Scoring Chances: Game 56 vs. Chicago

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.

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