Calgary Flames vs. San Jose SharksDec 28, 2017

Final / SOThursday, Dec 28, 2017· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CGY	2	0	0	0	0	2		CGY	11	7	12	4	34
SJS	1	0	1	0	1	3		SJS	8	13	10	1	32

: CGY 63SJS 67
: CGY 3.16SJS 3.18
PP goals: CGY 1SJS 1
Hits: CGY 28SJS 11
Blocks: CGY 23SJS 16
PIM: CGY 6SJS 6
: CGY 41%SJS 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Calgary Flames 3–2 (SO)

San Jose Sharks beat Calgary Flames 3–2 in a shootout at home. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:39 together.

PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:39 together.Giordano Backlund Gaudreau Monahan Tkachuk
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:18 together.Thornton Burns Pavelski Hertl Labanc
Usage
Michael Frolik (CGY) played 6:43, −10:21 down on his 17:04 season average over 69 games.Frolik
New line
New look for SJS: Hansen–Hertl–Labanc skated 5:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hansen Hertl Labanc
New line
New look for SJS: Ward–Sorensen–Karlsson skated 4:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ward Sorensen Karlsson
Usage
Mark Giordano (CGY) played 28:59, +4:15 up on his 24:44 season average over 81 games.Giordano
Usage
Brent Burns (SJS) played 28:52, +3:40 up on his 25:12 season average over 81 games.Burns
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) played 20:30, +3:18 up on his 17:12 season average over 67 games.Tkachuk

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

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

SJS
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · SJS 67 · CGY 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 18% of the game, SJS 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

CGY

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	CGY	SJS
	58	68
	2.27	2.51
	2.23	2.44
	7	16
	1	5
	23	20
	−0.061	+0.061
	18%	32%

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.

Calgary Flames

L1Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan
11:2457% CF
L2Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett
11:2459% CF
L3Jagr – Stajan – Brouwer
5:3230% CF
L4Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk
4:5450% CF
D1Hamonic – Brodie
17:2650% CF
D2Giordano – Hamilton
17:1841% CF
D3Stone – Kulak
7:2256% CF

PP1Giordano – Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan – Tkachuk
3:39100% CF
PP2Brodie – Ferland – Hamilton – Jankowski – Bennett
1:09
PK1FStajan – Brouwer
1:26
PK2FFrolik – Backlund
0:54
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
2:48
PK2DStone – Brodie
1:24

Current CGY line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Pavelski – Donskoi
7:4850% CF
L2Hansen – Hertl – Labanc
5:4447% CF
L3Ward – Sorensen – Karlsson
4:1663% CF
L4Boedker – Tierney – Meier
3:3860% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
16:3860% CF
D2Vlasic – Braun
15:2846% CF
D3DeMelo – Ryan
11:0661% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Hertl – Labanc
3:1883% CF
PP2Boedker – Donskoi – DeMelo – Tierney – Meier
1:21100% CF
PK1FHertl – Karlsson
1:41
PK2FHansen – Tierney
1:22
PK1DVlasic – Braun
3:13
PK2DBurns – Dillon
1:11

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:22
CGYGarnet Hathaway (Sam Bennett, Mark Jankowski)wrist0.18 xG
CGY: Hamonic, Brodie, Jankowski, Hathaway, BennettSJS: Burns, Braun, Donskoi, Tierney, Meier
CGY 1 – 0 SJS
7:16
SJSJoe PavelskiPP (Joe Thornton, Kevin Labanc)wrist0.10 xG
CGY: Giordano, Frolik, Backlund, HamonicSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl, Labanc
CGY 1 – 1 SJS
15:45
CGYMikael BacklundPP (Matthew Tkachuk, Mark Giordano)deflected0.25 xG
CGY: Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Monahan, TkachukSJS: Hansen, Vlasic, Braun, Tierney
CGY 2 – 1 SJS

3rd period

12:00
SJSTimo Meier (Brent Burns, Brenden Dillon)tip-in0.06 xG
CGY: Hamonic, Brodie, Jankowski, Hathaway, BennettSJS: Burns, Boedker, Dillon, Tierney, Meier
CGY 2 – 2 SJS

Decided in the shootout: CGY 2 – 3 SJS.

Box score

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

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	3	0.36	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	48	53
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	0	0	3	0.59	2	0	2	20:16	—	—	48	38
Micheal Ferland L	L1	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	15:10	—	—	42	39
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	1	1	4	0.25	2	1	0	16:42	—	—	52	58
Mark Jankowski L	L2	0	1	1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	55	55
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	1	0	1	3	0.31	6	2	0	14:06	—	—	59	55
Troy Brouwer R	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:49	—	—	40	58
Jaromir Jagr R	L3	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	2	13:10	—	—	36	52
Matt Stajan C	L3	0	0	0	4	0.41	1	1	2	11:03	—	—	50	63
Matthew Tkachuk L	L4	0	1	1	2	0.19	3	1	0	20:30	—	—	38	31
Mikael Backlund C	L4	1	0	1	5	0.46	1	2	0	20:18	—	—	31	52
Michael Frolik R	L4	0	0	0	1	0.24	0	2	0	6:43	—	—	44	46
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	26:33	—	—	48	69
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:08	—	—	46	55
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	1	1	0	0.00	2	4	0	28:59	—	—	37	30
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	21:27	—	—	43	44
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	52	31
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:32	—	—	61	44

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	O	32	30	2	.938	3.18	64:44

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	21:08	—	—	52	38
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	21:00	—	—	50	35
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	1	4	18:47	—	—	45	16
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	2	1	0	19:18	—	—	62	72
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	55	70
Jannik Hansen R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	2	0	15:43	—	—	53	64
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:41	—	—	55	42
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	2	0	11:33	—	—	75	86
Joel Ward R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:16	—	—	52	41
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	52	43
Timo Meier R	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.17	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	52	43
Mikkel Boedker L	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.22	0	0	2	12:15	—	—	57	60
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.78	2	2	0	28:52	—	—	54	55
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:56	—	—	61	63
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	23:08	—	—	48	44
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:40	—	—	38	37
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	13:30	—	—	63	57
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	2	0	13:15	—	—	60	59

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.16	65:00

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.