Complete scoring chance summary
| Team | Period | Time | Note | Home | Away | State | ||||||||||
| Home | 1 | 19:34 | Josi from Fisher, save (5v4 PP) | 6 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 59 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 61 | 5v4 | |
| Home | 1 | 19:22 | Fisher one-timer from Legwand, save (5v4 PP) | 6 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 59 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 61 | 5v4 | |
| Home | 1 | 17:18 | Weber from Gaustad on 3on2, save | 6 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 39 | 59 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 10:26 | Pavelski deflection from Boyle, save (5v4 PP) | 6 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 4v5 | |
| Home | 1 | 7:12 | Spaling deflection from Weber, miss | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 59 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 0:36 | Marleau from Nieto, save | 6 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 83 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 0:34 | Pavelski rebound from Marleau, miss | 6 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 83 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 16:26 | Legwand off turnover, goal | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 13:28 | Demers from Thornton, save (5v4 PP) | 6 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 2 | 13:12 | Pavelski deflection from Boyle, goal (5v4 PP) | 6 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 4v5 | |
| Home | 2 | 8:31 | Josi from Weber, goal | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 4:09 | McCarthy rebound from Brown, miss | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 59 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 76 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 2:17 | Demers from Thornton, save | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 15:59 | Burns from Kearns, goalpost | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 61 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 14:41 | Kearns from Thornton, save (5v4 PP) | 8 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 42 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 61 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 3 | 9:36 | Burns deflection from Vlasic, save (4v4) | 3 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 4v4 | ||
| Home | 3 | 8:54 | Weber from Smith, goalpost | 6 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 59 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 61 | 88 | 4v4 | ||
| Away | 3 | 7:58 | Marleau from Pavelski, save | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 76 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 4:48 | Legwand wraparound, miss | 6 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 59 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 4:44 | Spaling deflection from Weber, miss | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 59 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 1:23 | Marleau deflection from Nieto, goal | 6 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 39 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 83 | 5v5 |
On-ice scoring chances for and against
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 5 | DEMERS, JASON | 16:36 | 6 | 1 | 02:59 | 3 | 0 | 00:37 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | STUART, BRAD | 19:32 | 4 | 3 | 00:07 | 0 | 0 | 00:37 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | PAVELSKI, JOE | 16:31 | 4 | 1 | 03:06 | 3 | 0 | 00:48 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MARLEAU, PATRICK | 17:42 | 4 | 1 | 04:00 | 4 | 0 | 00:48 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | SHEPPARD, JAMES | 13:51 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | BROWN, MIKE | 08:58 | 1 | 0 | 00:07 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | THORNTON, JOE | 13:14 | 2 | 7 | 04:12 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | BOYLE, DAN | 20:12 | 2 | 6 | 04:27 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | NIEMI, ANTTI | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 38 | KEARNS, BRACKEN | 11:13 | 2 | 4 | 03:13 | 1 | 0 | 00:35 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MCCARTHY, JOHN | 08:19 | 1 | 0 | 00:19 | 0 | 0 | 00:37 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD | 19:24 | 3 | 2 | 02:11 | 0 | 0 | 01:23 | 0 | 2 |
| 52 | IRWIN, MATT | 09:38 | 0 | 1 | 01:06 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | BRAUN, JUSTIN | 16:37 | 1 | 1 | 02:26 | 1 | 0 | 01:23 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | HAYES, ERIAH | 09:08 | 2 | 0 | 00:07 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | NIETO, MATT | 15:20 | 4 | 0 | 02:31 | 0 | 0 | 00:35 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | BURNS, BRENT | 15:05 | 3 | 7 | 02:19 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
Team scoring chance totals
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ovr | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-head scoring chances
- Especially compared to what went down Sunday night in Chicago, this was a pretty boring game and the scoring chances bear that out. Just 21 combined chances between the two teams, including only 15 at even-strength.
- Bizarre quirk: Shea Weber was on the ice for all 15 of those even-strength chances and for 20 of 21 chances overall. He played a lot, and played almost exclusively behind the only Predators forwards with offensive ability and against the only Sharks forwards with offensive ability.
- This was likely Joe Thornton and Brent Burns‘ worst game of the season and it couldn’t have come at a worse time given the team’s injury situation up front. If those two aren’t generating anything, it becomes awfully difficult to win games given the state of the other three lines.
- Granted, I thought Marleau, Pavelski and Nieto were very good together after being united on a regular basis somewhere around the midpoint of this game. Nieto in particular has really come on lately after a two-week stretch of ineffectiveness. He might have been the Sharks’ best forward in this game.
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