Western Conference · Pacific Division

San Jose Sharks

2015–16·46–30–6·98 points·3rd in the Pacific, 6th in the Western·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 98#11
Goal differential: +30#6
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 55.5%#1
Power play: 22.5%#3
Penalty kill: 80.5%#21
GSAx: −2.3#17

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	18–20–3	39	0.48	115	111	59.3%
Away	41	28–10–3	59	0.72	122	96	51.2%
October	10	5–5–0	10	0.50	26	25	56.0%
November	13	9–4–0	18	0.69	39	33	51.4%
December	13	4–7–2	10	0.38	34	44	52.0%
January	12	8–2–2	18	0.75	41	26	59.0%
February	14	8–4–2	18	0.64	45	36	54.0%
March	16	9–7–0	18	0.56	42	36	59.7%
April	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	10	7	54.0%
Division rivals	28	16–9–3	35	0.63	78	62	55.7%
Rest of conference	22	10–10–2	22	0.50	62	64	52.9%
Other conference	32	20–11–1	41	0.64	97	81	56.7%


ARI	5	4–1–0	8	0.80	12	5	65.0%
LAK	5	3–1–1	7	0.70	18	13	52.2%
CGY	5	3–1–1	7	0.70	19	16	54.5%
VAN	5	3–2–0	6	0.60	15	12	55.9%
COL	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	16	13	61.0%
EDM	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	10	11	52.1%
WSH	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	10	2	67.3%
FLA	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	6	3	62.9%
BOS	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	8	6	68.3%
PHI	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	5	2	48.8%

On the road

80,972 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

14 GP · 8–4–2 · 11 vs fresher opponent

64.3%

52.3%

1 day

40 GP · 23–13–4 · 12 vs fresher opponent

62.5%

56.4%

2 days

23 GP · 14–9–0 · 3 vs fresher opponent

60.9%

53.7%

3+ days

4 GP · 0–4–0 · 0 vs fresher opponent

0.0%

62.8%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

34 times this season the Sharks were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Sharks in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

54.9%

55.9%

Goals share

53.4%

53.0%

Shooting %

9.5%

11.6%

Save %

.915

.891