:00	0	0
32	STALOCK, ALEX		19	19		1	0		0	0
39	COUTURE, LOGAN	16:53	6	3	02:43	1	0	01:04	0	0
43	MCCARTHY, JOHN	14:09	4	7	00:59	0	0	00:47	0	0
44	VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD	17:09	9	5	00:50	0	0	01:53	0	0
52	IRWIN, MATT	16:40	5	9	02:46	0	0	00:00	0	0
57	WINGELS, TOMMY	14:18	5	3	02:36	0	0	01:33	0	0
61	BRAUN, JUSTIN	20:10	8	3	00:00	0	0	02:03	0	0
81	KENNEDY, TYLER	06:50	1	3	00:01	0	0	00:00	0	0
83	NIETO, MATT	13:11	4	9	00:00	0	0	00:00	0	0
88	BURNS, BRENT	15:05	5	4	02:17	0	0	00:00	0	0

Team scoring chance totals

Period	Totals		EV		5v4 PP		5v3 PP		4v5 SH		3v5 SH
1	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	9	11	9	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ovr	20	19	19	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head-to-head scoring chances

We expected a wide-open game given the Stars‘ preferred style of play and we got one. The teams combined for 39 scoring chances, all but one of which was at even-strength. Dallas has had a penchant for playing in high-event games this season and, while the goaltenders kept this one from getting out of hand on the scoreboard, there were certainly opportunities galore at both ends of the ice.
It’s probably worth noting this was one of the Sharks‘ worst games of the season from a possession standpoint. They earned just 35% of the unblocked five-on-five shot attempts with the score close, their worst performance of the season in that category save a win against Phoenix that was only “close” for a little under seven minutes. It goes without saying that isn’t a strategy for long-term success even though they were able to generate a lot of quality looks with the zone time they did have.
One guy who didn’t struggle in possession was Patrick Marleau who’s just on another level right now. He also had the highest scoring chance differential among Sharks forwards in this one and was heavily involved in the offense as five of the Sharks’ twenty chances came off his stick and he assisted on another.
Great game for Justin Braun, too, who led the blueline in both chance and shot attempt differential despite having to play with Brad Stuart for a huge chunk of the game and being matched up most frequently against Dallas’ dangerous top line.
Of course, that line was anything but dangerous for the Stars. San Jose completely neutralized Benn/Seguin/Nichushkin to the tune of outchancing Dallas 7-1 and outshooting them (including misses and blocks) 20-11 at even-strength with Jamie Benn on the ice. The only new line combination that worked for the Sharks was (unsurprisingly, given that it featured arguably the team’s three best forwards) Marleau/Thornton/Pavelski but they did a great job of forcing one of the best forward lines in the league to spend the bulk of the game in their own end.

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