Nashville Predators at San Jose Sharks

Mar 12, 2015 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	0	35
San Jose Sharks	2	21

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
16:41	SJS	Tomas Hertl (11) PP	Tommy Wingels (17), Justin Braun (20)	0 - 1
3rd Period
19:01	SJS	Tommy Wingels (14) PP	Chris Tierney (8), Tomas Hertl (16)	0 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:49	NSH	Filip Forsberg	High sticking	2
11:16	NSH	Pekka Rinne	Delaying game illegal play by goalie	2
2nd Period
11:15	NSH	James Neal	Tripping	2
16:28	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Slashing	2
3rd Period
07:26	SJS	Patrick Marleau	Holding	2
14:20	SJS	Melker Karlsson	Slashing	2
17:11	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	67	46	35	0	2.9	61.4
San Jose Sharks	45	30	21	2	3.5	38.6

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: 2.9 expected, 0 scored · San Jose Sharks: 3.5 expected, 2 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 · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith	11:26	84.2	86.3	0-0
Mike Ribeiro · James Neal · Filip Forsberg	9:56	44.4	19.0	0-0
Matt Cullen · Mike Santorelli · Viktor Stalberg	8:15	40.0	36.5	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Taylor Beck · Gabriel Bourque	5:01	44.4	26.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi	19:05	47.1	27.2	0-0
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm	13:52	72.4	77.9	0-0
Cody Franson · Seth Jones	8:26	66.7	57.0	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	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
3	Seth Jones	D	0	1	0	17:17	0.04	12-5	0.40-0.28
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	1	27:22	0.06	21-20	0.38-0.85
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	0	13:25	0.12	9-12	0.26-0.30
9	Filip Forsberg	L	2	1	1	15:51	0.09	11-15	0.33-0.95
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	09:35		9-5	0.33-0.26
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	2	3	20:35	0.12	22-5	0.61-0.16
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	4	3	0	19:46	0.05	26-8	1.51-0.36
15	Craig Smith	C	0	7	2	16:54	1.12	24-7	1.41-0.12
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	5	0	17:58	0.26	29-3	1.59-0.07
24	Viktor Stalberg	L	0	1	5	10:52	0.05	7-11	0.14-0.33
25	Mike Santorelli	C	0	0	0	13:41	0.05	8-12	0.20-0.34
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	4	09:40		4-5	0.03-0.07
28	Taylor Beck	L	0	1	1	07:53	0.02	5-5	0.05-0.07
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	1	1	09:43	0.04	4-5	0.03-0.07
59	Roman Josi	D	0	5	1	27:53	0.20	19-20	0.48-0.75
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	1	2	18:41	0.05	21-12	1.33-0.88
81	James Neal	L	2	3	1	17:01	0.51	18-10	0.53-0.88
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	3	0	18:21	0.11	21-10	1.26-0.36

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	L	20	19	1	59:29	2.32	+1.32

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Melker Karlsson	11:59	47.6	63.0	0-0
Tommy Wingels · Tomas Hertl · Chris Tierney	11:39	31.8	42.2	0-0
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Matt Nieto	10:51	34.8	38.6	0-0
John Scott · Ben Smith · Barclay Goodrow	5:06	55.6	24.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun	17:33	22.6	4.2	0-0
Scott Hannan · Brent Burns	13:40	51.9	52.8	0-0
Brenden Dillon · Mirco Mueller	12:42	47.6	70.6	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
48	Tomas Hertl	C	1	1	2	0	3	3	16:27	0.69	9-15	0.57-0.70
57	Tommy Wingels	C	1	1	2	0	1	4	17:12		7-18	0.52-0.87
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	16:04	0.06	8-16	0.53-0.74
61	Justin Braun	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	24:20	0.04	9-26	0.09-1.06
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:34	0.03	13-17	0.74-0.60
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	19:18	0.40	9-22	0.60-1.23
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:32	0.01	11-13	0.22-0.13
18	Ben Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:00		7-6	0.12-0.15
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:42	0.03	11-11	0.22-0.10
22	John Scott	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	05:36	0.01	5-4	0.03-0.11
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:51	0.02	7-6	0.10-0.23
25	Mirco Mueller	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:07	0.06	10-11	0.65-0.27
27	Scott Hannan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:07		14-16	0.63-0.85
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	18:18	0.37	9-21	0.58-1.10
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	23:44	0.03	8-24	0.09-1.01
68	Melker Karlsson	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	13:51	0.06	10-14	0.16-0.28
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:23	0.05	9-16	0.59-0.87
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	21:56	0.12	14-14	0.63-0.57

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
37	Antti Niemi	W, SO	35	35	0	59:58	2.86	+2.86