Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksMar 22, 2018

Final / OTThursday, Mar 22, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	0	0	0	1		VGK	11	4	7	3	25
SJS	0	1	0	1	2		SJS	13	18	12	1	44

: VGK 49SJS 80
: VGK 1.84SJS 4.74
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 0
Hits: VGK 25SJS 16
Blocks: VGK 21SJS 13
PIM: VGK 12SJS 4
: VGK 50%SJS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 in overtime at home. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Malcolm Subban (VGK) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +16 against a season average of 27.9; the overtime loss.

Goalie
Malcolm Subban (VGK) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +16 against a season average of 27.9; the overtime loss.Subban
Luck
SJS scored 2 goals on 4.74 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Paul Martin (SJS) played 10:29, −4:36 down on his 15:05 season average over 13 games.Martin
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Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 25:26, +5:21 up on his 20:05 season average over 75 games.McNabb
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Alex Tuch (VGK) played 10:36, −4:43 down on his 15:19 season average over 77 games.Tuch
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Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 23:38, +3:24 up on his 20:14 season average over 78 games.Engelland
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Colin Miller (VGK) played 16:10, −3:13 down on his 19:23 season average over 81 games.Miller
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Mikkel Boedker (SJS) played 16:25, +3:06 up on his 13:19 season average over 73 games.Boedker

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 129 of 129 attempts · SJS 80 · VGK 49

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 18% of the game, SJS 51%.

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
	53	64
	1.28	2.54
	1.25	2.32
	7	8
	4	6
	16	24
	+0.000	+0.000
	18%	51%

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
13:1358% CF
L2Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:2741% CF
L3Eakin – Carpenter – Tuch
8:5845% CF
L4Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
6:2333% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
17:2724% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
13:4763% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
11:0336% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
1:14100% CF
PP2Tatar – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:50
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
5:45
PK2FEakin – Karlsson
1:19
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
6:17
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
0:55

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Boedker – Hertl
10:5750% CF
L2Pavelski – Kane – Karlsson
9:5256% CF
L3Fehr – Hansen – Goodrow
9:1560% CF
L4Tierney – Labanc – Meier
6:4389% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
16:0857% CF
D2Dillon – DeMelo
12:0165% CF
D3Martin – Burns
10:2252% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Kane – Labanc
6:58100% CF
PP2Boedker – DeMelo – Hertl – Tierney – Meier
2:2050% CF
PK1FTierney – Karlsson
0:56
PK2FFehr – Goodrow
0:42
PK1DVlasic – Braun
1:38
PK2DBurns – Dillon
0:23

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:47
VGKTomas Tatar (Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore)backhand0.11 xG
VGK: Engelland, Tatar, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreSJS: Burns, Braun, Couture, Boedker, Hertl
VGK 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

3:27
SJSBrent Burns (Paul Martin, Jannik Hansen)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carpenter, TuchSJS: Martin, Fehr, Burns, Hansen, Goodrow
VGK 1 – 1 SJS

OT period

0:39
SJSLogan Couture (Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Tomas Hertl)backhand0.12 xG
VGK: Perron, Karlsson, SchmidtSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Hertl
VGK 1 – 2 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
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	0	2	18:48	—	—	55	29
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	17:25	—	—	55	36
James Neal L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	56	27
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	17:55	—	—	41	25
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.48	5	4	0	15:57	—	—	38	27
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	2	0	0	13:49	—	—	40	27
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	1	0	13:51	—	—	46	52
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	0	0	0	11:04	—	—	48	45
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	1	0	10:36	—	—	48	50
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	12:42	—	—	27	46
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:32	—	—	46	54
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:27	—	—	31	24
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	2	25:26	—	—	27	34
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	3	0	24:36	—	—	36	36
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	23:38	—	—	63	45
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	69	47
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	6	16:10	—	—	39	21
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	36	12

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	O	44	42	2	.955	4.74	60:39

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.61	0	0	2	21:11	—	—	46	67
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	0	6	1.01	1	0	0	19:58	—	—	50	71
Mikkel Boedker L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	45	73
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.87	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	52	37
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	50	35
Melker Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	4	2	0	13:29	—	—	50	59
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	2	0	11:50	—	—	55	49
Eric Fehr C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	52	43
Jannik Hansen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	3	3	0	10:50	—	—	55	61
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	2	14:11	—	—	67	67
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	70	93
Timo Meier R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	86	97
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.21	1	0	0	22:25	—	—	57	73
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	20:58	—	—	55	73
Dylan DeMelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	52	55
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:45	—	—	68	70
Brent Burns D	D3	1	0	1	0	10	0.56	0	3	0	26:17	—	—	49	56
Paul Martin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:29	—	—	55	77

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.84	60:39

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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.