Scoring Chances: Game 56 vs. Chicago
Our look at the head-to-head, team totals and on-ice scoring chances from the Sharks' 2-1 shootout win over Chicago on Saturday night.
Complete scoring chance summary
| Team | Period | Time | Note | Home | Away | State | ||||||||||
| Away | 1 | 9:50 | Pirri deflection from Kane, goalpost | 9 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 76 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 50 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 8:30 | Smith from Kruger, save | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 57 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 50 | 52 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 7:28 | Boyle one-timer from Nieto, crossbar | 19 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Home | 1 | 5:14 | Wingels backhand off turnover, save | 8 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 52 | 57 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Away | 1 | 0:09 | Toews backhand, save (4v5 SH) | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 88 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 81 | 5v4 | |
| Away | 2 | 19:16 | Hossa backhand off turnover, save | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 81 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 18:39 | Nieto from Sheppard, save | 7 | 15 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 83 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 50 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 17:37 | Hossa from Keith, save | 19 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 12:41 | Kane off turnover, save | 15 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 76 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 50 | 52 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 12:27 | Burns deflection from Thornton, save | 19 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 10:09 | Boyle deflection from Burns, save (5v4 PP) | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 88 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 50 | 5v4 | |
| Home | 2 | 9:33 | Wingels deflection from Irwin, miss (5v4 PP) | 9 | 31 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 83 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 81 | 5v4 | |
| Home | 2 | 6:42 | Nieto wraparound off turnover, save | 7 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 83 | 88 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 50 | 65 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 3:52 | Wingels from Desjardins, save (4v5 SH) | 7 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 57 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 65 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 2 | 2:55 | Hossa from Saad, miss (5v4 PP) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 50 | 81 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 2 | 1:50 | Smith from Kruger, save | 9 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 50 | 52 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 1:49 | Kruger rebound from Smith, save | 9 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 88 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 50 | 52 | 5v5 |
| Away | 2 | 1:13 | Kane from Saad on 3on2, miss | 10 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 61 | 83 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 50 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Home | 2 | 0:14 | Marleau one-timer from Wingels, miss | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 57 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 17:00 | Burns from Vlasic, save | 19 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 15:32 | Nieto from Irwin, save (5v4 PP) | 9 | 31 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 83 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 81 | 5v4 | |
| Home | 3 | 13:51 | Pavelski breakaway from Hannan, goal (4v5 SH) | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 65 | 88 | 4v5 | |
| Away | 3 | 12:48 | Saad one-timer from Versteeg, goal (5v4 PP) | 10 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 61 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 50 | 81 | 4v5 | |
| Home | 3 | 7:32 | Stuart from Sheppard, save | 7 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 50 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 7:20 | Rozsival from Versteeg, goalpost | 7 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 83 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 50 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 7:11 | Kane from Versteeg, save | 7 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 83 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 50 | 88 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 3:03 | Kruger rebound from Hossa, save | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 57 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 52 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Away | 3 | 3:02 | Bollig rebound from Kruger, save | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 57 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 52 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Home | 3 | 2:29 | Boyle from Burns on 3on2, save | 12 | 19 | 22 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 81 | 5v5 |
| Home | 4 | 3:23 | Marleau from Havlat, save (4v4) | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 50 | 88 | 4v4 | ||
On-ice scoring chances for and against
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 7 | STUART, BRAD | 15:44 | 5 | 6 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 04:05 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | PAVELSKI, JOE | 15:12 | 2 | 3 | 06:15 | 1 | 1 | 02:59 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | HAVLAT, MARTY | 12:57 | 2 | 6 | 01:45 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DESJARDINS, ANDREW | 07:33 | 1 | 3 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 02:57 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MARLEAU, PATRICK | 16:26 | 4 | 3 | 06:15 | 1 | 1 | 02:02 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | SHEPPARD, JAMES | 12:20 | 2 | 3 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | THORNTON, JOE | 15:33 | 5 | 3 | 06:15 | 1 | 1 | 00:42 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | BOYLE, DAN | 15:29 | 5 | 5 | 06:29 | 1 | 1 | 00:31 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | HANNAN, SCOTT | 14:48 | 5 | 6 | 00:05 | 0 | 0 | 02:56 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | NIEMI, ANTTI | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 38 | KEARNS, BRACKEN | 10:23 | 1 | 3 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 01:33 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD | 18:12 | 4 | 5 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 03:44 | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | IRWIN, MATT | 16:13 | 1 | 1 | 01:19 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | WINGELS, TOMMY | 13:59 | 2 | 3 | 01:45 | 2 | 0 | 03:02 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | BRAUN, JUSTIN | 18:45 | 0 | 1 | 01:57 | 2 | 0 | 03:44 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | HAYES, ERIAH | 05:42 | 0 | 2 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | NIETO, MATT | 12:04 | 6 | 4 | 01:45 | 2 | 0 | 01:40 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | BURNS, BRENT | 16:16 | 5 | 3 | 06:10 | 1 | 1 | 00:05 | 0 | 0 |
Team scoring chance totals
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ovr | 15 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-head scoring chances
- If you can neutralize Chicago's loaded top line, you have a good chance at beating them. And that's exactly what the Sharks did as they outchanced the Blackhawks 5-2 with Jonathan Toews on the ice at even-strength courtesy a great game from the newly-constructed Nieto/Thornton/Burns line and Vlasic, Braun and Boyle on defense who all saw time against Toews, Sharp and Hossa.
- Holding the Blackhawks to just two scoring chances on 19 shot attempts in the first period was key as the Sharks were much more dangerous offensively over the remainder of the game following their first period lulls. But the defense was there to pick up the slack before everything else got going.
- Pretty ugly scoring chance differential for Marty Havlat who struggled to find chemistry with any of the combination of linemates he was used alongside in this game. It wasn't until he was paired with Patrick Marleau in the overtime period that he really got going. I think the Sharks have to play him with Marleau in regulation as well to ensure he isn't a liability.