Scoring Chances: Game 6 vs. St. Louis

Complete scoring chance summary

Team	Period	Time	Note	Home						Away						State
Away	1	17:55	Burns jam play, save	10	12	22	25	33	41	5	19	27	31	48	88	5v5
Away	1	10:24	Couture from Marleau, goal (5v4 PP)	5	9	17	27	41		8	12	19	31	39	52	4v5
Away	1	10:08	Hertl rebound from Irwin, save (5v4 PP)	19	20	27	41	42		31	48	52	61	81	88	4v5
Away	1	10:07	Hertl rebound, save (5v4 PP)	19	20	27	41	42		31	48	52	61	81	88	4v5
Away	1	9:53	Marleau one-timer from Thornton, save (5v3 PP)	5	20	41	42			5	8	12	19	31	39	3v5
Away	1	9:38	Pavelski one-timer from Demers, goal (5v4 PP)	5	10	20	41	42		5	8	12	19	31	39	4v5
Home	1	9:26	Berglund breakaway, miss	9	21	22	33	41	91	8	27	31	44	57	83	5v5
Away	1	7:51	Pavelski from Wingels, save	9	21	22	33	41	91	8	15	31	52	57	61	5v5
Away	1	7:02	Hannan rebound from Kennedy, save	10	17	19	25	27	41	5	12	27	31	39	81	5v5
Home	1	5:49	Berglund one-timer from Schwartz, save	9	19	21	27	41	91	5	19	27	31	48	88	5v5
Home	1	2:51	Tarasenko from Roy, save (5v4 PP)	12	20	22	33	41	91	31	44	61	81	83		5v4
Home	1	2:42	Roy rebound from Steen, save (5v4 PP)	12	20	22	33	41	91	31	44	61	81	83		5v4
Away	2	19:30	Thornton rebound from Braun, miss	17	19	20	27	41	74	19	31	44	48	61	88	5v5
Home	2	15:24	Schwartz off turnover, save	9	21	22	33	41	91	19	31	48	52	61	88	5v5
Away	2	13:36	Demers backdoor from Thornton, save (5v4 PP)	5	17	20	27	41		5	8	12	19	31	39	4v5
Away	2	11:30	Wingels from Sheppard, miss	5	17	20	27	41	42	10	15	27	31	44	57	5v5
Away	2	11:28	Wingels wraparound, goal	5	17	20	27	41	42	10	15	27	31	44	57	5v5
Home	2	6:29	Shattenkirk one-timer from Steen, save	12	17	20	22	41	42	31	39	44	57	61		5v4
Away	2	5:38	Hertl from Burns, save	9	19	21	27	41	91	5	19	27	31	48	88	5v5
Away	2	2:48	Hannan from Thornton, goal	17	20	22	33	41	42	5	19	27	31	48	88	5v5
Home	3	15:59	Stewart from Sobotka, save	1	12	17	19	25	27	5	8	31	44	57	83	5v5
Away	3	14:54	Thornton from Hertl, goal	1	9	21	22	33	91	19	27	31	48	52	88	5v5
Home	3	13:13	Shattenkirk from Sobotka, save	1	17	20	22	33	74	5	10	27	31	57	83	5v5
Home	3	12:41	Schwartz from Tarasenko, save	1	9	19	21	27	91	5	19	27	31	48	88	5v5
Home	3	12:39	Tarasenko rebound from Schwartz, goal	1	9	19	21	27	91	5	19	27	31	48	88	5v5
Away	3	10:39	Marleau from Thornton, save (5v4 PP)	1	5	9	17	27		5	8	12	19	31	39	4v5
Home	3	7:35	Roy rebound from Sobotka, save	1	5	12	17	25	46	5	10	15	31	44	88	5v5
Home	3	7:33	Polak one-timer from Roy, goal	1	5	12	17	25	46	5	10	15	31	44	88	5v5
Away	3	7:02	Burns from Hertl, save	1	20	27	33	42	74	19	27	31	44	48	88	5v5
Away	3	2:55	Marleau from Couture, goal (5v4 PP)	1	5	21	27	74		5	8	12	19	31	39	4v5

On-ice scoring chances for and against

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
5	DEMERS, JASON	15:59	4	7	04:30	5	0	01:46	0	0
8	PAVELSKI, JOE	10:27	1	2	05:25	6	0	02:16	0	0
10	DESJARDINS, ANDREW	07:00	2	3	00:23	0	0	00:40	0	0
12	MARLEAU, PATRICK	12:32	1	0	05:20	6	0	02:36	0	0
15	SHEPPARD, JAMES	10:20	3	2	00:39	0	0	00:00	0	0
19	THORNTON, JOE	14:15	6	4	05:08	6	0	00:00	0	0
27	HANNAN, SCOTT	19:45	8	5	00:34	0	0	02:11	0	0
31	NIEMI, ANTTI		10	9		8	0		0	3
39	COUTURE, LOGAN	11:41	1	0	04:53	6	0	03:00	0	1
44	VLASIC, MARC-EDOUARD	16:49	4	4	00:16	0	0	04:13	0	3
48	HERTL, TOMAS	13:09	6	4	02:08	2	0	00:00	0	0
52	IRWIN, MATT	17:57	2	1	02:33	3	0	00:00	0	0
57	WINGELS, TOMMY	14:48	3	3	00:29	0	0	02:10	0	1
61	BRAUN, JUSTIN	17:50	2	1	02:54	2	0	04:38	0	3
81	KENNEDY, TYLER	15:06	1	0	02:31	2	0	00:50	0	2
83	NIETO, MATTHEW	09:17	0	3	00:00	0	0	00:28	0	2
88	BURNS, BRENT	14:45	6	6	02:32	2	0	00:00	0	0

Team scoring chance totals

Period	Totals		EV		5v4 PP		5v3 PP		4v5 SH		3v5 SH
1	8	4	3	2	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	6	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	4	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ovr	18	12	10	9	7	0	1	0	0	3	0	0

Head-to-head scoring chances

It was understandably overshadowed by Dan Boyle’s injury but the Sharks‘ start to this game was downright impressive. To go into St. Louis, face an undefeated Blues team, be sans-Boyle from the five minute-mark onward and still register the first six scoring chances (as well as thirteen of the first fifteen shots on goal) is quite an accomplishment. I don’t think anyone expected this game to be all but settled by the ten-minute mark but it essentially was.
San Jose was pretty much immune to score effects through their previous blowout wins, but the Blues aren’t exactly the Rangers or Coyotes so they mounted a push late in the second and into the third period, where they outchanced the Sharks 6-2 at evens. As a result, I’m not sure it’s all that wise to read too much into the individual chance plus-minus numbers from this one.
Nieto, for instance, looked much better to my eye (and to the shot differential metrics) than his chance count indicates. The third line as a whole had an encouraging bounce-back game after an uneven showing against the Senators.
Patrick Marleau is on a 68-goal pace while riding a not-that-outrageous shooting percentage. Granted, we shouldn’t expect him to keep averaging five shots a game but it’s been another quietly awesome start to the season for Patty.

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