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Scoring Chances: Game 6 vs. St. Louis

Our look at the head-to-head, team totals and on-ice scoring chances from the Sharks' 6-2 win over St. Louis on Tuesday night.

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

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  • 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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