Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksMay 2, 2018

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 2, 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	0	0	0	0		VGK	9	14	11	34
SJS	2	1	1	4		SJS	11	13	10	34

: VGK 62SJS 59
: VGK 1.95SJS 2.86
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 1
Hits: VGK 37SJS 31
Blocks: VGK 13SJS 19
PIM: VGK 22SJS 22
: VGK 44%SJS 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks rout Vegas Golden Knights 4–0

San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–0 at home. Brenden Dillon (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:56 together.

Points
Brenden Dillon had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:40.Dillon
Points
Logan Couture had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:08.Couture
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:56 together.Burns Pavelski Couture Hertl Labanc
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 1.95 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Joonas Donskoi (SJS) played 11:12, −4:10 down on his 15:22 season average over 8 games.Donskoi
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 17:22, −4:14 down on his 21:36 season average over 19 games.McNabb
Usage
Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 17:42, −4:10 down on his 21:52 season average over 19 games.Engelland
Usage
Colin Miller (VGK) played 22:23, +3:26 up on his 18:57 season average over 19 games.Miller

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 59 · VGK 62

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 32% of the game, SJS 35%.

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
	46	48
	0.75	1.98
	0.73	1.92
	6	13
	5	5
	11	10
	−0.031	+0.031
	32%	35%

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
10:3950% CF
L2Perron – Tatar – Eakin
8:5450% CF
L3Neal – Haula – Tuch
8:5258% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
7:1156% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
12:4444% CF
D2Merrill – Miller
11:0057% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
9:1050% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
4:4786% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
4:27100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:13
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:02
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:20
PK2DMerrill – Miller
0:43

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
9:3523% CF
L2Couture – Boedker – Hertl
9:0456% CF
L3Tierney – Labanc – Meier
7:1742% CF
L4Fehr – Sorensen – Karlsson
6:2560% CF
D1Dillon – DeMelo
12:2643% CF
D2Vlasic – Braun
12:1343% CF
D3Burns – Ryan
11:2156% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl – Labanc
3:5686% CF
PP2Boedker – Kane – DeMelo – Tierney – Meier
0:57100% CF
PK1FTierney – Karlsson
2:30
PK2FCouture – Hertl
2:29
PK1DVlasic – Braun
6:57
PK2DBurns – Dillon
1:18

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:37
SJSMarcus Sorensen (Eric Fehr, Brenden Dillon)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Neal, Haula, Merrill, Miller, TuchSJS: Fehr, Dillon, Sorensen, DeMelo, Karlsson
VGK 0 – 1 SJS
19:54
SJSJoonas Donskoi (Brenden Dillon)snap0.01 xG
VGK: McNabb, Schmidt, Carrier, Bellemare, NosekSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Kane, Dillon, Donskoi
VGK 0 – 2 SJS

2nd period

5:35
SJSTomas Hertl (Mikkel Boedker, Logan Couture)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Haula, Theodore, TuchSJS: Couture, Boedker, Dillon, DeMelo, Hertl
VGK 0 – 3 SJS

3rd period

11:43
SJSJoe PavelskiPP (Logan Couture, Brent Burns)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Engelland, Schmidt, Bellemare, NosekSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl, Labanc
VGK 0 – 4 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	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	2	0	0	18:16	—	—	48	28
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	6	0	0	17:11	—	—	50	37
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	1	1	0	17:06	—	—	48	29
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	60	31
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	13:46	—	—	35	9
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:32	—	—	40	26
James Neal L	L3	0	0	0	-2	7	0.28	1	2	0	18:26	—	—	50	16
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	40	21
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	1	1	0	17:25	—	—	61	32
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:23	—	—	50	48
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	10	10:33	—	—	50	52
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	4	0	4	7:45	—	—	60	57
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	22:42	—	—	41	33
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	4	17:22	—	—	41	41
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	60	31
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	3	2	16:40	—	—	53	24
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	47	9
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	1	0	17:42	—	—	53	15

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	2.86	59:36

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	0	3	0	18:45	—	—	47	49
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	0	2	17:01	—	—	46	50
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	33	57
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.51	2	1	0	18:58	—	—	54	70
Logan Couture C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	2	1	2	18:08	—	—	58	71
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.17	1	0	2	12:57	—	—	50	67
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:42	—	—	39	71
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	56	73
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	4	0	2	12:56	—	—	50	73
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	2	0	0	12:31	—	—	63	92
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	1	1	+1	4	0.11	4	1	0	12:24	—	—	55	87
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.32	2	0	0	11:00	—	—	56	88
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.00	1	1	10	18:40	—	—	47	85
Dylan DeMelo D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:17	—	—	56	86
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	22:55	—	—	53	73
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	4	0	21:24	—	—	41	66
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	4	4	4	23:48	—	—	57	67
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:55	—	—	56	55

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	1.95	60:00

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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.