Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksOct 4, 2019

FinalFriday, Oct 4, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	2	1	5		VGK	13	10	6	29
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	9	6	20	35

: VGK 49SJS 57
: VGK 2.62SJS 2.72
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 0
Hits: VGK 26SJS 31
Blocks: VGK 10SJS 15
PIM: VGK 40SJS 36
: VGK 37%SJS 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–1 at SJS. Tomas Nosek (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for SJS: Hertl–Labanc–Bergmann skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tomas Nosek had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:13.Nosek
Points
Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:53.Stone
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Labanc–Bergmann skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Labanc Bergmann
Usage
Jake Middleton (SJS) played 2:13, −9:30 down on his 11:43 season average over 9 games.Middleton
Luck
VGK scored 5 goals on 2.62 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 17:13, +5:42 up on his 11:31 season average over 66 games.Nosek
Usage
Barclay Goodrow (SJS) played 11:01, −4:59 down on his 16:00 season average over 69 games.Goodrow
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +6 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Fleury

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 106 of 106 attempts · SJS 57 · VGK 49

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 28% of the game, SJS 37%.

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
	48	46
	2.41	1.72
	2.25	1.67
	16	12
	2	1
	14	19
	−0.110	+0.110
	28%	37%

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
9:3545% CF
L2Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
9:1535% CF
L3Stastny – Pirri – Zykov
8:4847% CF
L4Pacioretty – Stone – Glass
7:4467% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
16:3962% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:1856% CF
D3Engelland – Hague
11:2936% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
1:49
PP2Holden – Smith – Pirri – Merrill – Marchessault
0:58100% CF
PK1FStone – Nosek
5:05
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:55
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
5:02
PK2DHolden – Merrill
2:27

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Meier – Yurtaykin
10:2150% CF
L2Hertl – Labanc – Bergmann
6:5040% CF
L3Thornton – Sorensen – Goodrow
3:38100% CF
L4Karlsson – Gambrell – Radil
3:0160% CF
D1Karlsson – Dillon
8:3467% CF
D2Burns – Vlasic
8:1538% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
5:5983% CF
PP2Thornton – Karlsson – Sorensen – Gambrell – Yurtaykin
1:42
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:05
PK2FLabanc – Gambrell
1:00
PK1DKarlsson – Dillon
2:06
PK2DBurns – Vlasic
1:54

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:01
VGKWilliam Carrier (Tomas Nosek, Valentin Zykov)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Engelland, Zykov, Carrier, Nosek, HagueSJS: Thornton, Dillon, Gambrell, Ferraro, Bergmann
VGK 1 – 0 SJS
14:09
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Shea Theodore)tip-in0.05 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreSJS: Thornton, Burns, Karlsson, Sorensen, Karlsson
VGK 2 – 0 SJS

2nd period

15:22
VGKBrayden McNabbSH (William Karlsson, Reilly Smith)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, KarlssonSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc
VGK 3 – 0 SJS
16:50
VGKTomas Nosek (Brandon Pirri, Mark Stone)backhand0.44 xG
VGK: Holden, Pirri, Merrill, Stone, NosekSJS: Thornton, Karlsson, Sorensen, Gambrell, Yurtaykin
VGK 4 – 0 SJS

3rd period

9:10
VGKTomas NosekSH (Mark Stone)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Stone, NosekSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc
VGK 5 – 0 SJS
14:05
SJSBarclay Goodrow (Mario Ferraro, Joe Thornton)backhand0.05 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, HagueSJS: Thornton, Burns, Sorensen, Goodrow, Ferraro
VGK 5 – 1 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	3	0.34	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	50	43
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	2	0	0	16:25	—	—	48	42
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	12	14:58	—	—	52	49
Tomas Nosek L	L2	2	1	3	+3	2	0.56	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	45	79
William Carrier L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	2	0	0	10:28	—	—	39	39
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	9:56	—	—	35	33
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	2	15:54	—	—	56	40
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	1	2	12:51	—	—	50	71
Valentin Zykov L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	47	30
Mark Stone R	L4	0	2	2	+2	4	0.50	1	1	0	17:53	—	—	75	89
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	3	0	2	15:13	—	—	65	61
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	56	57
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	22:52	—	—	61	81
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	2	21:41	—	—	62	80
Brayden McNabb D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.08	2	2	0	21:12	—	—	56	64
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	56	64
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	1	2	10	17:41	—	—	36	23
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	10	13:57	—	—	37	26

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.72	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.51	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	56	58
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	2	1	2	17:37	—	—	59	68
Danil Yurtaykin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	2	0	16:29	—	—	48	40
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	0	1	0	21:46	—	—	53	55
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	2	0	0	21:20	—	—	61	64
Lean Bergmann C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.16	3	0	0	12:29	—	—	46	57
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	10	13:15	—	—	28	19
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	12	12:08	—	—	25	13
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	3	1	10	11:01	—	—	53	72
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	0	2	0	12:22	—	—	50	19
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	2	0	12:05	—	—	35	12
Lukas Radil C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	63	54
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.05	1	2	0	27:12	—	—	53	28
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	7	1	0	21:00	—	—	43	60
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.25	4	1	0	29:14	—	—	43	54
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	21:10	—	—	46	31
Mario Ferraro D	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	13:37	—	—	65	74
Jake Middleton D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	2:13	—	—	50	100

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	2.26	40:00
Aaron Dell	—	6	5	1	.833	0.36	20:00

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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.