Complete scoring chance summary
| Team | Period | Time | Note | Home | Away | State | ||||||||||
| Home | 1 | 15:07 | Kennedy from Wingels, save | 10 | 27 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 81 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 33 | 40 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 14:47 | Campbell rebound from Thornton, save | 10 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 57 | 81 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 13:27 | Pavelski deflection from Braun, save | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 61 | 88 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 12:39 | McCarthy from Brown, save | 18 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 43 | 76 | 21 | 34 | 40 | 47 | 51 | 86 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 11:05 | Nieto from Wingels, save | 7 | 12 | 31 | 57 | 61 | 83 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 40 | 47 | 86 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 8:30 | Spooner off turnover, save | 10 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 81 | 21 | 34 | 40 | 47 | 51 | 86 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 7:00 | Demers off turnover, save | 5 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 83 | 20 | 22 | 40 | 47 | 51 | 86 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 4:11 | Soderberg from Spooner, save | 5 | 18 | 31 | 43 | 44 | 76 | 21 | 34 | 40 | 43 | 51 | 54 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 2:04 | Wingels from Marleau, save | 7 | 12 | 31 | 57 | 61 | 83 | 18 | 20 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 54 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 1:13 | Burns from Thornton, miss | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 61 | 88 | 18 | 20 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 54 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 11:56 | Pavelski from Thornton, save | 7 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 57 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 6:54 | Bergeron off turnover, goalpost (5v4 PP) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 61 | 18 | 27 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 51 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 3 | 18:42 | Iginla from Soderberg, save (5v4 PP) | 5 | 31 | 43 | 44 | 57 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 3 | 16:05 | Krug from Spooner, miss | 5 | 18 | 31 | 43 | 44 | 76 | 21 | 34 | 40 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 15:31 | Pavelski from Burns, miss | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 61 | 88 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 12:22 | Chara from Lucic, save (5v4 PP) | 7 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 61 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 47 | 4v5 | |
| Home | 3 | 9:50 | Wingels from Marleau, miss | 7 | 12 | 31 | 57 | 61 | 83 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 8:44 | Burns from Thornton, miss | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 18 | 27 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 63 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 7:36 | Soderberg from Eriksson, goal | 10 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 81 | 21 | 34 | 40 | 47 | 51 | 86 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 6:41 | Marchand backhand from Smith on 2on1, save | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 18 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 63 | 86 | 5v5 |
On-ice scoring chances for and against
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 5 | DEMERS, JASON | 17:28 | 2 | 3 | 00:59 | 0 | 0 | 02:39 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | STUART, BRAD | 17:00 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 02:51 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | PAVELSKI, JOE | 17:11 | 5 | 1 | 01:06 | 0 | 0 | 02:01 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DESJARDINS, ANDREW | 12:56 | 1 | 3 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 01:25 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MARLEAU, PATRICK | 18:27 | 4 | 0 | 01:06 | 0 | 0 | 01:58 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | BROWN, MIKE | 05:14 | 1 | 2 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | THORNTON, JOE | 15:16 | 5 | 1 | 01:06 | 0 | 0 | 00:52 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | BOYLE, DAN | 16:52 | 2 | 3 | 01:06 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | HANNAN, SCOTT | 15:15 | 2 | 3 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:21 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | NIEMI, ANTTI | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 38 | KEARNS, BRACKEN | 11:42 | 0 | 2 | 00:54 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MCCARTHY, JOHN | 07:08 | 1 | 2 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 02:34 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD | 18:39 | 3 | 3 | 01:01 | 0 | 0 | 03:29 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | WINGELS, TOMMY | 16:10 | 6 | 1 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 02:05 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | BRAUN, JUSTIN | 17:57 | 6 | 0 | 00:54 | 0 | 0 | 02:40 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | HAYES, ERIAH | 07:00 | 1 | 2 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | KENNEDY, TYLER | 12:32 | 1 | 3 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | NIETO, MATT | 17:05 | 4 | 0 | 00:54 | 0 | 0 | 00:55 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | BURNS, BRENT | 17:21 | 4 | 1 | 00:54 | 0 | 0 | 00:10 | 0 | 0 |
Team scoring chance totals
| Period | Totals | EV | 5v4 PP | 5v3 PP | 4v5 SH | 3v5 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ovr | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-head scoring chances
- Another really low-event game in terms of scoring opportunities, which I think is a natural byproduct of all these injuries up front; you don’t necessarily want the types of players populating the Sharks’ current bottom six to be taking chances offensively since the upside is fairly low.
- San Jose outchanced Boston 6-1 with Zdeno Chara on the ice at even-strength which is a pretty remarkable feat. Credit the Joe Thornton line who had their second dominant performance in a row against an opposing team’s big guns.
- The Bruins top six as a whole combined for just one scoring chance at evens as the Marleau line did a good job to keep Patrice Bergeron’s unit in check as well.
- This loss can mostly be hung on a really poor night for the Sharks‘ bottom six forwards, which is going to happen when four of them aren’t even NHL-caliber. He isn’t a cure-all but I have no idea why James Sheppard isn’t playing unless there are some injuries issues there we aren’t privy to.
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