Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksOct 25, 2022

FinalTuesday, Oct 25, 2022· SAP Center at San Jose

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	3	4		VGK	14	7	10	31
SJS	0	2	0	2		SJS	6	16	9	31

: VGK 61SJS 71
: VGK 3.88SJS 2.43
PP goals: VGK 0SJS 0
Hits: VGK 14SJS 23
Blocks: VGK 27SJS 19
PIM: VGK 4SJS 2
: 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 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at SJS. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Evgeny Svechnikov (SJS) played 14:12, +3:31 up on his 10:41 season average over 58 games.

Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:27.Theodore
Usage
Evgeny Svechnikov (SJS) played 14:12, +3:31 up on his 10:41 season average over 58 games.Svechnikov
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 18:27, −3:02 down on his 21:29 season average over 54 games.Theodore
Usage
Matt Benning (SJS) played 15:59, −3:51 down on his 19:50 season average over 76 games.Benning
Usage
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 14:01, −3:30 down on his 17:31 season average over 77 games.Vlasic
Shots
Timo Meier (SJS) led everyone with 8 shot on goals without scoring.Meier

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 132 of 132 attempts · SJS 71 · VGK 61

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 30% of the game, SJS 27%.

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
	66	76
	3.68	2.58
	3.54	2.54
	13	8
	8	7
	17	24
	+0.004	−0.004
	30%	27%

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 – Eichel
13:1067% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:5445% CF
L3Kessel – Amadio – Howden
10:3650% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
8:2420% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:1450% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
14:4054% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
14:2241% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Eichel
1:06100% CF
PP2Kessel – Smith – Karlsson – Theodore – Roy
0:52100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
0:47
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:37
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:01
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:47

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
12:5768% CF
L2Couture – Kunin – Gregor
10:2727% CF
L3Labanc – Svechnikov – Sturm
9:3741% CF
L4Nieto – Lindblom – Lorentz
6:5153% CF
D1Karlsson – Megna
15:0350% CF
D2Ferraro – Simek
14:0547% CF
D3Vlasic – Benning
12:0550% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
1:04100% CF
PP2Lindblom – Labanc – Kunin – Ferraro – Sturm
0:43
PK1FCouture – Kunin
0:51
PK2FNieto – Lorentz
0:47
PK1DVlasic – Ferraro
0:51
PK2DBenning – Megna
0:47

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:51
VGKPhil Kessel (Brett Howden)wrist0.18 xG
VGK: Kessel, Amadio, Howden, Hague, WhitecloudSJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Benning, Kunin, Gregor
VGK 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

5:33
SJSNico Sturm (Kevin Labanc, Evgeny Svechnikov)tip-in0.10 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Amadio, HowdenSJS: Karlsson, Megna, Labanc, Svechnikov, Sturm
VGK 1 – 1 SJS
19:25
SJSMatt Nieto (Tomas Hertl)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, HagueSJS: Vlasic, Nieto, Hertl, Benning, Kunin
VGK 1 – 2 SJS

3rd period

0:55
VGKShea Theodore (Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreSJS: Labanc, Svechnikov, Ferraro, Simek, Sturm
VGK 2 – 2 SJS
13:13
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Alec Martinez)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Megna, Meier, Barabanov
VGK 3 – 2 SJS
14:15
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson, Shea Theodore)snap0.14 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, EichelSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Benning, Kunin, Gregor
VGK 4 – 2 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	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	65	81
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	2	0	2	18:33	—	—	60	79
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	67	90
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	3	0	17:08	—	—	49	66
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	0	2	0	16:53	—	—	44	63
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.78	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	46	66
Brett Howden C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	50	48
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	44	48
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	56	62
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	28	39
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	1	0	10:39	—	—	33	42
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:35	—	—	19	18
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.10	0	2	0	23:04	—	—	46	60
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	0	4	0	20:45	—	—	52	71
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:42	—	—	52	64
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.15	0	3	0	18:27	—	—	51	61
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	4	2	19:20	—	—	37	44
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:59	—	—	42	54

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.43	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.86	3	0	0	21:10	—	—	72	51
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	19:56	—	—	68	46
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	65	47
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	3	0	18:09	—	—	33	33
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	32	33
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	1	0	12:02	—	—	26	23
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	54	41
Nico Sturm C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	2	0	2	15:00	—	—	56	50
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	14:12	—	—	42	40
Matt Nieto L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	60	50
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:38	—	—	46	34
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	9:32	—	—	50	30
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	1	0	26:43	—	—	58	45
Jaycob Megna D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:45	—	—	49	36
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	1	3	0	23:17	—	—	54	39
Radim Simek D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	3	3	0	17:02	—	—	51	42
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	56	45
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	50	37

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.23	55:32

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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.