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NHL : ATS Matchup
Monday 5/30/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
SAN JOSE
 
PITTSBURGH
PK  

PK  


5.5
 
2
Final
3

SAN JOSE (58-34-0-8, 124 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (60-30-0-10, 130 pts.)
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Monday, 5/30/2016 8:05 PM
Stanley Cup Finals - Best of 7 - Game 1
#1 GOALTENDERS: SAN JOSE - MARTIN JONES, PITTSBURGH - MATT MURRAY
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
51SAN JOSE+135Ov 5.5,+110+135Ov 5.5,+120
52PITTSBURGH-155Un 5.5,-130-155Un 5.5,-140
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
SAN JOSE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games58-42-0-0.358-42-0.351-373.029.92.527.3
Team Stats (Road Games)33-17-0+1633-17+1623-213.127.92.429.3
Last 5 Games4-1-0+2.44-1+2.43-24.225.62.224.4
Playoff Games12-6-0+5.712-6+5.79-53.528.02.327.1
SAN JOSE Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)1003048291122930299510.2%3357923.6%507
Team Stats (Road Games)50155474457718139611.1%1573723.6%250
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)52145120412816.4%18422.2%31
Team Stats (Playoffs)18631816290850412.5%631727.0%101
Stats Against (All Games) 25170809282227359.2%2865619.6%415
Stats Against (Road Games) 1213342414614668.3%1512617.2%208
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 11434011229.0%15320.0%17
Stats Against (Playoffs) 41111314214878.4%511019.6%68
SAN JOSE - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
MARTIN JONES (All Games)83832214203291.8%749-34+2.849-34-0+341-31
MARTIN JONES (Road Games)41411181108792.0%227-14+12.827-14-0+1219-17
MARTIN JONES(vs. Non-Conference)252566461492.5%217-8+4.417-8-0+512-10
MARTIN JONES (Last 4 Games)44887989.8%13-1+1.43-1-0+13-1
MARTIN JONES (Playoff Games)181847944091.9%212-6+5.712-6-0+59-5
JAMES REIMER (All Games)41371135104692.2%317-20-2.817-20-0-415-16
JAMES REIMER (Road Games)201956752492.4%211-8+6.811-8-0+67-10
JAMES REIMER(vs. Non-Conference)151546042291.7%17-8+1.87-8-0+17-6
JAMES REIMER (Last 4 Games)43908695.6%03-0+33-0-0+30-2
JAMES REIMER (Playoff Games)107685.7%00-000-0-000-0
ALEX STALOCK (All Games)13928525288.4%03-6-4.13-6-0-58-1
ALEX STALOCK (Road Games)6516414689.0%02-3-0.82-3-0-14-1
ALEX STALOCK(vs. Non-Conference)8619217088.5%02-4-2.62-4-0-36-0
ALEX STALOCK (Last 4 Games)43675886.6%01-2-21-2-0-32-1
ALEX STALOCK (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0

PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games60-40-0+8.260-40+8.245-393.033.52.529.7
Team Stats (Home Games)33-18-0+4.233-18+4.226-153.335.62.530.2
Last 5 Games3-2-0-0.53-2-0.54-13.438.62.627.4
Playoff Games12-6-0+3.212-6+3.29-53.235.12.429.7
PITTSBURGH Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)1003037112990131933539.0%3276319.3%509
Team Stats (Home Games)511664674388918159.1%1793519.6%284
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)517278011938.8%18316.7%27
Team Stats (Playoffs)1858152317336319.2%641523.4%101
Stats Against (All Games) 246778178101229708.3%3124915.7%412
Stats Against (Home Games) 1304739395415418.4%1542616.9%221
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 13255101379.5%10110.0%22
Stats Against (Playoffs) 43101615205348.1%55916.4%70
PITTSBURGH - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (All Games)60591697156192.0%535-24+1.935-24-0+425-23
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Home Games)323292785291.9%421-11+2.721-11-0+415-10
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY(vs. Non-Conference)232370564891.9%212-11-2.812-11-0-212-8
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Last 4 Games)43837590.4%02-1+0.12-1-002-0
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Playoff Games)21322887.5%00-1-20-1-0-21-0
MATT MURRAY (All Games)282879273492.7%020-8+10.220-8-0+1013-11
MATT MURRAY (Home Games)131340237292.5%010-3+5.110-3-0+56-4
MATT MURRAY(vs. Non-Conference)11262596.2%01-0+1.41-0-0+10-1
MATT MURRAY (Last 4 Games)441059691.4%03-1+1.53-1-0+23-1
MATT MURRAY (Playoff Games)151543740492.4%011-4+611-4-0+66-5
JEFF ZATKOFF (All Games)161347343391.5%35-8-45-8-0-57-5
JEFF ZATKOFF (Home Games)7621119090.0%02-4-3.52-4-0-45-1
JEFF ZATKOFF(vs. Non-Conference)4411610893.1%11-3-2.61-3-0-31-3
JEFF ZATKOFF (Last 4 Games)431099789.0%01-2-1.81-2-0-23-0
JEFF ZATKOFF (Playoff Games)22655990.8%01-1-0.81-1-0-12-0
Average power rating of opponents played: SAN JOSE 3.01,  PITTSBURGH 3.19
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
SAN JOSE - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
5/3/2016at NASHVILLE1-4L0, -105L5 evP
5/5/2016at NASHVILLE3-4L0, -115L5 unO
5/7/2016NASHVILLE5-1W0, -175W5 evO
5/9/2016at NASHVILLE3-4L0, -120L5 evO
5/12/2016NASHVILLE5-0W0, -170W5 ovP
5/15/2016at ST LOUIS1-2L0, +115L5 evU
5/17/2016at ST LOUIS4-0W0, +100W5 evU
5/19/2016ST LOUIS3-0W0, -150W5 unU
5/21/2016ST LOUIS3-6L0, -160L5 unO
5/23/2016at ST LOUIS6-3W0, -105W5 unO
5/25/2016ST LOUIS5-2W0, -155W5 evO
5/30/2016at PITTSBURGH 
6/1/2016at PITTSBURGH 
6/4/2016PITTSBURGH 
6/6/2016PITTSBURGH 

