Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksApr 10, 2019

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, Apr 10, 2019· 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	1	1	2		VGK	5	5	16	26
SJS	1	3	1	5		SJS	8	14	11	33

: VGK 57SJS 64
: VGK 4.03SJS 3.37
PP goals: VGK 1SJS 1
Hits: VGK 41SJS 42
Blocks: VGK 21SJS 16
PIM: VGK 34SJS 22
: VGK 50%SJS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:09 together.

Points
Mark Stone had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:47.Stone
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Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 28:25.Burns
Points
Evander Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:27.Kane
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Marc-Edouard Vlasic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:08.Vlasic
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Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:30.Hertl
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Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) in 26:25.Karlsson
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Max Pacioretty had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:50.Pacioretty
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:09 together.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Tuch

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 64 · VGK 57

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 29% 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
	47	50
	3.35	1.72
	3.30	1.65
	12	8
	4	5
	11	18
	+0.024	−0.024
	29%	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

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
9:5362% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:2652% CF
L3Eakin – Nosek – Tuch
6:4236% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
6:1545% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:3355% CF
D2Holden – Merrill
9:5157% CF
D3Engelland – Schmidt
8:3447% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
3:09100% CF
PP2Smith – Eakin – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt
1:3550% CF
PK1FEakin – Stone
2:24
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:59
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:57
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:31

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Nyquist – Kane – Hertl
10:2058% CF
L2Pavelski – Couture – Meier
8:4153% CF
L3Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
6:3850% CF
L4Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson
6:3246% CF
D1Burns – Vlasic
11:4550% CF
D2Karlsson – Dillon
10:2863% CF
D3Braun – Ryan
3:1157% CF

PP1Thornton – Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl
4:13100% CF
PP2Burns – Nyquist – Kane – Labanc – Meier
1:4350% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:27
PK2FCouture – Hertl
1:14
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
2:00
PK2DBurns – Braun
1:07

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:42
SJSJoe PavelskiPP (Brent Burns)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Stastny, Holden, Merrill, NosekSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Nyquist, Kane, Labanc
VGK 0 – 1 SJS

2nd period

6:59
SJSBrent Burns (Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Schmidt, TheodoreSJS: Burns, Karlsson, Hertl
VGK 0 – 2 SJS
7:44
SJSMarc-Edouard Vlasic (Joe Thornton, Evander Kane)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Holden, Merrill, Karlsson, MarchessaultSJS: Thornton, Vlasic, Braun, Kane
VGK 0 – 3 SJS
8:32
VGKMark Stone (Paul Stastny, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.14 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Schmidt, TheodoreSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Karlsson, Goodrow, Karlsson
VGK 1 – 3 SJS
19:42
SJSEvander Kane (Erik Karlsson, Gustav Nyquist)tip-in0.07 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, SchmidtSJS: Burns, Karlsson, Nyquist, Kane, Hertl
VGK 1 – 4 SJS

3rd period

15:26
VGKMark StonePP (Shea Theodore, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, TuchSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl
VGK 2 – 4 SJS
18:11
SJSTomas HertlEN (Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic)wrist0.55 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Smith, Stone, Karlsson, MarchessaultSJS: Pavelski, Vlasic, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl
VGK 2 – 5 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
Mark Stone R	L1	2	0	2	-1	3	0.51	1	2	0	18:47	—	—	63	65
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.27	0	0	2	17:49	—	—	48	42
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	2	2	-2	0	0.09	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	53	46
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	3	3	0	18:18	—	—	48	77
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.95	3	1	0	16:28	—	—	52	82
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	2	16:02	—	—	48	74
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.61	3	0	0	14:13	—	—	47	78
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	0	13:05	—	—	41	62
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	10	10:11	—	—	40	82
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	2	11:09	—	—	53	71
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.81	9	0	2	9:53	—	—	42	57
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	4	0	10	9:30	—	—	42	62
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	1	3	0	24:00	—	—	48	45
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	1	2	20:02	—	—	58	39
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	3	0	19:29	—	—	46	55
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:34	—	—	52	62
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	48	91
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	4	2	18:49	—	—	38	78

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.82	59:17

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	1	2	+3	3	1.01	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	67	43
Evander Kane L	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.39	7	0	10	19:27	—	—	52	41
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	2	2	0	15:57	—	—	54	38
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.28	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	47	14
Joe Pavelski C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	1	0	2	16:52	—	—	50	12
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	9	0	2	14:05	—	—	57	24
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.36	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	43	36
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	6	0	0	12:46	—	—	47	46
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	2	10:14	—	—	59	63
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:48	—	—	50	37
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	2	9:58	—	—	43	26
Micheal Haley L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	2	8:03	—	—	50	42
Brent Burns D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.33	2	4	0	28:25	—	—	51	27
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.11	2	2	0	23:08	—	—	52	47
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	26:25	—	—	56	41
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	17:08	—	—	50	22
Justin Braun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:37	—	—	45	40
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:18	—	—	57	35

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	4.03	59:34

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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.