Scoring Chances: Game 73 @ Los Angeles

The Sharks were outchanced 10-1 in the second period of this game, spending nearly the entire twenty minutes in their own end. I don’t have period-by-period scoring chance numbers handy for the full season, but I’m pretty confident in saying that’s the worst single-period chance differential they’ve posted all year long. I called Monday’s 5-3 loss to the Ducks probably the Sharks’ worst game of the season but I think this one tops it. San Jose was outchanced 16-9 at even strength and 23-11 overall. I’m not sure what makes an NHL team follow up a three-game stretch that featured some of their best hockey of the season with consecutive terrible efforts but hopefully it’s something that can be reversed. And quickly.

Best EV Forward: Joe Thornton (+3)

Worst EV Forward: Patrick Marleau (-7)

Best EV Defenseman: Dan Boyle (+0)

Worst EV Defenseman: Douglas Murray (-4)

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	10	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	11	23	9	16	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	1

Team	Period	Time	Note	SJS						Opponent
SJS	1	17:28	Vlasic P	2	22	31	44	69	78	7	8	13	24	32	71	5v5
LAK	1	15:43	Carter R	5	17	18	31	34	61	7	8	10	32	74	77	5v5
LAK	1	15:42	Carter R	5	17	18	31	34	61	7	8	10	32	74	77	5v5
SJS	1	15:16	Couture F	8	19	22	31	39	44	2	11	14	23	32	33	5v5
SJS	1	10:09	Moore R	3	9	18	22	31	34	22	25	26	27	28	32	5v5
SJS	1	6:55	Marleau P	5	9	12	29	31	61	7	8	22	25	28	32	5v5
LAK	1	4:35	Goal – Richards SH	8	12	19	22	31	39	2	10	32	33	77		5v4
SJS	1	4:12	Goal – Havlat PP	9	17	29	31	61	88	7	8	23	24	32		5v4
LAK	1	2:25	Voynov PP	3	17	31	34	88		14	23	26	27	28	32	4v5
LAK	2	15:48	Nolan F	3	9	12	29	31	88	13	24	26	32	33	71	5v5
SJS	2	12:26	Pavelski P	3	8	19	29	31	88	10	26	32	33	74	77	5v5
LAK	2	12:11	Lewis T	8	19	22	31	39	88	7	8	22	25	28	32	5v5
LAK	2	10:08	Fraser R	5	17	18	31	34	61	13	24	26	32	33	71	5v5
LAK	2	10:04	Carter P	9	12	22	29	31	44	7	8	10	32	74	77	5v5
LAK	2	9:43	Richards P	9	12	22	29	31	44	7	8	10	32	74	77	5v5
LAK	2	6:25	Lewis F	2	5	31	61	69	78	2	22	25	27	28	32	5v5
LAK	2	5:35	Richards T	9	12	22	29	31	44	7	8	10	32	74	77	5v5
LAK	2	4:58	Kopitar T	3	8	19	31	39	88	11	14	23	26	32	33	5v5
LAK	2	4:11	Goal – Martinez F	17	18	22	31	34	44	2	11	14	23	27	32	5v5
LAK	2	2:15	Carter S	2	5	31	44	69	78	13	24	26	32	33	77	5v5
LAK	3	18:40	Williams P	3	9	12	29	31	88	11	14	23	26	32	33	5v5
SJS	3	17:26	White SH	5	31	39	44	69		14	23	26	27	28	32	4v5
LAK	3	16:44	Doughty PP	3	8	31	88			8	10	11	23	32		3v4
LAK	3	16:42	Brown PP	3	8	31	88			8	10	11	23	32		3v4
LAK	3	16:00	Goal – Kopitar PP	3	8	31	88			8	10	11	23	32		3v4
LAK	3	15:16	Voynov PP	3	31	39	44			10	14	26	28	32		3v4
LAK	3	14:44	Richards PP	5	12	22	31			8	10	11	23	32	77	3v5
SJS	3	13:34	Boyle P	19	22	29	31	61	88	8	11	13	32	33	71	5v5
SJS	3	13:04	Goal – Boyle T	5	9	22	29	31	39	2	22	24	25	32	33	5v5
SJS	3	11:27	Boyle T	8	19	22	31	39	61	7	8	10	32	74	77	5v5
LAK	3	9:53	Penner T	3	9	12	29	31	88	22	25	26	28	32	33	5v5
LAK	3	5:45	Kopitar R	3	9	12	22	29	31	2	11	14	23	32	33	5v5
LAK	3	5:44	Williams R	3	9	12	22	29	31	2	11	14	23	32	33	5v5
SJS	3	3:26	Vlasic T	8	19	22	31	39	44	7	8	11	14	23	32	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
2	J. VANDERMEER	5:25	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
3	D. MURRAY	17:30	2	6	0:00	0	0	3:01	0	5
5	C. WHITE	10:21	2	5	0:00	0	0	1:50	1	0
8	J. PAVELSKI	17:05	4	2	0:52	0	1	2:05	0	3
9	M. HAVLAT	18:02	3	8	0:22	1	0	0:00	0	0
12	P. MARLEAU	17:36	1	8	0:52	0	1	0:44	0	0
17	T. MITCHELL	12:16	0	4	0:22	1	0	0:27	0	1
18	D. MOORE	11:33	1	4	0:00	0	0	0:18	0	0
19	J. THORNTON	18:57	5	2	0:52	0	1	0:26	0	0
22	D. BOYLE	22:31	7	7	0:52	0	1	0:07	0	0
29	R. CLOWE	18:54	4	8	0:22	1	0	0:07	0	0
31	A. NIEMI	50:36	9	16	1:14	1	1	4:55	1	5
34	D. WINNIK	9:44	1	4	0:00	0	0	0:24	0	1
39	L. COUTURE	15:34	4	2	0:52	0	1	2:20	1	1
44	M. VLASIC	20:23	3	5	0:00	0	0	2:22	1	1
61	J. BRAUN	13:02	3	4	0:22	1	0	0:04	0	0
69	A. DESJARDINS	6:07	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:59	1	0
78	B. FERRIERO	9:13	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
88	B. BURNS	21:05	2	5	0:22	1	0	2:26	0	4

Chance Types

Team	Transition	Odd-man	Rebound	Forecheck	Possession	Steal	PP	SH
San Jose	3	0	1	1	4	0	1	1
Los Angeles	4	0	5	3	3	1	6	1

Head-to-head scoring chances:

Martin Havlat and Ryane Clowe helped set up the Boyle goal but apart from that play they, along with Marleau, were black holes in this game. The only positive here is that the Thornton line managed to stay in the black playing heavy minutes against the Kopitar line for L.A.

More stats from the game: Corsi/Fenwick, Shift Charts, H2H Ice Time, Zonestarts, Play-By-Play, Box Score

Talking Points