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Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksFeb 13, 2021

Final· SAP Center at San Jose
Goals123TShots123T
VGK1113VGK710926
SJS0101SJS117725
VGK 51SJS 44
VGK 3.29SJS 2.51
PP goals
VGK 3SJS 0
Hits
VGK 23SJS 27
Blocks
VGK 10SJS 15
PIM
VGK 10SJS 14
VGK 59%SJS 41%

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. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:53 together.

  1. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:46.Stephenson
  2. Points
    Alec Martinez had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:30.Martinez
  3. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:53 together.PaciorettyPietrangeloStoneKarlssonGlass
  4. New line
    New look for SJS: Hertl–Meier–Balcers skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HertlMeierBalcers
  5. Usage
    Radim Simek (SJS) played 5:56, −8:29 down on his 14:25 season average over 39 games.Simek
  6. New line
    New look for SJS: Marleau–Nieto–Donato skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MarleauNietoDonato
  7. New line
    New look for SJS: Sorensen–Gabriel–Gambrell skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SorensenGabrielGambrell
  8. Luck
    SJS scored 1 goal on 2.51 expected goals (44 attempts), well short of its chances.

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.

Shot map, VGK at SJS: 95 attempts, 51 on goal, 4 goals, 5.80 expected goals; best chance William Karlsson at 0.52 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • SJS
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · SJS 44 · VGK 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VGK at SJS: expected goals 2.51 to 3.29 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 44 to 51, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdSJSVGKMSHSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • SJS
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SJSVGKcontrol2nd3rdMarchessault · 1st 13:13Stone · 2nd 9:56Hertl · 2nd 18:39Stephenson · 3rd 6:45
  • 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 26%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, VGK at SJS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Martin Jones (59:40) for SJS and Marc-Andre Fleury (60:00) for VGK, 4 goals.

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
StatVGKSJS
4142
1.892.40
1.842.32
1010
54
1812
+0.045−0.044
28%26%

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

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 9:56
    VGK 2 – 0 SJS
  2. 18:39
    VGK 2 – 1 SJS

3rd period

  1. 6:45
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mark Stone RL1101010.2300019:42——7144
Chandler Stephenson CL1112010.1500018:46——7150
Max Pacioretty LL1000030.1610017:27——6936
William Karlsson CL2011010.5201018:01——3739
Jonathan Marchessault RL2101020.4110017:07——4248
Reilly Smith RL2000050.7720216:23——4139
Nicolas Roy CL3000-100.0013011:12——3529
William Carrier LL3000-110.0710010:36——2915
Ryan Reaves RL3000-100.094029:52——3528
Alex Tuch RL4011000.0011214:11——5989
Cody Glass CL4011010.2500013:59——5684
Keegan Kolesar RL4000040.443009:39——5388
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000-130.0501027:01——5840
Alec Martinez DD1022020.0312024:30——6347
Nicolas Hague DD2000000.0450017:35——3228
Zach Whitecloud DD2000010.0310416:12——3630
Nick Holden DD3000010.0301015:55——5263
Dylan Coghlan DD3000-100.0021014:59——5051
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)W25241.9602.5160:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Evander Kane LL1000030.5741619:34——5673
Logan Couture CL1000000.0000218:57——5071
Kevin Labanc RL1000040.2710016:19——5271
Tomas Hertl CL2101+120.1720019:19——5555
Timo Meier RL2000+110.5040015:48——5054
Rudolfs Balcers LL2011+100.0010011:09——5052
Matt Nieto LL3000010.1202014:48——3917
Ryan Donato CL3000020.0710013:17——5023
Patrick Marleau CL3000020.1200011:59——5023
Dylan Gambrell CL4000000.0004015:24——3859
Marcus Sorensen LL4000010.1810011:39——6096
Kurtis Gabriel RL4000000.002007:03——5095
Brent Burns DD1000040.3820228:31——5554
Mario Ferraro DD1000030.1121025:51——4545
Nikolai Knyzhov DD2000000.0033418:23——4568
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DD2011+110.0112018:15——6190
Erik Karlsson DD3000+110.0211018:30——6566
Radim Simek DD3000000.002105:56——3642
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Martin Jones(start)L26233.8853.2959:40