Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksApr 12, 2019

FinalPlayoffsFriday, Apr 12, 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	3	1	1	5		VGK	9	10	4	23
SJS	3	0	0	3		SJS	12	10	15	37

: VGK 44SJS 73
: VGK 3.36SJS 3.20
PP goals: VGK 1SJS 1
Hits: VGK 31SJS 46
Blocks: VGK 26SJS 10
PIM: VGK 22SJS 12
: VGK 48%SJS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at SJS. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:21 together.

Points
Logan Couture had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:36.Couture
Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:15.Pacioretty
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 29:08.Karlsson
Points
Paul Stastny had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:43.Stastny
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:21 together.Pavelski Couture Karlsson Hertl Labanc
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:27 together.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Tuch
Usage
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 7:02, −17:29 down on his 24:31 season average over 17 games.Vlasic
Usage
Joe Pavelski (SJS) played 25:35, +6:25 up on his 19:10 season average over 12 games.Pavelski

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 117 of 117 attempts · SJS 73 · VGK 44

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 26% of the game, SJS 47%.

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
	36	44
	1.52	1.77
	1.49	1.72
	8	6
	6	4
	16	12
	−0.031	+0.031
	26%	47%

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
8:1329% CF
L2Eakin – Nosek – Tuch
7:0643% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
6:1150% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
5:0467% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
12:5450% CF
D2Engelland – Schmidt
12:0233% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
9:1346% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
1:27100% CF
PP2Smith – Eakin – Karlsson – Miller – Marchessault
1:26100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
3:01
PK2FEakin – Stone
2:38
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
6:18
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
1:24

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
7:2971% CF
L2Nyquist – Kane – Hertl
6:5525% CF
L3Pavelski – Couture – Meier
5:1377% CF
L4Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson
5:0833% CF
D1Karlsson – Dillon
6:5567% CF
D2Braun – Ryan
3:300% CF
D3Burns – Vlasic
3:0733% CF

PP1Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
6:2183% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson
2:5967% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:29
PK2FKane – Sorensen
0:27
PK1DBraun – Karlsson
1:09
PK2DBurns – Vlasic
0:29

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:58
VGKCody Eakin (Max Pacioretty)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Engelland, Pacioretty, Eakin, Schmidt, TuchSJS: Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Dillon
VGK 1 – 0 SJS
4:37
VGKColin MillerSHwrist0.06 xG
VGK: Stastny, McNabb, Miller, BellemareSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson
VGK 2 – 0 SJS
6:11
VGKMax Pacioretty (Paul Stastny)snap0.07 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Merrill, StoneSJS: Pavelski, Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Meier
VGK 3 – 0 SJS
16:59
SJSLogan Couture (Joe Pavelski, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, TheodoreSJS: Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Labanc
VGK 3 – 1 SJS
17:38
SJSTomas HertlPP (Erik Karlsson, Logan Couture)deflected0.15 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, StoneSJS: Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc
VGK 3 – 2 SJS
19:08
SJSJoe Thornton (Brenden Dillon, Evander Kane)deflected0.06 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Eakin, Marchessault, TheodoreSJS: Thornton, Pavelski, Braun, Kane, Dillon
VGK 3 – 3 SJS

2nd period

1:31
VGKMark StonePP (Paul Stastny, Alex Tuch)wrist0.27 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, TuchSJS: Burns, Karlsson, Sorensen, Hertl
VGK 4 – 3 SJS

3rd period

7:35
VGKWilliam KarlssonSH (Reilly Smith, Nate Schmidt)backhand0.08 xG
VGK: Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, SchmidtSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Karlsson, Hertl
VGK 5 – 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
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	4	1	2	17:37	—	—	29	32
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	29	34
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.35	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	38	46
Cody Eakin C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.49	1	3	0	18:35	—	—	54	85
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	1	1	2	13:35	—	—	47	90
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	5	0	2	13:32	—	—	40	48
William Karlsson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	52	44
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.77	0	1	0	15:31	—	—	56	32
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:21	—	—	50	48
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.42	1	1	0	13:52	—	—	50	25
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:51	—	—	63	47
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	5:45	—	—	57	20
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	3	3	2	25:10	—	—	50	41
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	2	17:08	—	—	50	42
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	3	5	6	24:39	—	—	38	48
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.16	0	6	2	21:36	—	—	35	62
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	50	73
Colin Miller D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	3	1	4	13:38	—	—	46	36

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.20	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	0	2	18:34	—	—	75	83
Joe Thornton C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	69	56
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	12:35	—	—	65	45
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.44	0	0	2	23:32	—	—	25	28
Evander Kane L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	9	1	2	19:55	—	—	39	31
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	37	34
Joe Pavelski C	L3	0	1	1	-2	4	0.48	1	0	0	25:35	—	—	63	53
Logan Couture C	L3	1	1	2	-2	5	0.61	2	1	2	20:36	—	—	71	72
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	4	12:00	—	—	79	87
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:30	—	—	25	26
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	7:30	—	—	33	58
Micheal Haley L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	5	1	0	6:33	—	—	29	27
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	-2	1	0.42	0	2	0	29:08	—	—	55	54
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	9	0	0	17:28	—	—	68	62
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.14	2	0	0	19:38	—	—	52	56
Joakim Ryan D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	7:34	—	—	38	62
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.26	4	1	0	28:36	—	—	58	47
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:02	—	—	20	15

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell	L	16	14	2	.875	1.65	49:33
Martin Jones(start)	—	7	4	3	.571	0.44	6:39

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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.