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Ryane Clowe comes back and although he wasn't driving the play, he balanced the rest of the lineup. At about the 18:00 minute mark of the first period, Pierre mentioned how comfortable Mike Babcock was seeing Joe Thornton against Pavel Datsyuk, yet at home, Babcock was chasing any Datsyuk matchup that didn't involve Thornton. This game looked like the other home games - the Sharks were winning at even strength.
Scoring Chances - San Jose vs. Detroit, 5.12.2011
NHL Game Number 30247
Team Totals, San Jose in Teal
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
- 4v4 chances do do not count as even strength time on ice. See here for an explanation.
Scoring Chances by Player - San Jose
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 3 | Douglas Murray | 17:42 |
5 | 3 | 0:23 |
2 | 1 | 4:26 |
1 | 0 |
| 7 | Niclas Wallin | 12:11 |
5 | 2 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 | 1:32 |
0 | 0 |
| 8 | Joe Pavelski | 14:54 |
3 | 3 | 2:43 |
5 | 0 | 2:51 |
0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ian White | 12:10 |
5 | 2 | 0:51 |
1 | 0 | 1:11 |
0 | 1 |
| 12 | Patrick Marleau | 15:16 |
5 | 3 | 2:31 |
4 | 0 | 2:49 |
0 | 1 |
| 15 | Dany Heatley | 15:56 |
4 | 3 | 1:48 |
3 | 0 | 1:38 |
1 | 0 |
| 16 | Devin Setoguchi | 14:45 |
6 | 2 | 1:40 |
4 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 1 |
| 17 | Torrey Mitchell | 12:11 |
3 | 1 | 0:07 |
0 | 1 | 2:10 |
0 | 0 |
| 19 | Joe Thornton | 17:03 |
6 | 2 | 2:35 |
4 | 0 | 2:24 |
1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kyle Wellwood | 12:15 |
3 | 2 | 0:07 |
0 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
| 21 | Scott Nichol | 3:19 |
1 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 | 0:11 |
0 | 0 |
| 22 | Dan Boyle | 19:18 |
5 | 3 | 3:52 |
6 | 1 | 3:54 |
1 | 0 |
| 29 | Ryane Clowe | 16:47 |
4 | 4 | 2:39 |
3 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
| 31 | Antti Niemi | 48:20 |
14 | 8 | 4:26 |
7 | 1 | 7:14 |
1 | 1 |
| 39 | Logan Couture | 15:23 |
4 | 3 | 1:51 |
3 | 1 | 2:25 |
0 | 0 |
| 44 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 19:30 | 4 | 4 | 0:07 | 0 | 0 | 2:09 |
0 | 0 |
| 55 | Ben Eager | 2:56 |
1 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
| 60 | Jason Demers | 16:03 |
4 | 3 | 0:56 |
0 | 0 | 1:16 |
0 | 0 |
| 78 | Benn Ferriero | 3:15 |
2 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
San Jose - Best and Worst
Top ES Forward: Devin Setoguchi, Joe Thornton +4
Bottom ES Forward: Ryane Clowe, Joe Pavelski EVEN
Top ES Defenseman: Niclas Wallin, Ian White +3
Bottom ES Defenseman: Marc-Edouard Vlasic EVEN
San Jose's top line was the best line in the game. When McClellan can get that matchup - San Jose can beat anyone in the league. Vlasic played an impressive amount of even strength time in this one - the most among all San Jose skaters and though he looked rough from time to time, he didn't lose the overall battle.
The Sharks went 22-10 overall and Dan Boyle was 12-4. He played a beauty of a game in both ends, a game that reminded me of Chris Pronger during Edmonton's run in '06.
