Western Conference · Pacific Division

San Jose Sharks

2017–18·45–27–10·100 points·3rd in the Pacific, 6th in the Western·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 100#11
Goal differential: +21#11
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 51.1%#13
Power play: 20.6%#16
Penalty kill: 84.8%#2
GSAx: +11.9#8

Splits

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


Home	41	25–13–3	53	0.65	135	106	53.1%
Away	41	20–14–7	47	0.57	112	120	49.2%
October	11	6–5–0	12	0.55	30	28	53.9%
November	12	7–3–2	16	0.67	30	22	53.4%
December	13	7–4–2	16	0.62	36	41	47.2%
January	14	6–4–4	16	0.57	47	46	48.1%
February	14	8–5–1	17	0.61	40	38	49.5%
March	15	10–4–1	21	0.70	55	39	55.9%
April	3	1–2–0	2	0.33	9	12	49.4%
Division rivals	29	21–5–3	45	0.78	100	72	51.2%
Rest of conference	21	8–9–4	20	0.48	58	70	49.0%
Other conference	32	16–13–3	35	0.55	89	84	52.6%


VAN	5	4–0–1	9	0.90	22	12	47.3%
CGY	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	17	9	51.2%
ANA	4	3–0–1	7	0.88	11	7	52.7%
LAK	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	9	6	53.4%
ARI	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	12	10	58.2%
EDM	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	18	14	47.9%
STL	3	2–0–1	5	0.83	7	5	53.6%
BUF	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	6	4	65.3%
MTL	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	9	3	59.0%
NJD	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	9	2	59.6%

On the road

69,859 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 · 6–3–5 · 13 vs fresher opponent

60.7%

45.0%

1 day

43 GP · 24–14–5 · 13 vs fresher opponent

61.6%

52.6%

2 days

16 GP · 10–6–0 · 1 vs fresher opponent

62.5%

51.8%

3+ days

8 GP · 5–3–0 · 2 vs fresher opponent

62.5%

53.1%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

33 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

52.4%

54.3%

Goals share

52.2%

46.3%

Shooting %

9.1%

7.8%

Save %

.914