Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose SharksDec 21, 2017

Final / OTThursday, Dec 21, 2017· SAP Center at San Jose

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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San Jose SharksSJS

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	1	2	1	0	4		VAN	10	19	9	2	40
SJS	1	3	0	1	5		SJS	11	8	12	1	32

: VAN 62SJS 63
: VAN 3.86SJS 4.59
PP goals: VAN 0SJS 3
Hits: VAN 27SJS 12
Blocks: VAN 15SJS 10
PIM: VAN 15SJS 13
: VAN 48%SJS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

San Jose Sharks edge Vancouver Canucks 5–4 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in overtime at home. Kevin Labanc (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 3A. SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl and Labanc) scored 2 power-play goals on 2 attempts in 3:01 together.

Points
Kevin Labanc had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 13:46.Labanc
Points
Joe Thornton had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:40.Thornton
Points
Jake Virtanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:00.Virtanen
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:42.Hertl
Points
Alex Biega had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:56.Biega
Points
Joe Pavelski had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:34.Pavelski
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl and Labanc) scored 2 power-play goals on 2 attempts in 3:01 together.Thornton Burns Pavelski Hertl Labanc
Goalie
Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +13 against a season average of 26.7; the win.Dell

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · SJS 63 · VAN 62

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 23% of the game, SJS 40%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	SJS
	55	64
	3.02	4.70
	2.95	4.44
	10	17
	8	1
	11	16
	−0.040	+0.040
	23%	40%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Dowd – Gaunce – Virtanen
12:3747% CF
L2Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson
11:5155% CF
L3Vanek – Gagner – Boeser
10:2942% CF
L4Burmistrov – Boucher – Granlund
3:2375% CF
D1Edler – Biega
9:4647% CF
D2Pouliot – Stecher
9:1256% CF
D3Del Zotto – Gudbranson
7:1033% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Granlund – Boeser
4:1188% CF
PP2Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Boucher – Pouliot
2:3350% CF
PK1FEriksson – Dowd
1:03
PK2FGranlund – Gaunce
0:50
PK1DDel Zotto – Gudbranson
0:48
PK2DEdler – Biega
0:42

Current VAN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Donskoi – Tierney – Meier
11:1962% CF
L2Thornton – Pavelski – Hansen
11:1265% CF
L3Hertl – Karlsson – Labanc
9:2754% CF
L4Boedker – Sorensen – O'Regan
4:0950% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
15:5447% CF
D2Burns – Dillon
13:5350% CF
D3Heed – DeMelo
6:3971% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Hertl – Labanc
3:0150% CF
PP2Burns – Vlasic – Donskoi – Tierney – Labanc
0:48
PK1FSorensen – Hertl
2:29
PK2FTierney – Karlsson
2:28
PK1DBurns – Dillon
3:20
PK2DVlasic – Braun
2:50

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:58
VANBrendan Gaunce (Erik Gudbranson, Jake Virtanen)tip-in0.26 xG
VAN: Dowd, Gudbranson, Gaunce, Pouliot, VirtanenSJS: Thornton, Pavelski, Vlasic, Heed, Labanc
VAN 1 – 0 SJS
11:52
SJSJoe ThorntonPP (Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Edler, Granlund, Gaunce, StecherSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl, Labanc
VAN 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

5:20
SJSTimo Meier (Dylan DeMelo, Kevin Labanc)snap0.23 xG
VAN: Burmistrov, Gudbranson, Boucher, Pouliot, BoeserSJS: Heed, DeMelo, Hertl, Labanc, Meier
VAN 1 – 2 SJS
6:29
SJSJoe ThorntonPP (Joe Pavelski, Kevin Labanc)slap0.08 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Dowd, GudbransonSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl, Labanc
VAN 1 – 3 SJS
8:49
VANJake Virtanen (Michael Del Zotto, Alex Biega)backhand0.12 xG
VAN: Biega, Gagner, Del Zotto, VirtanenSJS: Dillon, Donskoi, Heed, Tierney
VAN 2 – 3 SJS
16:02
VANBrock Boeser (Alex Biega, Sam Gagner)backhand0.05 xG
VAN: Vanek, Biega, Gagner, Del Zotto, BoeserSJS: Burns, Dillon, Hertl, Karlsson, Labanc
VAN 3 – 3 SJS
18:56
SJSTomas HertlPP (Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Gudbranson, GaunceSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Heed, Hertl
VAN 3 – 4 SJS

3rd period

2:09
VANDaniel Sedin (Henrik Sedin, Loui Eriksson)slap0.03 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Eriksson, Del Zotto, GudbransonSJS: Burns, Dillon, Donskoi, Tierney, Meier
VAN 4 – 4 SJS

OT period

1:53
SJSKevin Labanc (Tomas Hertl)slap0.03 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, EdlerSJS: Braun, Hertl, Labanc
VAN 4 – 5 SJS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gaunce C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.41	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	43	49
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	4	16:28	—	—	40	46
Jake Virtanen R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.75	3	0	0	14:00	—	—	47	60
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.31	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	52	26
Henrik Sedin C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	64	38
Daniel Sedin L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.57	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	63	36
Brock Boeser R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.17	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	32	28
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.39	2	1	2	17:33	—	—	47	39
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	2	4	5	16:18	—	—	43	39
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.42	1	1	0	12:48	—	—	63	48
Reid Boucher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:01	—	—	44	19
Alexander Burmistrov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:53	—	—	38	12
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	1	2	23:46	—	—	53	72
Alex Biega D	D1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.32	6	1	0	19:56	—	—	42	44
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	4	2	2	19:17	—	—	52	47
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	1	0	0	16:09	—	—	59	38
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:19	—	—	36	17
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	39	28

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	O	32	27	5	.844	4.59	61:48

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Tierney C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.65	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	54	67
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	52	68
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.74	0	0	2	15:09	—	—	63	83
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.36	0	3	0	20:34	—	—	57	53
Joe Thornton C	L2	2	1	3	-1	5	0.32	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	59	58
Jannik Hansen R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	5	14:22	—	—	63	70
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.58	0	0	0	20:42	—	—	57	62
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.73	2	0	0	15:04	—	—	48	55
Kevin Labanc R	L3	1	3	4	0	4	0.41	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	55	54
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:12	—	—	30	12
Mikkel Boedker L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:28	—	—	39	55
Danny O'Regan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	5:34	—	—	30	23
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	25:16	—	—	48	55
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	22:10	—	—	49	76
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.19	0	0	0	27:02	—	—	47	42
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	5	1	0	22:57	—	—	48	46
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	2	14:00	—	—	68	73
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	8:59	—	—	64	75

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	40	36	4	.900	3.86	61:47

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.