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SCF 2016 Game 1 – SJ at PIT – Detailed Statistical Breakdown

Game Notes PIT vs S.J

San Jose Sharks (Head Coach: Peter DeBoer) at Pittsburgh Penguins (Head Coach: Mike Sullivan)

NHL Playoff Game #411, CONSOL Energy Center, 2016-05-30 06:00:00PM (GMT -0600)

Penguins 3-2

Referees: Wes McCauley, Dan O’Rourke, Dan O’Halloran
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Derek Amell, Jonny Murray

Three Stars: Nick Bonino; Conor Sheary; Patrick Marleau

  • Welcome!  This is the “OilersNerdAlert” format statistical breakdown for this game.  Beer League Heroes will be publishing these state of the art analyses for each of the Final games.
  • This was an exciting game. Hope they’re all this intense!
  • The Sharks are my designated #2 team, since I have family and friends down in Silicon Valley, so … boo. Also the game information below is from the Sharks point of view.  If you’re a Penguins fan and want to see the breakdown from a PIT point of view, please comment and we’ll be happy to add a second gamepage.
  • The score ended up being (and following) the gameflows pretty much exactly – which happens less often than you’d think!
  • My man BLH is choked that Justin Schultz isn’t wearing #19, so he could make up a half and half jersey shirt. Even as a Penguin, Jultz frustrates Oiler fans!

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Game at a Glance

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Leaderboard

  • Patrick Marleau, Tomas Hertl each had 1 goal
  • Logan Couture blasted 4 shots on goal
  • Brent Burns was most active on the team with 13 shot attempts
  • Tomas Hertl was the faceoff champ at 100.0% (1-0) … um, yeah, but …
  • Tomas Hertl led the team in on-ice 5v5 shot attempts at 60.0% (24-16)
  • Joel Ward trailed the team in 5v5 on-ice shot attempts at 20.0% (3-12)
  • Dainius Zubrus was the big hitter with 6

Goal Overview

Team Period Time Strength ShotType ShotDist Danger
PIT 1 12:46 EV Wrist 10.0 2.53
PIT 1 13:48 EV Wrist 18.0 1.81
S.J 2 3:02 PP Wrist 11.0 2.44
S.J 2 18:12 EV Backhand 8.0 2.34
PIT 3 17:27 EV Wrist 13.0 2.26

Who Won the 5v5 Shot Battle?

Which Battle Who Won By How Much
Shots PIT 36 to 24 (60.0%)
Average Shot Distance Against (ft) PIT 32 to 34
Corsi PIT 56 to 52 (51.9%)
Score & Venue Adjusted Corsi PIT 56 to 52 (52.2%)
Fenwick PIT 43 to 33 (56.6%)
Dangerous Fenwick PIT 49 to 28 (63.2%)

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Detailed Metrics

Shot Metrics
Strength CF CA CF% SACF SACA SACF% FF FA FF% DFF DFA DFF%
EV 52 56 48.1 51.7 56.5 47.8 33 43 43.4 28.4 48.8 36.8
All 58 67 46.4 57.4 67.2 46.1 37 52 41.6 33.5 58.1 36.6
Other Metrics
Team PP PPG PIM FO Hits Giveaways Takeaways
Penguins 3 0 6 53.2 36 10 10
Sharks 2 1 8 46.8 36 8 4

How the Players Did (On Ice Shot Attempts)

New chart! Shows how the players did directly comparing raw Corsi with DangerousFenwick. Look for big discrepenacies one way or the other.

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Danger Tables

Forwards are sorted by decreasing CF%. Defensemen and pairs sorted by increasing DFA60. Forward lines by decreasing DFF%. Positions are as listed by the NHL roster page, not necessarily where they played.

