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St. Louis Blues at San Jose Sharks

Western Conference Finals, Game 3 · May 19, 2016 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
St. Louis Blues	0	22
San Jose Sharks	3	16

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
15:53	SJS	Tomas Hertl (4)	Joe Pavelski (7), Joe Thornton (9)	0 - 1
2nd Period
11:44	SJS	Joonas Donskoi (4)	Logan Couture (13)	0 - 2
3rd Period
06:09	SJS	Tomas Hertl (5)	Joe Thornton (10), Joe Pavelski (8)	0 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
19:52	STL	Alex Pietrangelo	Charging	2
2nd Period
15:01	SJS	Logan Couture	High sticking	2
3rd Period
19:15	STL	Alex Pietrangelo	Elbowing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
St. Louis Blues	60	34	22	0	2.7	54.0
San Jose Sharks	47	27	16	3	1.8	46.0

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

Expected goals

St. Louis Blues: 2.7 expected, 0 scored · San Jose Sharks: 1.8 expected, 3 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

St. Louis Blues

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.

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Steen · Vladimir Tarasenko · Jaden Schwartz	11:17	45.5	38.8	0-1
David Backes · Patrik Berglund · Jori Lehtera	9:03	56.3	81.8	0-1
Troy Brouwer · Paul Stastny · Robby Fabbri	7:38	42.9	71.2	0-1
Kyle Brodziak · Magnus Paajarvi · Dmitrij Jaskin	5:11	72.7	84.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jay Bouwmeester · Alex Pietrangelo	17:26	45.7	66.7	0-0
Kevin Shattenkirk · Colton Parayko	13:37	47.8	57.7	0-2
Carl Gunnarsson · Robert Bortuzzo	8:45	64.3	82.2	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
4	Carl Gunnarsson	D	0	0	0	0	12:13		11-5	0.19-0.04
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	4	3	0	25:57	0.07	21-22	1.00-0.42
10	Patrik Berglund	C	-1	0	1	0	16:31	0.03	15-15	0.89-0.28
12	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	-2	0	1	1	23:52	0.32	16-15	1.32-0.88
15	Jori Lehtera	C	-1	0	1	0	13:33	0.15	14-11	0.87-0.25
19	Jay Bouwmeester	D	-1	0	0	1	22:47	0.01	19-20	0.87-0.51
20	Alexander Steen	L	-1	0	1	2	21:11	0.08	13-13	0.54-0.68
21	David Backes	R	-1	0	3	2	18:41	0.61	13-10	0.87-0.17
21	Robby Fabbri	C	-1	0	0	1	14:20		5-7	0.28-0.26
26	Paul Stastny	C	-1	0	1	0	19:29	0.24	10-10	0.32-0.31
28	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	2	0	08:49	0.51	10-4	0.78-0.12
36	Troy Brouwer	R	-1	0	1	5	17:41	0.13	6-7	0.40-0.16
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	-1	0	1	2	09:33	0.01	12-6	0.21-0.12
55	Colton Parayko	D	-2	0	3	1	21:11	0.21	15-12	1.22-0.88
56	Magnus Paajarvi	L	0	0	0	1	06:57	0.08	12-3	0.65-0.12
71	Jaden Schwartz	L	-1	0	1	2	19:01	0.03	14-17	0.47-0.83
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	-1	0	2	3	20:00	0.07	14-19	0.48-0.97
93	Dmitrij Jaskin	R	0	0	1	0	10:47	0.17	15-4	0.67-0.12

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Brian Elliott	L	14	11	3	46:09	1.57	-1.43
34	Jake Allen		2	2	0	08:33	0.14	+0.14

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Tomas Hertl	13:42	53.1	49.3	2-0
Joel Ward · Chris Tierney · Melker Karlsson	10:51	35.3	31.5	0-0
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Joonas Donskoi	10:07	35.3	21.5	1-0
Dainius Zubrus · Nick Spaling · Tommy Wingels	9:29	38.5	21.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Brent Burns	16:23	66.7	67.3	2-0
Roman Polak · Brenden Dillon	14:48	23.1	9.1	0-0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun	14:42	52.4	71.9	1-0

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	2	0	2	2	0	4	4	17:46	0.70	18-17	0.91-0.95
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	19:31	0.02	17-15	0.90-0.93
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	18:37	0.15	17-15	0.90-0.93
72	Joonas Donskoi	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	13:43	0.16	10-13	0.17-0.59
39	Logan Couture	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	15:54	0.13	8-13	0.17-0.59
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	17:36	0.01	6-22	0.14-1.46
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	21:13	0.05	22-13	1.00-0.51
9	Dainius Zubrus	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	11:49	0.08	8-8	0.13-0.40
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	14:57	0.07	8-11	0.23-0.49
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14:55		7-11	0.16-0.57
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:18	0.04	7-8	0.12-0.40
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:03	0.10	7-11	0.22-0.49
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21:24	0.03	11-11	0.18-0.07
45	Roman Polak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16:04	0.06	6-20	0.14-1.44
57	Tommy Wingels	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11:22		6-8	0.12-0.40
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	19:14		12-13	0.28-0.46
68	Melker Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:28	0.18	7-11	0.22-0.49
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	23:06	0.07	23-15	1.10-0.87

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Martin Jones	W, SO	22	22	0	60:00	2.60	+2.60