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Sharks 6 - Avalanche 5: Game Two Scoring Chances


Evgeni Nabokov was not good.  The story of game two was the fact that Nabokov played worse than replacement-level hockey.  His defense didn't do him many favors - they let the Avs get in tight repeatedly, but Nabokov was just terrible.

Colorado was pasted in this one and still managed to have the lead for much of the game, thanks to the mosquito netting in goal for San Jose.  Shots on goal?  52-22 for San Jose, including 29-17 at even strength and 23-4 with a man advantage.  Yes, that's 23-4 on the power play, and it was even worse.  The Sharks were missing tips and hitting the side of the net and posts all night.  The Sharks were back to being the scary Sharks on the power play and they needed it.

Though the shots were only 29-17 at evens, the Corsi tells the true story.  Colorado was -30 at evens and they were shelled convincingly.  Remember that twofer a few years ago when Dwayne Roloson stopped eleventy-billion shots against the Anaheim Ducks and Sharks?  That twofer was similar to what happened in this game. The ice was slanted the entire night, yet San Jose needed a late miracle to tie.

Scoring Chances

For those who'd like a definition: a scoring chance is defined as a clear play directed toward the opposing net from a dangerous scoring area - loosely defined as the top of the circle in and inside the faceoff dots, though sometimes slightly more generous depending on the amount of immediately preceding puck movement or screens.  Blocked shots are generally not included but missed shots are.  A player is awarded a scoring chance anytime he is on the ice and someone from either team has a chance to score.  He is awarded a "chance for" if someone on his team has a chance to score and a "chance against" if the opposing team has a chance to score.

 

Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH
1 5 10 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 9 0 0
2 4 7 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 4 14 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
4 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 16 34 10 14 5 0 0 0 1 20 0 0

 

San Jose outchanced Colorado 34-16 overall, and 20-1 on the power play.  20-1.

 

 

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 30152

Team Period Time Note COL Opponent
COL 1 18:50 Goal 9 10 23 41 52 59 4 12 15 19 20 44 5v5
COL 1 13:42 4 9 23 25 26 41 4 12 20 21 44 5v4
COL 1 13:41 4 9 23 25 26 41 4 12 20 21 44 5v4
COL 1 13:08 Yip tip 10 16 27 39 41 59 3 17 20 22 27 5v4
WES 1 11:25 15 27 32 41 52 8 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
COL 1 8:38 18 22 27 37 41 8 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 1 7:25 18 22 27 37 41 8 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 1 7:06 10 26 39 41 44 3 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 1 6:00 4 9 23 41 44 59 3 8 16 20 22 29 5v5
WES 1 2:23 18 22 27 37 41 12 15 19 20 22 60 4v5
WES 1 2:08 18 22 27 37 41 12 15 19 20 22 60 4v5
WES 1 1:59 Post 18 22 27 37 41 12 15 19 20 22 60 4v5
WES 1 1:01 10 15 39 41 52 4 16 20 22 27 29 4v5
WES 1 0:52 10 15 39 41 52 4 16 20 22 27 29 4v5
WES 1 0:42 18 22 26 27 41 3 16 20 22 27 29 4v5
COL 2 19:36 Goal 22 25 26 27 39 41 3 12 15 19 20 22 5v5
WES 2 18:45 9 10 23 41 52 59 8 16 20 29 40 60 5v5
WES 2 16:17 Goal 10 22 25 26 39 41 4 12 15 19 20 44 5v5
COL 2 15:52 Goal 4 9 23 41 44 59 3 8 16 20 22 29 5v5
WES 2 13:25 22 25 26 27 39 41 3 8 12 15 20 22 5v5
WES 2 12:50 22 25 26 27 39 41 3 8 16 20 22 29 5v5
COL 2 6:02 4 9 23 25 26 41 3 17 20 22 27 5v4
WES 2 3:53 15 39 41 44 52 55 4 8 16 20 29 44 5v5
WES 2 2:46 16 22 27 37 41 55 4 12 15 19 20 44 5v5
COL 2 2:30 9 22 23 27 41 59 4 8 16 20 29 44 5v5
WES 2 0:15 4 9 23 41 44 59 4 20 21 41 44 64 5v5
WES 3 16:28 16 26 41 44 52 55 4 8 16 20 29 44 5v5
COL 3 15:22 9 10 23 41 52 59 3 12 15 19 20 22 5v5
COL 3 14:26 4 25 26 39 41 44 12 15 19 20 40 60 5v5
WES 3 13:27 10 15 26 27 41 8 16 20 22 27 29 4v5
WES 3 12:32 10 18 26 41 52 4 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 3 12:31 10 18 26 41 52 4 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 3 12:27 10 18 26 41 52 4 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 3 11:33 9 10 23 41 52 59 4 8 16 20 29 44 5v5
COL 3 9:25 4 9 23 25 26 41 3 8 16 20 22 5v4
WES 3 7:27 18 37 41 44 52 55 3 15 19 20 22 27 5v5
WES 3 5:29 9 10 23 41 52 59 4 8 16 20 29 44 5v5
WES 3 4:22 18 22 27 37 41 8 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 3 4:17 18 22 27 37 41 8 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 3 4:12 18 22 27 37 41 8 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 3 3:16 10 15 39 41 52 4 16 20 27 29 60 4v5
WES 3 2:26 10 37 39 41 52 4 16 20 22 27 29 4v5
COL 3 1:43 9 22 23 25 27 41 3 12 15 19 20 60 5v5
WES 3 0:32 10 23 26 39 41 52 8 12 15 19 22 29 5v5
COL 4 19:37 22 25 26 27 39 41 3 12 15 19 20 22 5v5
COL 4 16:48 22 25 26 27 39 41 3 8 16 20 22 29 5v5
COL 4 16:37 9 22 23 41 52 59 4 12 19 20 21 44 5v5
WES 4 16:08 9 22 23 27 41 59 12 15 19 20 44 60 5v5
WES 4 15:05 18 22 27 37 41 8 12 15 19 20 22 4v5
WES 4 14:38 10 15 22 39 41 8 16 20 22 27 29 4v5