Centres
Centre EVTOI OZS%2 CF CA CF% SACF% FF% DFF%
T. Hertl 15:56 46.7 24 16 60 60 59.3 48.7
J. Thornton 15:36 50.0 23 17 57.5 57.6 57.7 47.7
J. Pavelski 16:11 50.0 23 19 54.8 54.9 55.6 46.8
L. Couture 13:05 33.3 14 13 51.9 51.4 40 51.5
P. Marleau 13:37 37.5 13 15 46.4 45.9 35 44.1
N. Spaling 09:21 40.0 10 12 45.5 44.6 43.8 36.7
T. Wingels 09:19 40.0 10 12 45.5 44.5 40 32.7
D. Zubrus 08:41 50.0 9 12 42.9 42.6 46.7 38.4
M. Karlsson 12:34 28.6 6 13 31.6 30.7 23.1 16.5
C. Tierney 12:03 33.3 5 14 26.3 25.8 20 9
Wingers
Winger EVTOI OZS%2 CF CA CF% SACF% FF% DFF%
J. Donskoi 13:24 33.3 16 13 55.2 54.4 45.5 56.9
J. Ward 11:07 33.3 3 12 20 19.9 16.7 2.9
Defensemen
Defense EVTOI OZS%2 CF CA CF% SACF% FF% DFF% DFA60
R. Polak 14:24 85.7 14 15 48.3 47.6 38.9 31.2 25.83
B. Dillon 15:33 77.8 15 15 50 49.4 29.4 19.5 30.87
M. Vlasic 17:17 20.0 14 17 45.2 45 39.1 28.4 59.71
B. Burns 17:11 38.9 23 21 52.3 51.9 54.5 51.5 63.9
P. Martin 19:52 35.3 26 24 52 51.7 51.4 43.8 76.41
J. Braun 15:58 0.0 12 20 37.5 37.6 33.3 21.2 84.55
Defense Pairings
Pair EVTOI DFA60 AvgDistA CF CA CF% SACF% FF% DFF%
B. Dillon R. Polak 12:24 26.13 45.3 11 13 45.8 44.8 33.3 26.3
P. Martin B. Burns 15:59 67.19 26.5 20 20 50 49.5 51.7 47.6
M. Vlasic J. Braun 13:02 77.34 35 7 16 30.4 30.3 23.5 13.5
Forward Lines
Line EVTOI CF CA CF% SACF% FF% DFF%
J. Pavelski J. Thornton T. Hertl 14:17 23 14 62.2 62.2 60 48.2
P. Marleau J. Donskoi L. Couture 11:23 12 11 52.2 51.7 37.5 46.1
D. Zubrus N. Spaling T. Wingels 06:22 8 8 50 49.5 50 37.1
J. Ward C. Tierney M. Karlsson 10:04 2 11 15.4 15 10 1.3

Game Flows



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Rink Maps

Defense Pairings – Shots Given Up

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Forward Lines – Shots Taken

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Head to Head

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NHL Media Highlights

Click the link to play the associated highlight video

Marleau ties game with wraparound
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Jones’ back-to-back saves
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Hertl’s power-play tally
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Jones’ early save
https://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2016/05/31/bab55461-495d-4a25-8ed8-21a991c4139b/1464658457595/asset_1200k.mp4?_=4
Rust opens the scoring
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Jones denies Hornqvist, Crosby
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Bonino’s late go-ahead goal
https://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2016/05/31/fd3439e0-dec3-4123-b2df-bea8275d86c8/1464663171007/asset_1200k.mp4?_=7
Penguins strike twice in 1st
https://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2016/05/31/d37cd63c-2341-45fa-bf79-f747fcddda28/1464659095279/asset_1200k.mp4?_=8
Jones’ stellar toe save
https://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2016/05/31/a11e956a-7070-4691-9416-aa43bacac15e/1464658985445/asset_1200k.mp4?_=9
Murray’s big blocker save
https://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2016/05/31/4d1286e3-9f8b-45ea-b72b-62ce8fe3b9ba/1464658428102/asset_1200k.mp4?_=10
Murray’s shoulder save
https://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2016/05/31/82fa25e0-59ff-4fbf-afda-4b7bf655a9c4/1464662786976/asset_1200k.mp4?_=11
Murray stops Hertl in front
https://md-akc.med.nhl.com/mp4/nhl/2016/05/31/36f19509-e250-4619-a0ea-e926f58b4a25/1464662164910/asset_1200k.mp4?_=12
Sheary’s perfect shot
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Jones’ tip-in save
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Jones robs Hornqvist
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Who is the NHL’s Most Accurate Shooter in 2016?

