Sharks-Avs, Final Shot and Scoring Chance Totals

by Hawerchuk on Apr 25, 2010 3:19 PM EDT

DENVER - APRIL 24: Goalie Craig Anderson #41 of the Colorado Avalanche peers out from inside the goal during a break in the action against the San Jose Sharks during Game Six of the Western Conference Quaterfinals of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on April 24, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Thanks to the guys at the Copper and Blue, we have annotated scoring chances for each of the six games in the opening round playoff series between the Sharks and the Avs that we can compare to the overall shot totals. Here are the shots and scoring chances from the Sharks perspective with the game tied:

Tied	Seconds	SF	SA	5v5 SCF	5v5 SCA	Oth SCF	Oth SCA
Game 6	1233	23	10	18	9	3	1
Game 5	1705	35	20	10	4	1	0
Game 4	2889	57	43	17	7	1	1
Game 3	3651	93	33	19	5	7	0
Game 2	1484	14	13	4	9	2	1
Game 1	2629	45	32	8	10	4	1

Totals	13591	267	151	76	44	18	4
Corsi		63.9		63.3

Overall, shots and scoring chances converged to the same percentages, indicating that Colorado, despite what the fortune-tellers said, did not have a higher overall quality of chances than the Sharks. If anything, the Sharks had better scoring chances than the Avs did because proportionally more of their chances came on the PP.

Colorado was an interesting team to watch this season. But they were fundamentally outgunned against one of the better teams in the league.

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