Arizona Coyotes vs. San Jose SharksApr 28, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 28, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ARI	1	1	0	2		ARI	13	14	3	30
SJS	3	0	1	4		SJS	8	10	13	31

: ARI 56SJS 49
: ARI 3.10SJS 6.33
PP goals: ARI 0SJS 0
Hits: ARI 24SJS 14
Blocks: ARI 11SJS 15
PIM: ARI 8SJS 8
: ARI 54%SJS 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

San Jose Sharks beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Couture–Balcers–Leonard skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:38.Hertl
Points
Logan Couture had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:55.Couture
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Balcers–Leonard skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Balcers Leonard
Luck
SJS scored 4 goals on 6.33 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kevin Labanc (SJS) played 11:11, −5:20 down on his 16:31 season average over 54 games.Labanc
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Gregor–True skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Gregor True
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Meier–Blichfeld skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Meier Blichfeld
Usage
Alexander Barabanov (SJS) played 16:39, +4:33 up on his 12:06 season average over 21 games.Barabanov

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

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

SJS
ARI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · SJS 49 · ARI 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
ARI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ARI 32% of the game, SJS 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

ARI

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	ARI	SJS
	49	42
	2.01	3.83
	1.90	3.56
	6	16
	1	6
	16	11
	+0.042	−0.041
	32%	28%

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.

Arizona Coyotes

L1Schmaltz – Bunting – Keller
11:4062% CF
L2Kessel – Dvorak – Crouse
6:1038% CF
L3Larsson – Hunt – Fischer
5:07100% CF
L4Brassard – Hayden – Pederson
3:0314% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
17:1261% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin
13:2838% CF
D3Hjalmarsson – Demers
11:5167% CF

PP1Goligoski – Brassard – Schmaltz – Bunting – Chychrun
2:3967% CF
PP2Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Dvorak – Pederson – Keller
1:5450% CF
PK1FLarsson – Crouse
1:48
PK2FDvorak – Fischer
1:07
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
1:54
PK2DDemers – Chychrun
1:02

Current ARI line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
11:3550% CF
L2Couture – Balcers – Leonard
10:2150% CF
L3Labanc – Gregor – True
9:4333% CF
L4Marleau – Meier – Blichfeld
7:5754% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
14:5952% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
14:1637% CF
D3Vlasic – Pasichnuk
8:2527% CF

PP1Burns – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
4:1750% CF
PP2Couture – Gregor – Blichfeld – Ferraro – Leonard
1:01
PK1FKane – Hertl
2:59
PK2FCouture – Balcers
1:24
PK1DVlasic – Knyzhov
2:15
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
2:00

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:55	—	—	64	43
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	61	40
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.76	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	57	38
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	52	25
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	3	1	0	17:25	—	—	53	23
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	44	26
Johan Larsson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	5	0	0	13:57	—	—	82	100
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	64	61
Dryden Hunt L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	9:18	—	—	70	81
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	3	1	0	13:53	—	—	46	23
Lane Pederson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	42	22
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:45	—	—	20	22
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	1	2	24:02	—	—	61	34
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.32	0	0	0	23:41	—	—	60	34
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	4	20:49	—	—	35	23
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	2	0	14:46	—	—	40	23
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	2	0	17:40	—	—	71	46
Jason Demers D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	2	2	16:13	—	—	50	39

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	4.09	58:09

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	1.09	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	52	57
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	1.15	0	1	0	20:38	—	—	50	56
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	48	56
Logan Couture C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.79	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	50	90
John Leonard L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	1	1	0	14:43	—	—	50	90
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.91	1	1	0	13:13	—	—	50	90
Alexander True C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.40	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	28	62
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	1	2	0	13:02	—	—	32	65
Kevin Labanc R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.43	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	38	69
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	56	52
Timo Meier R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:21	—	—	53	26
Joachim Blichfeld R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	9:22	—	—	54	20
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	+4	6	0.42	0	2	2	26:42	—	—	54	85
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	+4	0	0.55	2	1	0	22:29	—	—	54	85
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	2	4	24:07	—	—	42	33
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:48	—	—	36	26
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	47	66
Brinson Pasichnuk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:34	—	—	27	25

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Josef Korenar(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.10	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.

Arizona Coyotes vs. San Jose SharksApr 28, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Arizona Coyotes

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Arizona Coyotes

San Jose Sharks