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Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksJan 7, 2025

Final· SAP Center at San Jose
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VGK
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SJS
2
Goals123TShots123T
VGK2024VGK13181142
SJS0112SJS114621
VGK 80SJS 48
VGK 5.35SJS 1.66
PP goals
VGK 1SJS 2
Hits
VGK 25SJS 28
Blocks
VGK 19SJS 15
PIM
VGK 4SJS 2
VGK 67%SJS 33%

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. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:10 together.

  1. Points
    Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:26.Stone
  2. Points
    William Eklund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:13.Eklund
  3. Points
    Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:56.Theodore
  4. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:10 together.StoneHertlTheodoreOlofssonEichel
  5. Goalie
    Alexandar Georgiev (SJS) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +14 against a season average of 26.9; the loss.Georgiev
  6. Usage
    Fabian Zetterlund (SJS) played 20:46, +4:29 up on his 16:17 season average over 83 games.Zetterlund
  7. Usage
    Henry Thrun (SJS) played 23:44, +6:20 up on his 17:24 season average over 59 games.Thrun
  8. Usage
    Alexander Wennberg (SJS) played 15:40, −3:14 down on his 18:54 season average over 76 games.Wennberg

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: 128 attempts, 63 on goal, 6 goals, 7.01 expected goals; best chance Tomas Hertl at 0.83 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 128 of 128 attempts · SJS 48 · VGK 80

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 1.66 to 5.35 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 48 to 80, 6 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdSJSVGKSWEOLHnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • SJS
  • VGK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SJSVGKcontrol2nd3rdStone · 1st 8:39Whitecloud · 1st 10:08Eklund · 2nd 9:49Olofsson · 3rd 1:10Liljegren · 3rd 10:41Hertl · 3rd 18:40
  • 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 50% of the game, SJS 11%.

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 Alexandar Georgiev (58:41) for SJS and Ilya Samsonov (59:57) for VGK, 6 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
8447
3.921.30
3.671.25
188
44
1720
+0.107−0.107
50%11%

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.

1st period

  1. 8:39
    VGKMark Stone (Shea Theodore, William Karlsson)wrist0.17 xG
    VGK: Stone, Pearson, Theodore, Hanifin, EichelSJS: Toffoli, Ceci, Wennberg, Kostin, Thrun
    VGK 1 – 0 SJS
  2. 10:08
    VGKZach Whitecloud (Brett Howden, Keegan Kolesar)wrist0.08 xG
    VGK: Olofsson, Kolesar, Howden, Hague, WhitecloudSJS: Rutta, Mukhamadullin, Smith, Celebrini, Graf
    VGK 2 – 0 SJS

2nd period

  1. 9:49
    SJSWilliam EklundPP (Collin Graf, Alexander Wennberg)wrist0.19 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hanifin, Howden, HagueSJS: Wennberg, Zetterlund, Mukhamadullin, Eklund, Graf
    VGK 2 – 1 SJS

3rd period

  1. 1:10
    VGKVictor OlofssonPP (Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore)slap0.16 xG
    VGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, EichelSJS: Goodrow, Ceci, Kunin, Ferraro
    VGK 3 – 1 SJS
  2. 10:41
    SJSTimothy LiljegrenPP (William Eklund, Fabian Zetterlund)wrist0.05 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Karlsson, EichelSJS: Toffoli, Wennberg, Liljegren, Zetterlund, Eklund
    VGK 3 – 2 SJS
  3. 18:40
    VGKTomas HertlEN (Mark Stone)wrist0.83 xG
    VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Hertl, Hanifin, EichelSJS: Toffoli, Granlund, Wennberg, Zetterlund, Eklund, Celebrini
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1011+230.1700020:49——77100
Mark Stone RL1112+261.5013018:26——77100
Tanner Pearson LL1000+120.3023016:26——7394
William Karlsson CL2011000.1311015:46——6171
Tomas Hertl CL2101+141.1720215:12——5870
Pavel Dorofeyev RL2000030.4121013:47——6271
Brett Howden CL3011+120.3620016:38——6463
Victor Olofsson LL3101+160.3600215:39——5863
Keegan Kolesar RL3011+110.02100015:25——6054
Cole Schwindt RL4000020.1821010:09——4765
Alexander Holtz RL4000010.0102010:08——5388
Jonas Rondbjerg RL4000010.180109:51——7179
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000+120.0502023:45——6771
Noah Hanifin DD1000+220.0920021:53——6373
Brayden McNabb DD2000000.0111021:01——5957
Shea Theodore DD2022+120.2100019:56——6164
Nicolas Hague DD3000+130.1103016:21——6588
Zach Whitecloud DD3101+120.1101016:02——6789
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)W21192.9051.6659:57

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Fabian Zetterlund LL1011-110.1612220:46——3124
Mikael Granlund CL1000-110.0212020:14——3230
William Eklund LL1112-150.6100019:13——4137
Macklin Celebrini CL2000-210.0601018:00——3630
Collin Graf RL2011-120.0712016:44——2318
Will Smith CL2000-110.1701015:37——4032
Luke Kunin CL3000030.1740012:26——4845
Barclay Goodrow CL3000020.2051012:19——4638
Nikolai Kovalenko RL3000010.0130011:43——4235
Alexander Wennberg CL4011-210.0010015:40——300
Tyler Toffoli CL4000-210.0000013:31——291
Klim Kostin CL4000-100.004009:20——331
Henry Thrun DD1000-100.0001023:44——2720
Cody Ceci DD1000-100.0023019:19——3018
Timothy Liljegren DD2101010.1041020:08——3735
Mario Ferraro DD2000000.0020019:40——4430
Jan Rutta DD3000-100.0000017:50——4628
Shakir Mukhamadullin DD3000-110.0901013:52——3623
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)L41383.9273.8758:41

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mark Stone (VGK) 1st 8:39 · assists Shea Theodore, William Karlsson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 36.3 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Mark Stone · 1st 8:39 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
36.3 mph
Distance
20 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s

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Zach Whitecloud · 1st 10:08 · VGK

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
45.2 mph
Distance
21 ft
Entry to goal
4.0 s

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