Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksMay 12, 2021

FinalWednesday, May 12, 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	2	2	2	6		VGK	20	15	9	44
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	6	7	6	19

: VGK 67SJS 43
: VGK 4.43SJS 2.32
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 0
Hits: VGK 13SJS 28
Blocks: VGK 13SJS 12
PIM: VGK 2SJS 8
: VGK 50%SJS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 6–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 6–0 at SJS. Dylan Sikura (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alexei Melnichuk (SJS) faced 44 shots and stopped 38 (.864), +17 against a season average of 27.0; the loss.

Points
Dylan Sikura had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:09.Sikura
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:54.Marchessault
Points
Keegan Kolesar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:12.Kolesar
Points
William Carrier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:47.Carrier
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:25.Smith
Goalie
Alexei Melnichuk (SJS) faced 44 shots and stopped 38 (.864), +17 against a season average of 27.0; the loss.Melnichuk
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 15:12, +5:47 up on his 9:25 season average over 43 games.Kolesar
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 2.32 expected goals (43 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.

Strength

Period

Team

← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · SJS 43 · VGK 67

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 18%.

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
	65	43
	4.59	2.24
	4.34	2.16
	20	8
	2	2
	16	20
	+0.012	−0.012
	48%	18%

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

L1Stone – Stephenson – Janmark
12:0853% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:5142% CF
L3Tuch – Sikura – Roy
6:3844% CF
D1McNabb – Whitecloud
16:2670% CF
D2Coghlan – Hague
15:3148% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Theodore
13:1855% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
4:01100% CF
PP2Stone – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore – Hague
3:3760% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Carrier
1:21
PK2FJanmark – Roy
0:39
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:50
PK2DCoghlan – Hague
0:10

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Balcers – Gambrell – Chmelevski
12:3050% CF
L2Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
10:2527% CF
L3Marleau – Labanc – Meier
9:0450% CF
L4Gregor – Chekhovich – Bergmann
8:4533% CF
D1Karlsson – Knyzhov
15:0848% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
14:1648% CF
D3Vlasic – Pasichnuk
13:0336% CF

PP1Burns – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Barabanov
1:52100% CF
PK1FBalcers – Gambrell
2:28
PK2FKane – Hertl
1:30
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
4:32
PK2DVlasic – Knyzhov
3:09

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:52
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)backhand0.11 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, RoySJS: Burns, Vlasic, Meier, Gambrell, Chmelevski
VGK 1 – 0 SJS
7:48
VGKKeegan Kolesar (William Carrier, Nicolas Roy)backhand0.19 xG
VGK: McNabb, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, WhitecloudSJS: Karlsson, Gregor, Ferraro, Chekhovich, Bergmann
VGK 2 – 0 SJS

2nd period

3:05
VGKWilliam Carrier (Alex Tuch, William Karlsson)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Theodore, Carrier, TuchSJS: Burns, Kane, Hertl, Ferraro, Barabanov
VGK 3 – 0 SJS
7:04
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, Zach Whitecloud)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, Roy, WhitecloudSJS: Vlasic, Kane, Hertl, Barabanov, Pasichnuk
VGK 4 – 0 SJS

3rd period

4:10
VGKDylan Sikura (Mattias Janmark, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stephenson, Janmark, Theodore, SikuraSJS: Karlsson, Balcers, Gambrell, Chekhovich, Knyzhov
VGK 5 – 0 SJS
12:16
VGKDylan Sikura (Keegan Kolesar, Dylan Coghlan)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Carrier, Sikura, Kolesar, Coghlan, HagueSJS: Marleau, Karlsson, Labanc, Meier, Knyzhov
VGK 6 – 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
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	59	62
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	56	53
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	53	51
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.23	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	56	49
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.20	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	56	62
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	2	2	+2	5	0.52	0	0	2	17:25	—	—	58	61
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	+3	4	0.65	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	60	77
Dylan Sikura R	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.25	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	48	71
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	6	0.97	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	72	96
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+4	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	70	80
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	2	1	0	18:55	—	—	70	83
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	5	4	0	22:39	—	—	50	63
Dylan Coghlan D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	52	69
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	1	0	1	+2	7	0.63	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	58	54
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	59	53
Keegan Kolesar R	—	1	1	2	+2	1	0.19	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	63	65
William Carrier L	—	1	1	2	+3	3	0.26	3	3	0	13:47	—	—	70	74

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	2.32	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Gambrell C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.33	1	1	0	19:51	—	—	44	39
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	2	2	0	18:37	—	—	46	42
Sasha Chmelevski C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	4	0	0	14:39	—	—	48	50
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	3	0	2	16:00	—	—	28	25
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	31	26
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	25	22
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	2	0	0	13:42	—	—	48	38
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.29	2	0	0	13:01	—	—	46	36
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	3	0	0	12:01	—	—	48	39
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	3	1	0	13:12	—	—	37	29
Lean Bergmann C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	4	10:19	—	—	35	16
Ivan Chekhovich L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:29	—	—	35	13
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	2	1	0	21:06	—	—	42	33
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	0	0	2	20:39	—	—	41	26
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	0	1	0	22:49	—	—	45	46
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:18	—	—	36	37
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:12	—	—	41	34
Brinson Pasichnuk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	36	30

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexei Melnichuk(start)	L	44	38	6	.864	4.43	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.