Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks

Stanley Cup Final, Game 4 · Jun 6, 2016 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	20
San Jose Sharks	1	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:36	PIT	Ian Cole (1)	Phil Kessel (10), Evgeni Malkin (12)	1 - 0
2nd Period
02:37	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (5) PP	Phil Kessel (11), Kris Letang (11)	2 - 0
3rd Period
08:07	SJS	Melker Karlsson (4)	Chris Tierney (4), Brenden Dillon (1)	2 - 1
17:58	PIT	Eric Fehr (3)	Carl Hagelin (10), Olli Maatta (7)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:37	SJS	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	Interference	2
14:45	PIT	Ben Lovejoy	Holding the stick	2
2nd Period
02:28	SJS	Melker Karlsson	Interference	2
17:33	PIT	Bryan Rust	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	49	29	20	3	1.6	50.6
San Jose Sharks	55	35	24	1	2.8	49.4

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: 1.6 expected, 3 scored · San Jose Sharks: 2.8 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
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Conor Sheary	12:07	40.9	17.0	0-1
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin	11:54	64.0	59.3	1-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust	9:15	38.5	36.9	0-0
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Tom Kuhnhackl	6:55	45.5	10.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	15:08	52.4	14.4	0-0
Ben Lovejoy · Olli Maatta	14:59	36.7	22.5	1-0
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz	7:54	53.8	58.9	0-1

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
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	14:23	0.24	8-11	0.41-0.75
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	2	2	1	0	4	0	15:18	0.08	16-10	0.33-0.23
21	Eric Fehr	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	11:34	0.17	7-6	0.17-0.51
28	Ian Cole	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	18:48	0.08	12-14	0.70-0.64
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	19:37	0.07	17-20	0.46-1.07
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	28:59	0.12	20-17	0.45-0.79
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	16:59	0.10	18-12	0.46-0.33
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	21:29	0.04	14-10	0.13-0.52
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	10:19	0.11	8-6	0.38-0.27
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:08	0.14	7-9	0.25-0.70
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	17:01		17-11	0.44-0.33
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13:28		9-10	0.39-0.75
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	07:49		5-7	0.06-0.51
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	10:22	0.27	8-8	0.44-0.65
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	19:21	0.03	17-19	0.34-0.96
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	13:39	0.08	10-13	0.14-0.45
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	20:43		12-17	0.28-0.64
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:03	0.07	15-15	0.33-0.54

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Matt Murray	W	24	23	1	60:00	2.67	+1.67

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Melker Karlsson	7:44	56.3	83.8	0-0
Joe Thornton · Joe Pavelski · Joonas Donskoi	6:44	36.4	63.2	0-1
Patrick Marleau · Logan Couture · Joonas Donskoi	5:35	20.0	14.3	0-0
Patrick Marleau · Joel Ward · Logan Couture	5:09	81.8	71.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Brent Burns	15:30	51.6	80.9	0-0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Justin Braun	14:13	33.3	25.2	0-0
Roman Polak · Brenden Dillon	11:29	50.0	74.3	1-1

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
68	Melker Karlsson	C	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	15:50	0.35	17-12	1.10-0.48
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	4	15:06	0.02	12-12	0.70-0.34
11	Chris Tierney	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	15:14		10-10	0.45-0.54
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:26		17-15	1.05-0.25
9	Dainius Zubrus	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	05:10	0.02	4-5	0.03-0.13
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	16:28	0.47	14-13	0.56-0.36
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	3	24:54	0.91	19-16	1.18-0.29
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	12:17	0.09	8-8	0.44-0.33
19	Joe Thornton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	24:01	0.04	17-17	1.07-0.34
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	20:55	0.15	14-13	0.65-0.29
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	15:41	0.06	12-8	0.52-0.33
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	22:33	0.06	13-16	0.29-0.50
45	Roman Polak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14:17	0.01	13-12	0.77-0.38
57	Tommy Wingels	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	04:05		1-3	0.00-0.02
61	Justin Braun	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:29		9-17	0.18-0.61
72	Joonas Donskoi	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	18:48	0.23	8-21	0.32-0.44
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:35		5-6	0.05-0.16
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	26:53	0.38	22-16	1.26-0.39

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Martin Jones	L	20	17	3	58:09	1.53	-1.47