Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksDec 22, 2019

FinalSunday, Dec 22, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	13	10	14	37
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	7	11	20	38

: VGK 74SJS 73
: VGK 3.55SJS 3.78
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 0
Hits: VGK 7SJS 28
Blocks: VGK 21SJS 17
PIM: VGK 10SJS 10
: VGK 49%SJS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at SJS. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SJS scored 1 goal on 3.78 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:45.Karlsson
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 3.78 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Malcolm Subban (VGK) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +11 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Subban
Goalie
Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +7 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.Dell
Usage
Timo Meier (SJS) played 10:44, −6:39 down on his 17:23 season average over 69 games.Meier
Usage
Tomas Hertl (SJS) played 22:21, +3:59 up on his 18:22 season average over 47 games.Hertl
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 18:35, −3:43 down on his 22:18 season average over 70 games.Theodore
Usage
Alex Tuch (VGK) played 11:41, −3:01 down on his 14:42 season average over 41 games.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 147 of 147 attempts · SJS 73 · VGK 74

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 33% of the game, SJS 23%.

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
	76	52
	3.46	1.99
	3.26	1.84
	20	12
	11	6
	16	14
	−0.008	+0.009
	33%	23%

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

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
12:5255% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:5158% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
7:1565% CF
L4Stastny – Zykov – Tuch
6:1676% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
14:2864% CF
D2Engelland – Merrill
14:0148% CF
D3Theodore – Hague
11:0866% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
3:0075% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Zykov – Hague
2:5183% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:36
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:23
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
2:00
PK2DEngelland – Merrill
0:37

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Marleau – Couture – Kane
6:5435% CF
L2Sorensen – Goodrow – Meier
6:1633% CF
L3Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman
6:1424% CF
L4Thornton – Hertl – Labanc
5:5677% CF
D1Vlasic – Karlsson
14:3740% CF
D2Burns – Dillon
14:3447% CF
D3Heed – Middleton
8:3436% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl
2:18100% CF
PP2Thornton – Marleau – Heed – Labanc – Meier
0:46100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
2:56
PK2FKane – Hertl
1:19
PK1DBurns – Dillon
2:18
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
1:56

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

17:31
VGKPaul Stastny (Alex Tuch, Valentin Zykov)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Engelland, Stastny, Merrill, Zykov, TuchSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Sorensen, Goodrow, Meier
VGK 1 – 0 SJS

3rd period

3:54
SJSLogan Couture (Brent Burns, Tomas Hertl)snap0.17 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Merrill, Karlsson, MarchessaultSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Dillon, Hertl
VGK 1 – 1 SJS
8:05
VGKShea Theodore (William Karlsson, Nicolas Hague)snap0.09 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, HagueSJS: Marleau, Burns, Dillon, Noesen, Goodrow
VGK 2 – 1 SJS
16:35
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl
VGK 3 – 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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	0	2	0	21:53	—	—	54	63
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.29	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	55	57
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	2	18:21	—	—	53	62
William Karlsson C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	62	53
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	3	0	17:28	—	—	60	52
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.16	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	57	39
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	1	1	0	9:38	—	—	59	70
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	2	9:31	—	—	59	73
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	2	8:27	—	—	62	85
Paul Stastny C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	0	1	0	14:05	—	—	70	70
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.44	0	1	0	11:41	—	—	73	76
Valentin Zykov L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:07	—	—	65	62
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	24:45	—	—	64	56
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	0	2	4	19:49	—	—	62	56
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	3	0	17:40	—	—	47	62
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	2	0	17:20	—	—	49	62
Shea Theodore D	D3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.40	1	2	0	18:35	—	—	66	70
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	65	70

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	3.78	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.33	3	0	0	20:52	—	—	30	21
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.75	4	2	4	20:01	—	—	31	30
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	44	35
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	3	2	0	13:54	—	—	40	40
Marcus Sorensen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	2	0	12:36	—	—	50	62
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	0	0	10:44	—	—	31	11
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	36	39
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:44	—	—	19	24
Joel Kellman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:34	—	—	22	27
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	1	1	0	5	0.57	0	0	0	22:21	—	—	44	25
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.64	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	66	57
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	67	70
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.19	1	1	2	28:01	—	—	38	21
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	3	0	22:40	—	—	40	19
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	0	5	0.29	2	1	2	27:14	—	—	41	45
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	2	19:17	—	—	45	46
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	11:57	—	—	42	51
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:14	—	—	33	45

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.55	57:01

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.