Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose SharksDec 14, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 14, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	2	2		VAN	7	12	16	35
SJS	1	0	3	4		SJS	12	7	8	27

: VAN 70SJS 56
: VAN 3.03SJS 4.42
PP goals: VAN 0SJS 0
Hits: VAN 11SJS 13
Blocks: VAN 11SJS 20
PIM: VAN 6SJS 8
: VAN 63%SJS 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2

San Jose Sharks beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2 at home. Evander Kane (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 29.9; the win.

Points
Evander Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:55.Kane
Points
Logan Couture had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:31.Couture
Goalie
Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Dell
New line
New look for SJS: Sorensen–Karlsson–Gregor skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Karlsson Gregor
New line
New look for VAN: Sutter–Beagle–Schaller skated 5:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sutter Beagle Schaller
Usage
Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 27:00, +5:12 up on his 21:48 season average over 67 games.Hughes
Usage
Brock Boeser (VAN) played 21:38, +3:07 up on his 18:31 season average over 56 games.Boeser
Usage
Timo Meier (SJS) played 14:15, −3:05 down on his 17:20 season average over 69 games.Meier

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 126 of 126 attempts · SJS 56 · VAN 70

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 46% of the game, SJS 21%.

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
	64	53
	2.40	2.37
	2.26	2.30
	14	13
	4	4
	17	12
	+0.089	−0.089
	46%	21%

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

L1Leivo – Pearson – Horvat
12:4754% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – Pettersson
8:1069% CF
L3Sutter – Beagle – Schaller
5:2546% CF
L4Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette
5:2150% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
16:1051% CF
D2Tanev – Fantenberg
12:0169% CF
D3Benn – Stecher
9:5345% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
4:57100% CF
PP2Myers – Roussel – Leivo – Pearson – Gaudette
0:44100% CF
PK1FSutter – Pearson
1:24
PK2FBeagle – Schaller
0:52
PK1DBenn – Tanev
1:26
PK2DStecher – Fantenberg
0:34

Current VAN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Meier
11:2550% CF
L2Thornton – Hertl – Labanc
11:1767% CF
L3Marleau – Goodrow – Blichfeld
10:3043% CF
L4Sorensen – Karlsson – Gregor
6:2727% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
16:4538% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
13:0724% CF
D3Heed – Ferraro
11:3968% CF

PP1Thornton – Karlsson – Kane – Heed – Labanc
1:05100% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier
0:5950% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
2:05
PK2FCouture – Sorensen
1:23
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
3:12
PK2DBurns – Dillon
1:34

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:50
SJSTomas Hertl (Joe Thornton)wrist0.10 xG
VAN: Myers, Roussel, Boeser, Gaudette, HughesSJS: Thornton, Heed, Hertl, Labanc, Ferraro
VAN 0 – 1 SJS

3rd period

7:09
SJSTimo Meier (Evander Kane, Erik Karlsson)snap0.01 xG
VAN: Sutter, Benn, Miller, Stecher, PetterssonSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Dillon, Meier
VAN 0 – 2 SJS
7:57
VANJake Virtanen (Adam Gaudette, Chris Tanev)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Myers, Roussel, Virtanen, Gaudette, HughesSJS: Thornton, Heed, Hertl, Labanc, Ferraro
VAN 1 – 2 SJS
18:39
SJSEvander KaneEN (Logan Couture, Barclay Goodrow)wrist0.67 xG
VAN: Leivo, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Goodrow
VAN 1 – 3 SJS
19:31
VANBo Horvat (Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Leivo, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesSJS: Thornton, Burns, Dillon, Hertl, Karlsson
VAN 2 – 3 SJS
19:52
SJSLogan CoutureEN (Marc-Edouard Vlasic)wrist0.67 xG
VAN: Leivo, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Karlsson, Goodrow, Meier
VAN 2 – 4 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
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.33	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	60	60
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	52	45
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	55	50
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	55	47
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.49	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	63	56
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.49	1	1	0	20:45	—	—	65	59
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	1	0	10:28	—	—	48	55
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	8:36	—	—	53	78
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	8:34	—	—	50	78
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	46	33
Jake Virtanen R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	1	0	2	11:28	—	—	56	36
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	52	35
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.06	0	2	0	27:00	—	—	52	46
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	2	2	22:43	—	—	52	37
Oscar Fantenberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	0	0	17:34	—	—	65	66
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	70	90
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	14:56	—	—	45	51
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	14:42	—	—	48	49

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.36	58:49

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.67	0	2	0	18:31	—	—	48	48
Evander Kane L	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	1.77	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	47	49
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.34	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	48	46
Joe Thornton C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	55	64
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.22	0	2	0	16:46	—	—	61	63
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	1	0	2	16:18	—	—	56	61
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	2	2	0	17:14	—	—	36	47
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	14:10	—	—	40	49
Joachim Blichfeld R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	10:55	—	—	43	58
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	1	2	0	12:40	—	—	24	28
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:36	—	—	27	31
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	7:11	—	—	33	32
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	0	3	0	26:04	—	—	42	52
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	2	20:01	—	—	37	41
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	0	0	0	25:09	—	—	30	35
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	4	0	19:28	—	—	33	24
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	15:45	—	—	68	69
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	13:55	—	—	70	69

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.03	60:00

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.