PITTSBURGH - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
5/4/2016WASHINGTON3-2W0, +120W5 ovP
5/7/2016at WASHINGTON1-3L0, +135L5 ovU
5/10/2016WASHINGTON4-3W0, -140W5 ovO
5/13/2016TAMPA BAY1-3L0, -185L5 ovU
5/16/2016TAMPA BAY3-2W0, -230W5 ovP
5/18/2016at TAMPA BAY4-2W0, -140W5 ovO
5/20/2016at TAMPA BAY3-4L0, -150L5 ovO
5/22/2016TAMPA BAY3-4L0, -200L5.5 unO
5/24/2016at TAMPA BAY5-2W0, -135W5.5 unO
5/26/2016TAMPA BAY2-1W0, -205W5.5 unU
5/30/2016SAN JOSE 
6/1/2016SAN JOSE 
6/4/2016at SAN JOSE 
6/6/2016at SAN JOSE 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
SAN JOSE: LAST SEASON: 51-22-9, 111 points. Lost to Los Angeles in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Todd McLellan, 7th season with Sharks, 271-130-57; seventh overall in NHL.
ADDED: F John Scott, F Tye McGinn, D Taylor Fedun.
LOST: D Dan Boyle, D Brad Stuart, F Marty Havlat.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Joe Thornton. Despite finishing second in the league in assists last season, Thornton was stripped of his captaincy this summer in response to the Sharks' playoff collapse against Los Angeles. San Jose became the fourth NHL team to lose a best-of-seven series after winning the first three games. That prompted a search for new leaders. Thornton expressed no desire to leave San Jose but how he reacts to the new role and how he plays this season will be key questions going forward.
OUTLOOK: The Sharks began the offseason with general manager Doug Wilson talking of rebuilding and becoming a "tomorrow" team after being a Stanley Cup contender for most of the past decade. Wilson has altered his stance a bit and the players still believe this team can compete with the other powers out West. Much of the success will hinge on continued improvement from younger core players like Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl; Brent Burns' move back to defense from forward; and more depth on the bottom two lines to take pressure off Thornton and Patrick Marleau.
PITTSBURGH: LAST SEASON: 43-27-12, 98 points. Finished fourth in Metropolitan Division. Lost to New York Rangers in Eastern Conference semifinals.
COACH: Mike Johnston (second season).
ADDED: F Phil Kessel, F Eric Fehr, F Matt Cullen, F Sergei Plotnikov, D Adam Clendening.
LOST: D Paul Martin, D Christian Ehrhoff, F Brandon Sutter, F Blake Comeau, F Steve Downie, F Nick Spaling, G Thomas Greiss.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Phil Kessel. The Penguins brought in the three-time All Star from the Maple Leafs to give franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin some much-needed support. The 28-year-old is hoping a fresh start away from the crucible in Toronto will help him put up the kind of numbers he only occasionally flirted with during his six seasons in Canada.
OUTLOOK: Injuries and an offense that struggled to score goals - a stunning development for a team with two of the game's biggest stars - led to Pittsburgh's quiet five-game loss to the Rangers in the first round last spring. General manager Jim Rutherford provided needed depth by adding Eric Fehr, Matt Cullen and young Russian Sergei Plotnikov to give the bottom six some punch. If Kessel can develop chemistry with either Malkin or Crosby and the defense led by Kris Letang keeps the crease in front of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury clear, the Penguins will be in the postseason for a 10th straight year. Another quick exit, however, could lead to widespread changes.
PREVIEW
Sharks-Penguins Preview
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH (AP) It wasn't supposed to take the San Jose Sharks this long to reach their first Stanley Cup Final. It wasn't supposed to take this long for Sidney Crosby to guide the Pittsburgh Penguins back to a destination many figured they'd become a fixture at after winning it all in 2009.

