Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksFeb 8, 2018

FinalThursday, Feb 8, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	3	5		VGK	4	17	12	33
SJS	1	1	1	3		SJS	16	9	13	38

: VGK 65SJS 56
: VGK 3.84SJS 4.12
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 2
Hits: VGK 18SJS 10
Blocks: VGK 11SJS 14
PIM: VGK 8SJS 8
: VGK 45%SJS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at SJS. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:33 together.

Points
Brent Burns had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 25:59.Burns
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Joe Pavelski had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:55.Pavelski
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Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:57.Marchessault
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Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:57.Meier
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Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:55.Miller
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David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:04.Perron
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Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:13.Smith
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SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:33 together.Burns Pavelski Couture Hertl Labanc

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

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

SJS
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · SJS 56 · VGK 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 28% of the game, SJS 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

VGK

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	VGK	SJS
	62	50
	2.66	3.56
	2.52	3.43
	13	13
	10	2
	16	12
	−0.037	+0.037
	28%	41%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Perron – Haula
12:4963% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:0458% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Leipsic
9:3760% CF
L4Carpenter – Bellemare – Tuch
8:2433% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
14:4941% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
11:3961% CF
D3Miller – Hunt
7:3256% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
3:36100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Hunt
2:47100% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Bellemare
3:26
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:10
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:48
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
0:59

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Boedker – Tierney – Karlsson
10:5630% CF
L2Couture – Hertl – Labanc
10:3956% CF
L3Pavelski – Donskoi – Meier
8:4452% CF
L4Ward – Goodrow – O'Regan
3:4550% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
14:4533% CF
D2Burns – Ryan
13:0846% CF
D3Dillon – DeMelo
11:3137% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl – Labanc
3:3390% CF
PP2Burns – Boedker – Donskoi – Tierney – Meier
1:21100% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
2:33
PK2FPavelski – Tierney
0:56
PK1DVlasic – Braun
3:18
PK2DBurns – Dillon
2:18

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:40
SJSJoe Pavelski (Brent Burns, Timo Meier)deflected0.06 xG
VGK: Engelland, Theodore, Carpenter, Bellemare, TuchSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Donskoi, Ryan, Meier
VGK 0 – 1 SJS
14:00
VGKErik Haula (David Perron, Colin Miller)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller, SchmidtSJS: Ward, Burns, Couture, Goodrow, Ryan
VGK 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

0:37
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith)slap0.03 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Hertl, Labanc
VGK 2 – 1 SJS
11:47
SJSTimo MeierPP (Brent Burns, Chris Tierney)deflected0.02 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Miller, SchmidtSJS: Burns, Vlasic, Donskoi, Tierney, Meier
VGK 2 – 2 SJS

3rd period

7:45
SJSJoe PavelskiPP (Brent Burns, Logan Couture)snap0.18 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Carpenter, BellemareSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl, Labanc
VGK 2 – 3 SJS
9:36
VGKBrayden McNabb (Oscar Lindberg, Cody Eakin)snap0.05 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Lindberg, Leipsic, SchmidtSJS: Burns, Donskoi, Goodrow, O'Regan, Ryan
VGK 3 – 3 SJS
15:10
VGKJames Neal (David Perron, Colin Miller)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, HuntSJS: Burns, Braun, Goodrow, Tierney, Karlsson
VGK 4 – 3 SJS
18:39
VGKJonathan MarchessaultEN (Reilly Smith, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.93 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, TheodoreSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Vlasic, Couture, Hertl
VGK 5 – 3 SJS

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.32	3	1	0	18:47	—	—	64	54
David Perron L	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.44	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	61	54
James Neal L	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.22	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	61	50
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	54	27
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	54	27
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	1.34	1	0	2	16:57	—	—	58	36
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	11:24	—	—	52	38
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:13	—	—	63	57
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	63	57
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	42	30
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	12:50	—	—	35	27
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	2	1	2	12:41	—	—	40	43
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.05	2	0	0	22:50	—	—	55	46
Brayden McNabb D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	0	2	0	22:39	—	—	43	40
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	5	0	21:39	—	—	61	46
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	0	2	19:36	—	—	60	49
Colin Miller D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	60	49
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	50	30

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	4.12	59:49

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Tierney C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:26	—	—	42	45
Melker Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	1	2	15:58	—	—	31	44
Mikkel Boedker L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:21	—	—	29	14
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.61	0	1	0	21:46	—	—	50	61
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.21	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	53	54
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.34	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	46	49
Joe Pavelski C	L3	2	0	2	+1	5	0.73	0	2	0	19:55	—	—	45	77
Timo Meier R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.31	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	48	64
Joonas Donskoi R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	0	1	0	12:55	—	—	56	73
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.61	1	0	0	10:26	—	—	50	67
Danny O'Regan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	0	0	8:14	—	—	40	55
Joel Ward R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	5:19	—	—	46	43
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	4	0	23:00	—	—	45	61
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	1	0	20:50	—	—	35	51
Brent Burns D	D2	0	3	3	-2	5	0.33	1	1	0	25:59	—	—	55	67
Joakim Ryan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	44	52
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	15:28	—	—	43	40
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:04	—	—	44	52

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.91	59:12

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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.