Complete scoring chance summary
| Team | Period | Time | Note | Home | Away | State | ||||||||||
| Away | 1 | 19:26 | Landeskog from Stastny on 3on2, save | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 18:42 | MacKinnon from O’Reilly, save | 12 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 57 | 61 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 61 | 90 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 18:05 | McGinn off turnover, save | 5 | 7 | 31 | 43 | 81 | 83 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 10:50 | McCarthy rebound from Kennedy, save | 5 | 31 | 43 | 52 | 81 | 83 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 55 | 61 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 10:15 | Stastny rebound from Hejda, save | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 10:14 | Stastny rebound, save | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 8:10 | Burns deflection from Boyle, miss | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 6:02 | Demers one-timer from Thornton, goal (5v4 PP) | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 5v4 | |
| Away | 1 | 4:19 | Parenteau rebound from Benoit, save (5v4 PP) | 5 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 61 | 92 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 1 | 4:18 | Landeskog rebound from Parenteau, save (5v4 PP) | 5 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 61 | 92 | 4v5 | |
| Home | 1 | 1:15 | Couture from Braun, save | 12 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 61 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 26 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 0:49 | Landeskog from Stastny, goal | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 61 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 16:28 | Burns from Thornton, save | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 16:27 | Vlasic rebound from Burns, save | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 16:07 | Demers from Marleau on 3on2, save | 5 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 14:38 | Brown rebound from Sheppard, save | 10 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 61 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 14:08 | Burns from Thornton, goal | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 8:35 | Couture from Braun, save | 12 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 57 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 8:28 | Couture rebound, save | 12 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 57 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 8:24 | Braun rebound from Couture, save | 12 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 57 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 7:54 | Burns breakaway from Thornton, save | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 90 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 4:40 | Landeskog off turnover, miss | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 12:00 | Couture breakaway, save (5v4 PP) | 12 | 22 | 31 | 39 | 52 | 57 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 61 | 5v4 | |
| Home | 3 | 11:44 | Wingels from Marleau, miss (5v4 PP) | 12 | 22 | 31 | 39 | 52 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 90 | 5v4 | |
| Away | 3 | 11:20 | O’Reilly from Duchene on 2on1, miss (4v5 SH) | 12 | 22 | 31 | 39 | 52 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 90 | 5v4 | |
| Away | 3 | 9:52 | Stastny from Landeskog, save | 7 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 81 | 83 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 61 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 1:58 | O’Reilly off turnover, save (5v4 PP) | 5 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 90 | 4v5 | |
| Home | 3 | 0:21 | Pavelski one-timer from Thornton, goal | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 61 | 92 | 5v5 |
| Away | 4 | 3:18 | Parenteau from Stastny, save | 22 | 31 | 43 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 4v4 | ||
| Home | 4 | 2:20 | Boyle from Pavelski, miss (4v3 PP) | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 4v3 | |||
| Home | 4 | 1:29 | Boyle deflection from Burns, save (4v3 PP) | 5 | 22 | 31 | 39 | 88 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 61 | 4v3 | |||
| Home | 4 | 1:15 | Burns from Couture, miss (4v3 PP) | 5 | 31 | 39 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 4v3 | |||
| Home | 4 | 1:01 | Burns rebound from Demers, save (4v4) | 5 | 31 | 39 | 52 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 4v4 | ||
| Home | 4 | 0:14 | Marleau backhand from Braun, save (4v4) | 12 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 90 | 4v4 | ||
On-ice scoring chances for and against
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 5 | DEMERS, JASON | 14:32 | 4 | 2 | 02:15 | 3 | 0 | 02:28 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | STUART, BRAD | 13:25 | 4 | 2 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 02:28 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | PAVELSKI, JOE | 16:12 | 6 | 5 | 02:49 | 2 | 0 | 01:50 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DESJARDINS, ANDREW | 10:06 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 01:52 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MARLEAU, PATRICK | 17:59 | 7 | 1 | 03:01 | 3 | 1 | 01:16 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | SHEPPARD, JAMES | 10:33 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:02 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | BROWN, MIKE | 07:29 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | THORNTON, JOE | 16:02 | 6 | 5 | 03:00 | 2 | 0 | 01:20 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | BOYLE, DAN | 21:47 | 4 | 6 | 03:14 | 4 | 1 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | NIEMI, ANTTI | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 39 | COUTURE, LOGAN | 17:16 | 6 | 1 | 02:23 | 4 | 1 | 00:35 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MCCARTHY, JOHN | 11:52 | 1 | 3 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:59 | 0 | 3 |
| 44 | VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD | 20:09 | 7 | 2 | 01:37 | 1 | 0 | 02:13 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | IRWIN, MATT | 20:42 | 6 | 5 | 01:56 | 3 | 1 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | WINGELS, TOMMY | 14:05 | 5 | 1 | 01:35 | 2 | 1 | 00:58 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | BRAUN, JUSTIN | 19:39 | 5 | 1 | 00:03 | 0 | 0 | 02:13 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | KENNEDY, TYLER | 14:53 | 2 | 2 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | NIETO, MATT | 11:38 | 1 | 2 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:28 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | BURNS, BRENT | 15:18 | 7 | 6 | 02:07 | 3 | 0 | 00:02 | 0 | 0 |
Team scoring chance totals
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ovr | 21 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Head-to-head scoring chances
- It’s a shame the narrative surrounding Couture right now is about his goalless streak because he’s been an important part of a shutdown unit that’s been aces for the Sharks. They were buried in the defensive zone and frequently matched up against the Matt Duchene line yet still managed to post ungodly scoring chance and shot attempt numbers in this one.
- Poor Irwin and Boyle have been stuck behind a largely ineffective bottom six in each of the past two games and their even-strength numbers have suffered as a result.
- Three of the Avs’ four goals were from outside the scoring chance area which is usually a sign your goaltender was bad or unlucky. I think Niemi was a bit of both last night (the MacKinnon goal deflected off Andrew Desjardins‘ stick) but he’s certainly in the midst of one of his more prolonged slumps since the 2011-12 season. This game shouldn’t have been as close as it was.
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