Not that either side is complaining.

Certainly not the Sharks, whose nearly quarter-century wait to the NHL's biggest stage will finally end Monday night when the puck drops for Game 1. Certainly not Crosby, who raised the Cup after beating Detroit seven years ago but has spent a significant portion of the interim dealing with concussions that threatened to derail his career and fending off criticism as the thoughtful captain of a team whose explosiveness during the regular season too often failed to translate into regular mid-June parade through the heart of the city.

Maybe the Penguins should have returned to the Cup Final before now. The fact they didn't makes the bumpy path the franchise and its superstar captain took to get here seem worth it.

"I think I appreciated it prior to going through some of those things," Crosby said. "I think now having gone through those things I definitely appreciate it more. I think I realize how tough it is to get to this point."

It's a sentiment not lost on the Sharks, who became one of the NHL's most consistent winners shortly after coming into the league in 1991. Yet spring after spring, optimism would morph into disappointment. The nadir came in 2014, when a 3-0 lead over Los Angeles in the first round somehow turned into a 4-3 loss. The collapse sent the Sharks into a spiral that took a full year to recover from, one that in some ways sowed the seeds for a breakthrough more than two decades in the making.

General manager Doug Wilson tweaked the roster around fixtures Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton, who remained hopeful San Jose's window for success hadn't shut completely even as the postseason meltdowns piled up.

"I always believed that next year was going to be the year, I really did," Thornton said. "I always thought we were a couple pieces away. Even last year not making the playoffs, I honestly thought we were a couple pieces away, and here we are."

The Penguins, like the Sharks, are a study in near instant alchemy. General manager Jim Rutherford rebuilt the team on the fly after taking over in June, 2014 and with the team sleepwalking last December, fired respected-but-hardly-charismatic Mike Johnston and replaced him with the decidedly harder-edged Mike Sullivan. The results were nearly instantaneous.

Freed to play to its strengths instead of guarding against its weaknesses, Pittsburgh rocketed through the second half of the season and showed the resilience it has sometimes lacked during Crosby's tenure by rallying from a 3-2 deficit against Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference finals, dominating Games 6 and 7 to finally earn a shot at bookending the Cup that was supposed to give birth to a dynasty but instead led to years of frustration.

True catharsis for one side is four wins away. Some things to look for over the next two weeks of what promises to be an entertaining final.

FRESH FACES: When the season began, Matt Murray was in the minor leagues. Now the 22-year-old who was supposed to be Pittsburgh's goalie of the future is now very much the goalie of the present. Pressed into action when veteran Marc-Andre Fleury suffered a concussion on March 31, Murray held onto the job even after Fleury returned by playing with the steady hand of a guy in his 10th postseason, not his first. San Jose counterpart Martin Jones served as Jonathan Quick's backup when the Kings won it all in 2014 and has thrived while playing behind a defense that sometimes doesn't give him much to do. Jones has faced over 30 shots just four times during the playoffs.

"HBK" IS H-O-T: Pittsburgh's best line during the playoffs isn't the one centered by Crosby or Malkin but Nick Bonino, who has teamed with Phil Kessel and Carl Hagelin to produce 17 goals and 28 assists in 18 games. Put together when Malkin missed six weeks with an elbow injury, the trio has given the Penguins the balance they desperately needed after years of being too reliant on their stars for production.

POWERFUL SHARKS: San Jose's brilliant run to the Finals has been spearheaded by a power play that is converting on 27 percent (17 of 63) of its chances during the playoffs. The Sharks are 9-2 when they score with the man advantage and just 3-4 when it does not.

OLD MEN AND THE C(UP): Both teams have relied heavily on players who began their NHL careers in another millennium. Pittsburgh center Matt Cullen, who turns 40 in November, has four goals during the playoffs. Thornton and Marleau, both 36, were taken with the top two picks in the 1997 draft that was held in Pittsburgh while 37-year-old Dainius Zubrus draws stares from younger teammates when he tells them he used to Hall of Famer (and current Penguins owner) Mario Lemieux.

"When I say 'Twenty years ago I was playing against Lemieux, they say 'I was 2-years-old,'" Zubrus said.


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