San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 29, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
San Jose Sharks	2	32
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:08	PIT	Patric Hornqvist (24)	Daniel Winnik (23), Ian Cole (7)	0 - 1
08:04	PIT	Chris Kunitz (17) PP	Sidney Crosby (54), Derrick Pouliot (5)	0 - 2
2nd Period
06:44	SJS	Ben Smith (7)	Justin Braun (22), Barclay Goodrow (8)	1 - 2
15:38	SJS	Logan Couture (25) PP	Patrick Marleau (36), Brent Burns (40)	2 - 2
Shootout
	PIT	David Perron	Shootout winner	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:41	SJS	Taylor Fedun	Hooking	2
2nd Period
11:06	PIT	Maxim Lapierre	Hooking	2
14:53	PIT	Ben Lovejoy	Cross checking	2
3rd Period
07:03	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Tripping	2
12:51	SJS	Tommy Wingels	High sticking	2
16:08	PIT	Nick Spaling	Holding	2
Overtime
01:11	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	High sticking double minor	4

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
San Jose Sharks	66	48	32	2	2.0	52.0
Pittsburgh Penguins	53	41	33	2	2.4	48.0

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while San Jose Sharks had.

Expected goals

San Jose Sharks: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.4 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

San Jose Sharks

Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Tomas Hertl	12:22	62.1	56.7	0-0
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Melker Karlsson	10:33	65.0	28.7	0-1
Tommy Wingels · Matt Nieto · Chris Tierney	9:38	27.8	8.8	0-0
John Scott · Ben Smith · Barclay Goodrow	5:32	62.5	89.1	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Scott Hannan · Brent Burns	16:59	51.7	28.7	0-1
Justin Braun · Brenden Dillon	15:57	46.3	37.0	1-0
Matt Irwin · Taylor Fedun	14:30	66.7	62.0	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
18	Ben Smith	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	11:47	0.14	9-7	0.19-0.18
39	Logan Couture	C	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	23:17	0.50	20-13	0.62-0.50
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	22:46	0.02	23-15	0.83-0.58
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	07:53	0.01	6-10	0.14-0.38
61	Justin Braun	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	18:27	0.03	20-22	0.49-0.82
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	3	26:08	0.20	16-14	0.33-0.81
4	Taylor Fedun	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	17:40	0.17	16-8	0.41-0.25
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	20:05	0.03	19-23	0.48-0.89
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:58		6-19	0.06-0.84
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	23:24	0.21	17-9	0.25-0.56
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	21:40	0.20	17-8	0.36-0.49
22	John Scott	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	07:39	0.02	6-4	0.14-0.02
27	Scott Hannan	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	19:12	0.04	15-16	0.32-0.87
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:25	0.37	20-12	0.70-0.45
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19:38	0.04	16-11	0.41-0.39
57	Tommy Wingels	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	16:21		8-17	0.13-0.75
68	Melker Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	14:39	0.04	14-10	0.17-0.52
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:49		7-17	0.06-0.76

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Alex Stalock	33	31	2	64:50	2.36	+0.36

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau	11:55	50.0	59.0	0-0
Daniel Winnik · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist	10:29	45.2	62.2	1-0
Steve Downie · Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling	9:04	41.7	54.8	0-0
Maxim Lapierre · David Perron · Beau Bennett	3:45	40.0	35.2	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Ben Lovejoy	9:19	25.0	60.3	0-0
Paul Martin · Ian Cole	8:07	61.9	83.7	1-0
Rob Scuderi · Ian Cole	5:35	53.8	47.6	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
14	Chris Kunitz	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	17:26	0.12	10-11	0.29-0.20
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	1	4	6	1	16:14	0.53	18-18	1.09-0.57
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	19:31	0.11	15-19	0.79-0.55
28	Ian Cole	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	25:05	0.02	31-23	1.31-0.80
33	Derrick Pouliot	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	18:21	0.09	14-16	0.54-0.37
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	19:16	0.25	21-22	1.25-0.70
7	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25:36	0.02	13-16	0.41-0.36
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27:25	0.01	19-22	1.01-0.32
15	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	15:11	0.15	15-13	0.54-0.32
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	16:26	0.20	8-13	0.31-0.16
17	Steve Downie	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:12	0.05	10-7	0.27-0.14
20	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:35	0.07	8-11	0.27-0.16
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	27:44	0.10	17-25	0.75-0.59
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	08:01	0.06	3-2	0.07-0.01
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	11:54	0.12	6-9	0.14-0.16
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	10:06	0.19	13-10	0.59-0.31
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:36	0.18	10-12	0.29-0.22
78	Beau Bennett	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	06:57	0.11	4-6	0.13-0.15

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	32	30	2	64:50	2.02	+0.02