San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver CanucksApr 2, 2019

FinalTuesday, Apr 2, 2019· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	2	0	0	2		SJS	12	11	12	35
VAN	1	0	3	4		VAN	6	7	10	23

: SJS 61VAN 46
: SJS 4.36VAN 3.88
PP goals: SJS 1VAN 0
Hits: SJS 20VAN 14
Blocks: SJS 12VAN 12
PIM: SJS 9VAN 13
: SJS 38%VAN 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at home. Tanner Pearson (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture and Hertl) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:36 together.

Points
Tanner Pearson had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:59.Pearson
Points
Bo Horvat had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:16.Horvat
Points
Joe Thornton had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:49.Thornton
Points
Loui Eriksson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:43.Eriksson
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture and Hertl) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:36 together.Thornton Burns Pavelski Couture Hertl
New line
New look for SJS: Pavelski–Couture–Meier skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pavelski Couture Meier
Luck
SJS scored 2 goals on 4.36 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Haley–Donskoi–Goodrow skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haley Donskoi Goodrow

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

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

VAN
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · VAN 46 · SJS 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN pressure
SJS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 44% of the game, VAN 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

SJS

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	SJS	VAN
	59	47
	3.90	4.09
	3.52	3.90
	12	17
	5	5
	18	10
	−0.082	+0.083
	44%	23%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
10:3333% CF
L2Pavelski – Couture – Meier
10:0562% CF
L3Nyquist – Kane – Hertl
7:5025% CF
L4Haley – Donskoi – Goodrow
5:0456% CF
D1Braun – Dillon
15:3843% CF
D2Vlasic – Heed
13:0348% CF
D3Burns – Middleton
12:0056% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl
3:3678% CF
PP2Nyquist – Kane – Heed – Labanc – Meier
2:36100% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
1:01
PK2FSorensen – Goodrow
0:52
PK1DVlasic – Braun
1:06
PK2DBurns – Dillon
0:50

Current SJS line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Spooner – Leivo – Gaudette
10:1150% CF
L2Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
7:5756% CF
L3Beagle – Granlund – Schaller
7:4358% CF
L4Baertschi – Boeser – Pettersson
6:5829% CF
D1Edler – Biega
13:3542% CF
D2Hutton – Stecher
10:4450% CF
D3Schenn – Hughes
8:3417% CF

PP1Edler – Leivo – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
2:2050% CF
PP2Spooner – Baertschi – Pearson – Stecher – Hughes
1:26
PK1FBeagle – Granlund
3:16
PK2FEriksson – Pearson
1:35
PK1DEdler – Stecher
3:17
PK2DSchenn – Hutton
0:35

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:28
VANTanner Pearson (Bo Horvat, Loui Eriksson)snap0.08 xG
SJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Middleton, MeierVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Biega, Pearson, Horvat
SJS 0 – 1 VAN
5:09
SJSKevin Labanc (Brenden Dillon, Joe Thornton)deflected0.09 xG
SJS: Thornton, Dillon, Sorensen, Heed, LabancVAN: Baertschi, Hutton, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
SJS 1 – 1 VAN
10:47
SJSJoe PavelskiPP (Tomas Hertl, Joe Thornton)tip-in0.10 xG
SJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, HertlVAN: Edler, Beagle, Schenn, Pearson
SJS 2 – 1 VAN

3rd period

11:18
VANTanner Pearson (Loui Eriksson, Bo Horvat)wrist0.08 xG
SJS: Pavelski, Vlasic, Couture, Heed, MeierVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Biega, Pearson, Horvat
SJS 2 – 2 VAN
13:39
VANMarkus Granlund (Tim Schaller, Alex Biega)wrist0.44 xG
SJS: Burns, Kane, Donskoi, Hertl, MiddletonVAN: Biega, Beagle, Granlund, Hutton, Schaller
SJS 2 – 3 VAN
18:30
VANTroy StecherEN (Alexander Edler)wrist0.36 xG
SJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Kane, HertlVAN: Edler, Beagle, Granlund, Stecher
SJS 2 – 4 VAN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	50	57
Kevin Labanc R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	1	0	15:08	—	—	50	49
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	2	0	14:23	—	—	50	54
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-3	5	0.59	3	0	0	17:52	—	—	62	62
Joe Pavelski C	L2	1	0	1	-3	6	1.47	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	64	64
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	61	66
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	5	2	2	20:04	—	—	50	24
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.11	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	47	22
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	38	24
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	1	0	12:39	—	—	57	89
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	59	44
Micheal Haley L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	5	8:16	—	—	63	87
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:37	—	—	50	64
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	20:04	—	—	46	69
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	53	45
Tim Heed D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	57	53
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	-3	6	0.14	1	0	0	23:45	—	—	68	42
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:56	—	—	57	39

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	3.51	59:24

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	35	30
Ryan Spooner C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	3	0	0	15:33	—	—	41	31
Adam Gaudette R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	14:57	—	—	42	33
Tanner Pearson L	L2	2	0	2	+2	7	0.96	2	1	0	16:59	—	—	53	55
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:16	—	—	47	54
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.31	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	52	57
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	1	1	0	15:44	—	—	60	87
Markus Granlund C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	1.11	0	0	2	15:13	—	—	48	69
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:02	—	—	53	84
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:25	—	—	29	38
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	29	32
Sven Baertschi L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	20	36
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.00	1	3	2	28:03	—	—	50	55
Alex Biega D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	41	55
Troy Stecher D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.37	0	4	0	19:24	—	—	48	39
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	18:54	—	—	52	58
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	39	44
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	5	13:57	—	—	32	34

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	4.36	60:00

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.