Scoring Chances by Player - Detroit
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | 17:56 |
3 | 4 | 4:55 |
1 | 5 | 0:55 |
0 | 0 |
| 8 | Justin Abdelkader | 11:39 |
1 | 3 | 1:40 |
0 | 3 | 1:24 |
0 | 0 |
| 11 | Danny Cleary | 8:18 |
2 | 3 | 2:01 |
0 | 0 | 0:24 |
0 | 1 |
| 13 | Pavel Datsyuk | 18:18 |
4 | 5 | 3:23 |
1 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
| 17 | Patrick Eaves | 11:11 |
2 | 2 | 0:13 |
0 | 4 | 2:18 |
1 | 0 |
| 20 | Drew Miller | 9:03 |
1 | 3 | 0:00 |
0 | 1 | 1:06 |
0 | 0 |
| 23 | Brad Stuart | 17:00 |
3 | 3 | 1:18 |
0 | 4 | 3:09 |
1 | 0 |
| 24 | Ruslan Salei | 14:37 |
4 | 4 | 0:00 |
0 | 3 | 2:05 |
0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jiri Hudler | 13:23 |
2 | 4 | 3:38 |
0 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 1 |
| 28 | Brian Rafalski | 16:25 |
1 | 6 | 5:07 |
1 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 1 |
| 33 | Kris Draper | 7:56 |
1 | 3 | 0:13 |
0 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
| 35 | Jimmy Howard | 46:56 |
8 | 14 | 7:14 |
1 | 7 | 4:26 |
1 | 1 |
| 40 | Henrik Zetterberg | 18:56 |
3 | 4 | 3:41 | 1 | 2 | 1:02 |
0 | 0 |
| 43 | Darren Helm | 11:24 | 3 | 3 | 0:13 |
0 | 4 | 2:38 |
1 | 0 |
| 44 | Todd Bertuzzi | 3:53 |
0 | 1 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
| 51 | Valtteri Filppula | 17:46 |
3 | 7 | 3:20 |
0 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 1 |
| 52 | Jonathan Ericsson | 14:01 |
2 | 4 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 | 0:40 |
0 | 0 |
| 55 | Niklas Kronwall | 16:46 |
3 | 7 | 3:08 |
0 | 2 | 2:03 |
1 | 1 |
| 96 | Tomas Holmstrom | 13:46 |
2 | 4 | 3:20 |
1 | 0 | 0:00 |
0 | 0 |
Detroit - Best and Worst
Top ES Forward: Patrick Eaves, Darren Helm EVEN
Bottom ES Forward: Valtteri Filppula -4
Top ES Defenseman: Ruslan Salei, Brad Stuart +4
Bottom ES Defenseman: Brian Rafalski -5
Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronwall had very rough evenings. The Versus broadcast team mentioned the notion of Kronwall replacing Lidstrom as the tough minutes defenseman which no doubt produced laughter all over the continent.
Head-to-Head Even Strength Scoring Chances
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Boyle and Murray don't have a red value in any of their matchups. Boyle's play in this game was amazing. Torrey Mitchell also had an outstanding, though understated game. He was extremely effective against the Datsyuk line.
Scoring Chances by Period, Time and Game State
| Team | Period | Time | Note | SJS | DET | State | ||||||||||
| SJS | 1 | 18:15 | Wellwood | 7 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 55 | 78 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 52 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 1 | 10:48 | Demers | 15 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 60 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 44 | 51 | 55 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 1 | 9:55 | Wellwood | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 96 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 1 | 8:04 | Marleau | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 5v4 | |
| SJS | 1 | 7:54 | Setoguchi | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 35 | 43 | 5v4 | |
| SJS | 1 | 7:41 | Goal - Setoguchi | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 35 | 43 | 5v4 | |
| SJS | 1 | 5:57 | Heatley | 3 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 51 | 55 | 4v5 | |
| DET | 1 | 5:08 | Datsyuk | 15 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 60 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 5v5 |
| DET | 1 | 2:39 | Helm | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 1 | 1:31 | Setoguchi | 16 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 60 | 78 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 51 | 55 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 1 | 1:10 | Heatley | 7 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 52 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 1 | 0:59 | Goal - Couture | 7 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 52 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 1 | 0:34 | Pavelski | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 5v5 |
| DET | 2 | 13:45 | Kronwall | 3 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 5v5 |
| DET | 2 | 11:45 | Cleary | 8 | 20 | 29 | 31 | 44 | 60 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 2 | 8:46 | Clowe | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 17 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 55 | 5v4 | |
| SJS | 2 | 7:49 | Setoguchi | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 17 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 55 | 5v4 | |
| DET | 2 | 7:42 | Helm | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 17 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 55 | 5v4 | |
| DET | 2 | 6:51 | Goal - Zetterberg | 15 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 60 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 40 | 51 | 52 | 5v5 |
| DET | 2 | 6:01 | Zetterberg | 3 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 51 | 96 | 5v5 |
| DET | 2 | 0:22 | Holmstrom | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 51 | 96 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 3 | 19:31 | Couture | 15 | 29 | 39 | 44 | 60 | 31 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 3 | 18:37 | Marleau | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 51 | 96 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 3 | 18:07 | Mitchell | 8 | 17 | 20 | 44 | 60 | 31 | 17 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 3 | 14:22 | Marleau | 3 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 35 | 51 | 5v5 |
| DET | 3 | 11:35 | Holmstrom | 3 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 96 | 4v5 | |
| SJS | 3 | 9:21 | Murray | 3 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 40 | 5v4 | |
| SJS | 3 | 9:19 | Heatley | 3 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 40 | 5v4 | |
| SJS | 3 | 7:49 | Setoguchi | 3 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 51 | 55 | 96 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 3 | 7:48 | Goal - Marleau | 3 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 51 | 55 | 96 | 5v5 |
| DET | 3 | 5:20 | Helm | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 43 | 55 | 5v5 |
| SJS | 3 | 1:37 | Marleau | 3 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 55 | 5v5 |