Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksApr 23, 2019

Final / OTPlayoffsTuesday, Apr 23, 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	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
VGK	1	1	2	0	4		VGK	4	10	15	9	38
SJS	0	0	4	1	5		SJS	11	9	14	14	48

: VGK 63SJS 88
: VGK 3.98SJS 5.90
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 4
Hits: VGK 42SJS 32
Blocks: VGK 25SJS 16
PIM: VGK 23SJS 4
: VGK 51%SJS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in overtime at home. Kevin Labanc (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 3A. Brent Burns (SJS) played 39:37, +11:48 up on his 27:49 season average over 19 games.

Points
Kevin Labanc had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 26:09.Labanc
Points
Logan Couture had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:47.Couture
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:25.Marchessault
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Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 30:22.Hertl
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 33:46.Karlsson
Points
Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:53.Stone
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:40.Smith
Usage
Brent Burns (SJS) played 39:37, +11:48 up on his 27:49 season average over 19 games.Burns

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 151 of 151 attempts · SJS 88 · VGK 63

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 23% of the game, SJS 44%.

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
	64	74
	3.98	4.04
	3.94	3.93
	14	14
	6	5
	25	26
	+0.046	−0.045
	23%	44%

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
15:5439% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:0250% CF
L3Pirri – Eakin – Tuch
7:2873% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
4:5825% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
19:2247% CF
D2Engelland – Schmidt
16:5444% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
14:5356% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
1:27100% CF
PP2Smith – Pirri – Karlsson – Miller – Marchessault
0:58
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
4:15
PK2FEakin – Stone
2:15
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
6:07
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
3:15

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
13:4753% CF
L2Pavelski – Couture – Meier
9:3567% CF
L3Nyquist – Kane – Hertl
8:2833% CF
D1Burns – Vlasic
16:3248% CF
D2Karlsson – Dillon
6:4833% CF
D3Braun – Ryan
4:3683% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Nyquist – Kane – Sorensen
5:09100% CF
PP2Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc – Meier
4:07100% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
0:42
PK2FSorensen – Karlsson
0:30
PK1DBurns – Vlasic
1:28
PK2DBraun – Karlsson
0:48

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:10
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, Miller, MarchessaultSJS: Karlsson, Dillon, Goodrow, Karlsson, Radil
VGK 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

10:00
VGKCody Eakin (Brayden McNabb, Shea Theodore)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Marchessault, Theodore, TuchSJS: Karlsson, Kane, Dillon, Goodrow, Karlsson
VGK 2 – 0 SJS

3rd period

3:36
VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, SchmidtSJS: Thornton, Vlasic, Braun, Sorensen, Labanc
VGK 3 – 0 SJS
9:20
SJSLogan CouturePP (Kevin Labanc, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, McNabb, StoneSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc, Meier
VGK 3 – 1 SJS
10:09
SJSTomas HertlPP (Erik Karlsson, Kevin Labanc)tip-in0.09 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc, Meier
VGK 3 – 2 SJS
12:53
SJSLogan CouturePP (Brent Burns, Kevin Labanc)slap0.07 xG
VGK: Engelland, Pacioretty, McNabb, NosekSJS: Burns, Couture, Hertl, Labanc, Meier
VGK 3 – 3 SJS
13:21
SJSKevin LabancPP (Timo Meier)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc, Meier
VGK 3 – 4 SJS
19:13
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, Mark Stone)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Smith, Stone, Karlsson, MarchessaultSJS: Thornton, Burns, Vlasic, Kane, Goodrow
VGK 4 – 4 SJS

OT period

18:19
SJSBarclay Goodrow (Erik Karlsson, Marcus Sorensen)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Theodore, NosekSJS: Thornton, Vlasic, Karlsson, Sorensen, Goodrow
VGK 4 – 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	0	2	2	+1	4	0.47	1	0	0	28:53	—	—	35	43
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.46	3	2	0	25:53	—	—	37	45
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	2	0	23:42	—	—	41	42
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.55	0	3	0	24:55	—	—	55	55
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.11	2	0	0	22:40	—	—	50	49
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	1	2	+3	5	0.45	5	1	0	22:25	—	—	46	51
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	2	0	2	20:36	—	—	59	62
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.78	6	0	0	17:15	—	—	61	69
Cody Eakin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	2	0	15	13:26	—	—	63	76
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	15:41	—	—	42	27
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:01	—	—	33	24
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	2	2	5:55	—	—	33	30
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	2	3	2	28:52	—	—	38	66
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	27:24	—	—	49	65
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	0	27:56	—	—	43	30
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	27:08	—	—	44	37
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	2	5	0	22:31	—	—	53	55
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	2	18:32	—	—	53	56

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	48	43	5	.896	5.90	77:09

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Labanc R	L1	1	3	4	-1	3	0.29	2	3	2	26:09	—	—	43	38
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	24:37	—	—	48	34
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.74	2	0	0	23:38	—	—	37	26
Logan Couture C	L2	2	0	2	0	5	0.45	2	0	0	24:47	—	—	64	73
Timo Meier R	L2	0	1	1	0	10	1.18	5	0	0	23:23	—	—	69	71
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	68	81
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	1	2	0	5	0.74	1	1	0	30:22	—	—	61	58
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.41	4	0	0	29:30	—	—	55	55
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	1	2	0	19:06	—	—	68	68
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.53	2	2	0	39:37	—	—	49	40
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	4	2	0	27:54	—	—	54	43
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	2	2	-1	5	0.22	1	4	2	33:46	—	—	54	55
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:46	—	—	31	24
Justin Braun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	25:43	—	—	62	66
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:16	—	—	64	87
Melker Karlsson C	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	3	0	0	12:55	—	—	38	28
Barclay Goodrow C	—	1	0	1	-2	1	0.12	0	0	0	7:26	—	—	25	20
Lukas Radil C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:36	—	—	0	0

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	38	34	4	.895	3.98	78:10

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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.