Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksMar 6, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 6, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	2	1	4		VGK	14	14	4	32
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	8	9	7	24

: VGK 62SJS 57
: VGK 3.08SJS 1.66
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 0
Hits: VGK 29SJS 35
Blocks: VGK 19SJS 17
PIM: VGK 2SJS 4
: VGK 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 4–0 at SJS. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Mark Stone (VGK) played 9:39, −9:35 down on his 19:14 season average over 54 games.

Points
Alex Tuch had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:57.Tuch
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 9:39, −9:35 down on his 19:14 season average over 54 games.Stone
New line
New look for SJS: Balcers–Gambrell–Leonard skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Balcers Gambrell Leonard
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Donato–Gregor skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (15.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Donato Gregor
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 20:34, −3:58 down on his 24:32 season average over 40 games.Pietrangelo
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 1.66 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alex Tuch (VGK) played 19:57, +3:11 up on his 16:46 season average over 54 games.Tuch
Usage
Nick Holden (VGK) played 21:01, +5:30 up on his 15:31 season average over 16 games.Holden

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 119 of 119 attempts · SJS 57 · VGK 62

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 48% of the game, SJS 21%.

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
	70	56
	3.47	1.77
	3.34	1.72
	16	12
	8	2
	19	10
	+0.019	−0.019
	48%	21%

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
12:0156% CF
L2Tuch – Roy – Glass
10:2388% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
9:4341% CF
L4Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
8:1662% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
16:0860% CF
D2Holden – Pietrangelo
15:0559% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:2554% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
2:01100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Glass
1:450% CF
PK1FNosek – Roy
1:23
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:32
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:23
PK2DHolden – Hague
0:32

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
13:4753% CF
L2Balcers – Gambrell – Leonard
9:3946% CF
L3Marleau – Donato – Gregor
8:3515% CF
L4Nieto – Gabriel – Kellman
7:4143% CF
D1Karlsson – Knyzhov
15:3255% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
12:2429% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
9:2421% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Donato – Labanc
1:2188% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Balcers – Gregor – Leonard
0:33100% CF
PK1FNieto – Gambrell
1:28
PK2FCouture – Kane
0:57
PK1DBurns – Vlasic
1:13
PK2DKarlsson – Simek
0:59

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:02
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, StephensonSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, Ferraro
VGK 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

5:01
VGKAlex Tuchwrist0.07 xG
VGK: Martinez, Theodore, Tuch, Roy, GlassSJS: Marleau, Burns, Donato, Gregor, Ferraro
VGK 2 – 0 SJS
16:38
VGKAlex Tuchbackhand0.11 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, TuchSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, Ferraro
VGK 3 – 0 SJS

3rd period

11:03
VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Holden, Pietrangelo, Smith, Marchessault, GlassSJS: Burns, Balcers, Gambrell, Simek, Leonard
VGK 4 – 0 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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	55	50
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	1	0	16:31	—	—	47	47
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	55	50
Alex Tuch R	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	0.55	2	3	0	19:57	—	—	59	88
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	83	81
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	82	84
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	6	1	0	13:50	—	—	35	47
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	6	0	0	13:44	—	—	44	43
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:15	—	—	48	53
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	1	1	+2	5	0.33	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	47	77
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.24	0	2	0	15:35	—	—	57	81
Mark Stone R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.33	0	0	0	9:39	—	—	62	80
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	57	65
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:21	—	—	61	65
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	2	1	0	21:01	—	—	51	65
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.30	1	2	0	20:34	—	—	61	79
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	3	2	17:23	—	—	46	56
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	3	0	15:19	—	—	59	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.66	59:51

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.21	3	1	0	18:52	—	—	49	21
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	1	2	0	17:44	—	—	54	27
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.44	3	0	0	17:38	—	—	54	36
Dylan Gambrell C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	3	2	0	16:04	—	—	47	42
John Leonard L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	3	0	13:28	—	—	40	26
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	0	0	12:47	—	—	45	47
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	14:37	—	—	28	26
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	35	29
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:15	—	—	24	12
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	14:40	—	—	55	67
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	13:09	—	—	42	42
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	6	1	2	10:57	—	—	40	41
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	2	0	22:30	—	—	53	33
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	56	35
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-4	2	0.07	0	2	0	23:27	—	—	42	31
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	2	0	2	18:58	—	—	38	20
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	2	0	18:23	—	—	41	50
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:30	—	—	30	43

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.08	60:00

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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.