← Western Conference Finals, 2015-16 playoffs

San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues

Western Conference Finals, Game 1 · May 15, 2016 · Scottrade Center

Team	Goals	Shots
San Jose Sharks	1	32
St. Louis Blues	2	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
15:04	STL	David Backes (7) PP	Kevin Shattenkirk (9), Jaden Schwartz (9)	0 - 1
15:38	SJS	Tomas Hertl (3)	Joe Pavelski (5), Brent Burns (12)	1 - 1
2nd Period
09:15	STL	Jori Lehtera (2)	Unassisted	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:56	STL	Jori Lehtera	Holding	2
13:56	SJS	Logan Couture	Tripping	2
17:18	STL	Steve Ott	Slashing	2
3rd Period
08:44	STL	Paul Stastny	Hooking	2
11:06	SJS	Tomas Hertl	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
San Jose Sharks	56	42	32	1	2.4	53.2
St. Louis Blues	42	28	23	2	1.3	46.8

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 St. Louis Blues had taken more, and below it and blue while San Jose Sharks had.

Expected goals

San Jose Sharks: 2.4 expected, 1 scored · St. Louis Blues: 1.3 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

St. Louis Blues

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
Joel Ward · Chris Tierney · Melker Karlsson	11:51	21.4	24.5	0-1
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Joonas Donskoi	11:28	35.7	74.1	0-0
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Tomas Hertl	11:24	74.1	86.3	1-0
Dainius Zubrus · Nick Spaling · Tommy Wingels	7:05	60.0	76.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun	16:10	32.0	31.1	0-0
Paul Martin · Brent Burns	15:44	72.2	83.8	1-1
Roman Polak · Brenden Dillon	11:10	45.5	50.7	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
48	Tomas Hertl	C	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	15:39	0.38	20-7	1.09-0.17
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	1	1	1	0	7	0	21:34	0.55	27-12	1.22-0.53
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	25:40	0.14	28-10	1.28-0.23
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:23		5-6	0.14-0.13
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:57	0.18	26-14	1.22-0.47
9	Dainius Zubrus	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	08:21	0.07	8-5	0.24-0.08
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	14:19		3-12	0.11-0.38
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:13	0.13	8-11	0.15-0.16
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:26	0.09	8-4	0.24-0.04
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21:59	0.13	25-10	1.11-0.40
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	20:06	0.05	9-14	0.15-0.39
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	17:03	0.37	4-11	0.15-0.34
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23:31	0.11	9-17	0.19-0.39
45	Roman Polak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:23	0.01	7-6	0.21-0.13
57	Tommy Wingels	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	08:29	0.01	6-5	0.13-0.08
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:36	0.01	9-21	0.17-0.62
68	Melker Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	14:52	0.06	3-11	0.11-0.34
72	Joonas Donskoi	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:23	0.05	5-9	0.10-0.03

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Martin Jones	L	23	21	2	56:58	1.29	-0.71

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jori Lehtera · Vladimir Tarasenko · Jaden Schwartz	12:03	66.7	84.2	1-0
Alexander Steen · David Backes · Patrik Berglund	10:07	31.8	26.3	0-0
Troy Brouwer · Paul Stastny · Robby Fabbri	8:33	66.7	42.0	0-1
Steve Ott · Scottie Upshall · Kyle Brodziak	6:07	60.0	16.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jay Bouwmeester · Alex Pietrangelo	16:59	42.4	25.4	0-1
Carl Gunnarsson · Colton Parayko	13:54	47.1	55.6	1-0
Kevin Shattenkirk · Joel Edmundson	12:35	52.4	42.1	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
15	Jori Lehtera	C	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	15:55	0.29	16-9	0.41-0.12
21	David Backes	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	11	18:33	0.37	9-19	0.27-1.12
12	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	17:22	0.07	12-12	0.40-0.57
71	Jaden Schwartz	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	19:27	0.05	16-9	0.45-0.16
4	Carl Gunnarsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18:54		8-11	0.18-0.16
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:09	0.06	11-12	0.40-0.64
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	25:24		17-21	0.41-0.89
9	Scottie Upshall	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:08		3-4	0.02-0.11
10	Patrik Berglund	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:46	0.10	7-20	0.26-0.73
19	Jay Bouwmeester	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	23:07	0.03	14-19	0.27-0.80
20	Alexander Steen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:47	0.09	8-24	0.26-1.13
21	Robby Fabbri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	11:58	0.08	10-8	0.26-0.57
26	Paul Stastny	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	16:53	0.11	10-7	0.26-0.27
28	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:55		4-2	0.06-0.09
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	18:01		7-11	0.12-0.28
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	19:11	0.04	12-9	0.31-0.14
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17:10	0.04	18-10	0.58-0.12
92	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	07:20	0.01	3-3	0.02-0.12

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Brian Elliott	W	32	31	1	60:00	2.26	+1.26