I miss the days of seeing NHL Hall-of-Famers Ray Bourque, Mark Messier or Brendan Shanahan rocking the accuracy contest at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition. This year it was John Tavares, Evgeni Malkin, and Joe Pavelski starring but nobody could hit the elusive four-for-four. Check it out below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma3W0loBhck

Participants/Results (from NHL.com):

East shooters:

John Tavares, New York Islanders / 12.294

Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins / 23.362

Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers / 17.254

Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins / 16.179

East passers: Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals; Jaromir Jagr, Florida Panthers

West shooters:

Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks /

Joe Pavelski, San Jose Sharks / 14.088

Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks / 13.771

Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars / 16.664

West passers: Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues

Tavares wins event

Malkin was THAT close to the win, had he not attempted to get the crowd into it, he couldn’ve won…

NHL, Rob Cooke

Beer League Heroes 15 – 16 Season Primers: San Jose Sharks

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Last season the San Jose Sharks missed the playoff for the first time since 2003. In the aftermath we seen the mutual parting of ways between the team and long-time head coach Todd McLellan. Was last season an anomaly or is the long playoff run over for the one mighty Sharks? The core group of players is aging but there should still be a little left in the tank of Jumbo Joe Thornton and Patty Marleau. Enough to get them back to the playoffs? We will see I guess.

Key Additions: RW Joel Ward, D Paul Martin, D Mark Cundari, G Martin Jones

Key Departures: G Antti Niemi, D Matt Irwin, D Taylor Fedun

Roster Hopefuls: RW Timo Meier, RW Nikolay Goldobin, D Jeremy Roy

Last season was a bit of free fall for the once powerful Sharks. They went from 111 points and a second place finish in the Pacific division to 89 points and a fifth place end. The unfortunate part for Sharks fans is that while they did bring in a few nice players this summer they also lost a couple good ones too. Joel Ward is a great addition to the team as is defenseman Paul Martin but I can’t seem to figure out why they walked away from goaltender Antti Niemi. In my opinion opting for a very much unproven Martin Jones as the new starter when you had a more than capable starter already in the fold is beyond me but that is something you would have to ask GM Doug Wilson.

Timo Meier should bring the team some hope. He has a big frame and has excellent instincts in the offensive zone. He is a very capable player when he has the puck on his stick. He is going to head back to the QMJHL this season but should be in the NHL full-time by next season. If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching this kid play I urge you to do so! You won’t be disappointed. Another player on this team that I absolutely love is big defender/ winger Brent Burns. The guy is a stud defenseman and can really supply the offense from the backend. Last season he finished fourth on the team in scoring with 17 goals and 43 assists. That’s pretty damn special for a defenseman!

Potential Lineup:

Patrick Marleau – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski

Melker  Karlsson – Logan Couture – Tomas Hertl

Matt Neito – Chris Tierney – Joel Ward

Raffi Torres – Ben Smith – Tommy Wingels

Brent Burns – Paul Martin

M.E. Vlasic – Justin Braun

Brendon Dillon – Mirco Mueller

Martin Jones

Alex Stalock

The Sharks finished an astounding 11 points out of the playoffs, I know that isn’t “Oilers” astounding but that is pretty huge a change for a perennial playoff team like San Jose. I don’t think last season was an anomaly by any stretch. I think it was a bigger than expected regression but not an unexpected regression. With little in the way of changes from last season I expect the team will regress even further this season and will be in the fifth slot come the end of the season.

Martin Jones is the guy to keep an eye on for this team. He is largely unproven and will be needed to play a hell of a lot more than the fifteen games he played last season. It will be interesting to see if the Sharks guessed right and Jones is in fact ready. Situation sounds very similar to that of the Oilers.