 

 

San Jose was not trying to exploit any matchups to my eye and timeonice confirms that.  The closest thing to a match that I could see was Joe Pavelski on Matt Duchene.  It's going to be interesting to see if Joe Sacco can use the last change to try and find a favorable matchup somewhere.

 

# Player EV PP SH
4 J. LILES 10:52 2 2 4:04 4 0 0:00 0 0
9 M. DUCHENE 14:58 6 6 4:08 4 0 0:01 0 0
10 K. CUMISKEY 16:45 2 5 2:37 1 0 4:37 0 10
15 M. HENDRICKS 4:15 0 1 0:00 0 0 3:46 0 6
16 D. TUCKER 6:40 0 2 2:28 1 0 0:00 0 0
18 S. YELLE 7:29 0 1 0:00 0 0 6:28 1 12
22 S. HANNAN 16:47 6 5 0:00 0 0 7:48 1 10
23 M. HEJDUK 14:05 6 7 3:48 4 0 0:00 0 0
25 C. STEWART 13:28 5 3 3:55 4 0 0:00 0 0
26 P. STASTNY 13:31 4 5 4:08 4 0 1:33 0 6
27 K. QUINCEY 15:13 5 4 2:27 1 0 7:20 1 11
32 K. PORTER 6:20 0 0 0:00 0 0 1:40 0 1
37 R. O'REILLY 12:47 0 2 0:00 0 0 6:09 1 9
39 T. GALIARDI 14:39 4 5 2:28 1 0 5:37 0 6
41 C. ANDERSON 45:32 10 14 6:36 5 0 12:37 1 20
44 R. WILSON 13:49 2 5 0:08 0 0 0:24 0 1
52 A. FOOTE 18:21 3 7 0:08 0 0 5:05 0 8
55 C. MCLEOD 11:02 0 4 0:00 0 0 0:00 0 0
59 B. YIP 14:29 5 6 2:41 1 0 0:00 0 0

 

Sacco really shorted his bench and only used them sparingly - though he did use Yelle to take some draws at evens and Yelle was on the penalty kill all night.