Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksMay 6, 2018

FinalPlayoffsSunday, May 6, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	2	1	3		VGK	12	5	16	33
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	11	7	10	28

: VGK 55SJS 68
: VGK 4.61SJS 3.18
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 0
Hits: VGK 38SJS 25
Blocks: VGK 22SJS 14
PIM: VGK 4SJS 2
: VGK 44%SJS 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–0 at SJS. Nate Schmidt (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS scored 0 goals on 3.18 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Nate Schmidt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:02.Schmidt
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 3.18 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Justin Braun (SJS) played 14:44, −8:46 down on his 23:30 season average over 9 games.Braun
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Carpenter–Bellemare skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Carpenter Bellemare
Luck
VGK scored 3 goals on 4.61 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 20:37, −5:15 down on his 25:52 season average over 9 games.Vlasic
Usage
Dylan DeMelo (SJS) played 19:59, +4:52 up on his 15:07 season average over 9 games.DeMelo
Luck
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (VGK) generated 1.51 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Bellemare

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 123 of 123 attempts · SJS 68 · VGK 55

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 35% 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
	58	67
	4.03	2.30
	3.99	2.27
	14	16
	5	4
	16	7
	−0.051	+0.051
	35%	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
14:3538% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
12:2038% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch
10:2557% CF
L4Reaves – Carpenter – Bellemare
9:0464% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
19:5344% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
16:0946% CF
D3Sbisa – Miller
11:0845% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
1:04100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:460% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Bellemare
1:51
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:58
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:36
PK2DSbisa – Miller
0:45

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
13:1555% CF
L2Couture – Boedker – Hertl
12:1065% CF
L3Fehr – Sorensen – Karlsson
6:5545% CF
L4Tierney – Labanc – Meier
5:1954% CF
D1Dillon – DeMelo
16:0046% CF
D2Burns – Ryan
11:5850% CF
D3Vlasic – Braun
9:0559% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl – Labanc
2:1289% CF
PP2Boedker – Kane – DeMelo – Tierney – Meier
1:40
PK1FFehr – Sorensen
0:56
PK2FCouture – Hertl
0:24
PK1DVlasic – Braun
0:56
PK2DBurns – Dillon
0:47

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:33
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtSJS: Pavelski, Vlasic, Braun, Kane, Donskoi
VGK 1 – 0 SJS
15:38
VGKNate Schmidt (Erik Haula, David Perron)wrist0.00 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, SchmidtSJS: Burns, Tierney, Ryan, Labanc, Meier
VGK 2 – 0 SJS

3rd period

18:09
VGKCody EakinEN (Ryan Carpenter, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.97 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carpenter, BellemareSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Vlasic, Couture, Kane, Hertl
VGK 3 – 0 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
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	37	21
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	3	0	0	18:56	—	—	34	20
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	1	1	0	17:26	—	—	36	20
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	1	0	16:08	—	—	41	47
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.42	0	0	2	15:21	—	—	41	46
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.28	1	1	0	14:59	—	—	38	47
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	1	0	13:19	—	—	47	89
Cody Eakin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.97	4	1	0	12:59	—	—	57	91
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.40	5	0	0	12:47	—	—	50	93
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	6	1.51	3	2	0	13:07	—	—	60	94
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	12:38	—	—	64	93
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	8	1	0	10:11	—	—	63	93
Nate Schmidt D	D1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.03	0	2	0	24:02	—	—	42	47
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	4	5	2	23:14	—	—	47	49
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	0	23:10	—	—	47	74
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	46	81
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	15:19	—	—	46	72
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	14:44	—	—	52	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	3.18	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	-2	1	0.25	3	0	2	20:10	—	—	48	44
Joe Pavelski C	L1	-2	2	0.32	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	55	47
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	-1	5	0.33	1	1	0	17:08	—	—	64	60
Logan Couture C	L2	-1	2	0.20	4	1	0	19:02	—	—	66	56
Tomas Hertl C	L2	-1	4	1.19	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	66	58
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	64	55
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	50	22
Eric Fehr C	L3	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	10:22	—	—	35	5
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	31	6
Chris Tierney C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	47	32
Timo Meier R	L4	-1	2	0.16	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	59	37
Kevin Labanc R	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	32	12
Dylan DeMelo D	D1	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	19:59	—	—	44	12
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	18:55	—	—	46	17
Brent Burns D	D2	-2	2	0.06	2	0	0	26:25	—	—	58	43
Joakim Ryan D	D2	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:16	—	—	49	33
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	-2	2	0.29	1	2	0	20:37	—	—	67	64
Justin Braun D	D3	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	14:44	—	—	52	35

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.64	59:33

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.