Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksApr 30, 2018

Final / OTPlayoffsMonday, Apr 30, 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	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
VGK	0	3	0	1	4		VGK	10	8	12	3	33
SJS	0	1	2	0	3		SJS	16	16	7	3	42

: VGK 75SJS 66
: VGK 3.16SJS 2.67
PP goals: VGK 2SJS 1
Hits: VGK 35SJS 44
Blocks: VGK 17SJS 23
PIM: VGK 8SJS 10
: VGK 42%SJS 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 in overtime at SJS. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:56 together.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 19:49.Marchessault
Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:55.Smith
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:48.Karlsson
Points
James Neal had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:47.Neal
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:56 together.Smith Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Tuch
New line
New look for SJS: Pavelski–Kane–Tierney skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pavelski Kane Tierney
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +10 against a season average of 32.0; the win.Fleury
Usage
Chris Tierney (SJS) played 21:44, +6:06 up on his 15:38 season average over 9 games.Tierney

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 141 of 141 attempts · SJS 66 · VGK 75

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 38% of the game, SJS 25%.

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
	66	50
	2.65	1.87
	2.49	1.83
	12	8
	6	6
	18	20
	−0.126	+0.126
	38%	25%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:4955% CF
L2Neal – Haula – Tuch
11:0350% CF
L3Perron – Tatar – Eakin
10:0356% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
5:0325% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
16:0248% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
13:2561% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
10:2062% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
4:5685% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
4:40100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
3:33
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:38
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
5:02
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
2:13

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Kane – Tierney
10:3773% CF
L2Couture – Boedker – Hertl
6:5844% CF
L3Goodrow – Labanc – Meier
5:4242% CF
L4Fehr – Sorensen – Karlsson
5:3445% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
17:2241% CF
D2Martin – Burns
14:0546% CF
D3Dillon – DeMelo
10:0545% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl – Labanc
4:5895% CF
PP2Burns – Kane – DeMelo – Tierney – Meier
2:14
PK1FTierney – Karlsson
1:51
PK2FFehr – Sorensen
1:19
PK1DVlasic – Braun
7:07
PK2DBurns – Dillon
1:28

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:59
SJSTimo MeierPP (Chris Tierney, Mikkel Boedker)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Miller, SchmidtSJS: Boedker, Kane, DeMelo, Tierney, Meier
VGK 0 – 1 SJS
9:40
VGKColin MillerPP (James Neal, David Perron)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller, SchmidtSJS: Fehr, Burns, Vlasic, Hertl
VGK 1 – 1 SJS
13:09
VGKJonathan MarchessaultPP (Alex Tuch, Reilly Smith)wrist0.06 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, TuchSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Tierney, Karlsson
VGK 2 – 1 SJS
14:26
VGKReilly Smith (William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault)backhand0.09 xG
VGK: Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, Miller, MarchessaultSJS: Martin, Burns, Tierney, Labanc, Meier
VGK 3 – 1 SJS

3rd period

7:49
SJSEvander Kane (Brent Burns, Dylan DeMelo)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Perron, McNabb, Eakin, Merrill, SchmidtSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Kane, DeMelo
VGK 3 – 2 SJS
18:03
SJSTomas Hertl (Justin Braun, Kevin Labanc)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Haula, Theodore, TuchSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Hertl, Labanc, Meier
VGK 3 – 3 SJS

OT period

8:17
VGKWilliam Karlsson (James Neal, Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.04 xG
VGK: Neal, Merrill, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtSJS: Martin, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Kane
VGK 4 – 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
William Karlsson C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.11	1	1	0	22:48	—	—	56	61
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.48	1	1	2	20:55	—	—	56	61
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	2	3	+2	7	0.45	2	0	0	19:49	—	—	58	64
James Neal L	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.53	3	0	0	21:47	—	—	68	80
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	57	74
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.41	6	0	2	19:23	—	—	63	80
David Perron L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	21:06	—	—	60	45
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:56	—	—	55	40
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	60	44
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	2	3	0	12:25	—	—	59	53
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	10:21	—	—	31	12
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	5:23	—	—	25	0
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	26:18	—	—	50	50
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	5	1	0	25:30	—	—	48	49
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	26:22	—	—	62	69
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	0	21:19	—	—	56	60
Colin Miller D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	3	2	0	19:33	—	—	65	62
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	12:20	—	—	59	62

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	2.67	68:15

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.66	2	1	0	26:22	—	—	50	40
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.27	6	1	0	23:30	—	—	53	41
Chris Tierney C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	21:44	—	—	52	34
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	0	7	0.56	1	0	2	21:02	—	—	42	53
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.42	3	1	2	20:18	—	—	46	45
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	0	4	13:33	—	—	28	40
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	47	52
Timo Meier R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	8	3	0	14:23	—	—	48	51
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	13:28	—	—	29	31
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:18	—	—	41	35
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	10:17	—	—	33	25
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	36	37
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	2	0	29:58	—	—	40	38
Justin Braun D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	27:03	—	—	40	29
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.22	3	1	0	27:28	—	—	53	52
Paul Martin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	3	0	15:35	—	—	43	40
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.04	0	2	0	16:42	—	—	41	44
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	4	2	13:45	—	—	42	38

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	3.16	68:17

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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.