Nashville Predators at San Jose Sharks

Mar 15, 2012 · HP Pavilion at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	1	33
San Jose Sharks	2	35

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
13:18	NSH	Patric Hornqvist (1) PP	Mike Fisher (1), Martin Erat (1)	1 - 0
3rd Period
00:55	SJS	Joe Thornton (1) PP	Patrick Marleau (1), Dan Boyle (1)	1 - 1
Shootout
	SJS	Ryane Clowe	Shootout winner	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:23	SJS	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	High sticking	2
14:28	NSH	Andrei Kostitsyn	Slashing	2
2nd Period
15:43	SJS	Daniel Winnik	Tripping	2
15:43	NSH	Paul Gaustad	Roughing	2
15:43	SJS	Martin Havlat	Roughing	2
19:49	NSH	David Legwand	Interference	2
3rd Period
04:47	NSH	Andrei Kostitsyn	High sticking	2
Overtime
04:56	NSH	Shea Weber	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	57	44	33	1	1.9	44.5
San Jose Sharks	78	52	35	1	2.7	55.5

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while San Jose Sharks had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 1.9 expected, 1 scored · San Jose Sharks: 2.7 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Nashville Predators

San Jose Sharks

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Fisher · Martin Erat · Sergei Kostitsyn	11:28	50.0	33.9	0-0
David Legwand · Andrei Kostitsyn · Patric Hornqvist	10:56	50.0	53.0	0-0
Jordin Tootoo · Nick Spaling · Colin Wilson	7:40	35.7	36.2	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Brandon Yip · Craig Smith	7:05	70.6	90.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Shea Weber	20:22	57.8	68.6	0-0
Hal Gill · Jack Hillen	13:53	37.9	34.5	0-0
Francis Bouillon · Ryan Ellis	10:10	36.0	39.8	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	0	5	3	15:46	0.32	14-14	0.55-0.30
10	Martin Erat	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	18:43	0.03	13-19	0.26-0.72
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	21:48	0.10	11-18	0.24-0.77
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	2	5	1	28:03	0.22	26-19	0.60-0.28
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	13:03	0.32	12-8	0.33-0.07
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:01	0.03	5-20	0.07-0.33
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	2	4	0	18:45	0.41	17-15	0.63-0.31
22	Jordin Tootoo	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:27	0.01	5-16	0.07-0.31
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	29:51	0.06	26-20	0.60-0.29
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:57	0.02	5-14	0.07-0.32
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	2	1	0	13:38	0.01	17-14	0.42-0.44
32	Brandon Yip	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	13:23	0.23	16-13	0.38-0.14
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:16	0.02	11-18	0.25-0.48
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	4	0	3	15:51		14-17	0.41-0.41
55	Francis Bouillon	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:52	0.01	12-23	0.46-0.76
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	20:28	0.09	18-15	0.54-0.49
75	Hal Gill	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	23:29		14-26	0.37-0.75
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:29	0.04	9-16	0.34-0.52

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	OTL	35	34	1	65:00	2.73	+1.73

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrick Marleau · Martin Havlat · Ryane Clowe	12:40	38.5	27.2	0-0
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Logan Couture	11:08	68.0	69.7	0-0
Dominic Moore · Torrey Mitchell · Daniel Winnik	9:18	73.7	79.5	0-0
Andrew Desjardins · Benn Ferriero · TJ Galiardi	6:19	53.8	27.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brent Burns · Marc-Edouard Vlasic	9:53	53.3	57.7	0-0
Dan Boyle · Justin Braun	7:57	48.1	59.2	0-0
Dan Boyle · Marc-Edouard Vlasic	7:43	90.0	96.8	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
19	Joe Thornton	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	20:28	0.32	20-15	0.47-0.27
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	1	1	0	3	2	22:54	0.28	14-18	0.29-0.60
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	1	1	0	5	1	26:58	0.64	23-18	0.84-0.38
6	Douglas Murray	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:12		10-9	0.09-0.20
11	Andrew Desjardins	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:53		7-7	0.06-0.23
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	23:23	0.22	21-14	0.73-0.28
20	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:01	0.44	20-11	0.72-0.23
21	TJ Galiardi	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:44	0.05	10-7	0.39-0.22
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	2	3	3	12:14	0.14	19-5	0.46-0.08
29	Martin Havlat	R	0	0	0	2	3	0	18:47	0.12	16-17	0.35-0.65
29	Ryane Clowe	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	20:19	0.03	15-17	0.26-0.60
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:00	0.18	17-18	0.43-0.37
42	Benn Ferriero	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	08:21	0.05	8-12	0.10-0.29
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	26:44		29-24	0.73-0.68
44	Jason Demers	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:29	0.01	12-10	0.19-0.25
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	19:39	0.10	23-20	0.71-0.77
71	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	12:44	0.07	16-6	0.35-0.11
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	23:20	0.08	25-17	0.50-0.35

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
37	Antti Niemi	W	33	32	1	64:55	1.90	+0.90