Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks

Mar 9, 2015 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	40
San Jose Sharks	2	30

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
19:03	SJS	Matt Nieto (7)	Chris Tierney (7), Ben Smith (6)	0 - 1
3rd Period
07:22	PIT	Sidney Crosby (22)	David Perron (22), Kris Letang (41)	1 - 1
Shootout
	SJS	Tommy Wingels	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:27	PIT	Steve Downie	Tripping	2
17:00	PIT	Rob Scuderi	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
03:29	SJS	Joe Thornton	Roughing	2
12:07	SJS	Joe Pavelski	Slashing	2
14:57	PIT	David Perron	Holding	2
14:57	SJS	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	Holding	2
3rd Period
10:47	PIT	Steve Downie	Holding the stick	2
13:13	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Roughing	2
13:13	SJS	Tomas Hertl	Roughing	2
19:33	SJS	Tommy Wingels	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	93	66	40	1	3.7	64.8
San Jose Sharks	59	42	30	1	2.0	35.2

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.7 expected, 1 scored · San Jose Sharks: 2.0 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

Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau	12:14	72.7	75.2	0-0
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · David Perron	10:48	54.2	60.9	1-0
Steve Downie · Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling	4:36	61.5	45.3	0-0
Maxim Lapierre · Daniel Winnik · Beau Bennett	4:22	53.3	77.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Kris Letang	14:43	61.1	51.2	1-0
Ben Lovejoy · Derrick Pouliot	13:03	78.4	88.6	0-0
Rob Scuderi · Ian Cole	11:29	66.7	48.1	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
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	20:42	0.52	16-15	0.77-0.51
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	17:50	0.12	18-13	0.91-0.44
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	29:00	0.05	28-21	0.76-0.83
7	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	19:37	0.05	16-11	0.38-0.42
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:03	0.06	22-15	0.58-0.68
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	18:00	0.64	26-10	0.96-0.31
15	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:45	0.20	31-9	1.03-0.29
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	12:30	0.09	13-7	0.40-0.41
17	Steve Downie	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	09:28		10-6	0.21-0.25
20	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	13:57	0.26	12-7	0.40-0.41
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:39	0.04	31-11	1.65-0.26
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:35	0.18	13-7	0.43-0.10
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:02	0.02	12-6	0.24-0.26
33	Derrick Pouliot	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:26	0.13	31-13	1.64-0.28
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:20	0.02	9-7	0.34-0.10
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	19:41	0.48	16-12	0.76-0.48
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	22:48	0.64	35-12	1.21-0.34
78	Beau Bennett	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	08:37	0.22	11-8	0.45-0.15

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	OTL	30	29	1	65:00	2.02	+1.02

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Matt Nieto	12:25	18.5	9.7	0-0
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Melker Karlsson	11:20	48.4	48.0	0-1
Tommy Wingels · Tomas Hertl · Chris Tierney	5:42	30.0	19.3	0-0
Tommy Wingels · Barclay Goodrow · Tomas Hertl	3:52	60.0	64.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun	16:17	41.7	40.4	0-1
Brenden Dillon · Mirco Mueller	12:59	27.3	23.9	1-0
Scott Hannan · Brent Burns	11:16	37.5	31.1	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
83	Matt Nieto	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	17:00	0.22	6-25	0.24-1.07
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12:09		9-15	0.27-0.54
18	Ben Smith	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	08:09		6-10	0.24-0.23
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	19:39	0.06	11-26	0.37-0.98
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	22:12	0.07	7-23	0.14-1.12
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	22:21	0.13	17-19	0.58-0.75
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	19:33	0.24	17-20	0.58-0.60
22	John Scott	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	07:05	0.06	5-12	0.11-0.30
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:10	0.06	8-13	0.36-0.28
25	Mirco Mueller	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17:19		9-25	0.30-0.96
27	Scott Hannan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:06	0.03	13-24	0.34-0.79
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:47	0.15	5-25	0.11-1.22
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	24:57	0.08	15-23	0.59-0.89
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	13:55	0.41	9-14	0.37-0.51
57	Tommy Wingels	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	15:32	0.06	10-12	0.37-0.48
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	25:50	0.18	16-21	0.66-0.87
68	Melker Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	15:10	0.18	15-22	0.53-0.77
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:06	0.11	12-21	0.34-0.75

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
37	Antti Niemi	W	40	39	1	65:00	3.70	+2.70