San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 18, 2020

FinalSaturday, Jan 18, 2020· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	3	4	11	18
VAN	0	1	3	4		VAN	9	18	12	39

: SJS 46VAN 71
: SJS 1.97VAN 4.73
PP goals: SJS 0VAN 0
Hits: SJS 19VAN 25
Blocks: SJS 15VAN 13
PIM: SJS 34VAN 38
: 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 4–1

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at home. Tanner Pearson (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Kane–Hertl–Blichfeld skated 13:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:29.Pearson
Points
Adam Gaudette had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:09.Gaudette
Points
Jake Virtanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:56.Virtanen
New line
New look for SJS: Kane–Hertl–Blichfeld skated 13:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Hertl Blichfeld
New line
New look for SJS: Thornton–Labanc–Meier skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thornton Labanc Meier
Goalie
Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +9 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.Dell
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Goodrow–Suomela skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Goodrow Suomela
Usage
Loui Eriksson (VAN) played 16:15, +3:58 up on his 12:17 season average over 48 games.Eriksson

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 117 of 117 attempts · VAN 71 · SJS 46

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 16% of the game, VAN 55%.

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
	44	63
	1.80	3.96
	1.73	3.67
	7	18
	1	5
	10	13
	−0.065	+0.066
	16%	55%

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

L1Kane – Hertl – Blichfeld
13:5844% CF
L2Thornton – Labanc – Meier
11:1160% CF
L3Marleau – Goodrow – Suomela
7:2364% CF
L4Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman
5:0260% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
15:5744% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
15:0733% CF
D3Ferraro – Simek
10:4647% CF

PP1Thornton – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
1:5167% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Dillon – Labanc – Meier
0:03100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
3:13
PK2FKane – Hertl
2:27
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
3:42
PK2DBurns – Dillon
2:04

Current SJS line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
12:1048% CF
L2Sutter – Beagle – Motte
9:2843% CF
L3Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson
8:5844% CF
L4Roussel – Boeser – Gaudette
7:3759% CF
D1Tanev – Hughes
13:2435% CF
D2Edler – Stecher
13:1450% CF
D3Myers – Fantenberg
11:4038% CF

PP1Myers – Roussel – Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
3:41100% CF
PP2Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
2:40100% CF
PK1FSutter – Beagle
1:17
PK2FEriksson – Motte
0:38
PK1DEdler – Tanev
1:12
PK2DMyers – Fantenberg
0:43

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

14:05
VANLoui Eriksson (Tanner Pearson, Bo Horvat)backhand0.08 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, BlichfeldVAN: Eriksson, Pearson, Horvat, Stecher, Hughes
SJS 0 – 1 VAN

3rd period

5:01
VANTanner Pearson (Jake Virtanen, Adam Gaudette)deflected0.18 xG
SJS: Burns, Dillon, Goodrow, KarlssonVAN: Myers, Roussel, Pearson, Virtanen, Gaudette
SJS 0 – 2 VAN
7:09
SJSBarclay Goodrow (Erik Karlsson, Antti Suomela)snap0.03 xG
SJS: Marleau, Burns, Karlsson, Goodrow, SuomelaVAN: Tanev, Miller, Virtanen, Pettersson, Hughes
SJS 1 – 2 VAN
7:46
VANQuinn Hughes (Antoine Roussel, Adam Gaudette)slap0.01 xG
SJS: Marleau, Burns, Dillon, Karlsson, KellmanVAN: Roussel, Tanev, Boeser, Gaudette, Hughes
SJS 1 – 3 VAN
15:27
VANJ.T. Miller (Jake Virtanen, Elias Pettersson)wrist0.09 xG
SJS: Marleau, Burns, Goodrow, Ferraro, SuomelaVAN: Myers, Miller, Virtanen, Pettersson, Fantenberg
SJS 1 – 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
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:14	—	—	40	38
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.57	2	1	0	21:14	—	—	43	46
Joachim Blichfeld R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	2	2	16:10	—	—	43	37
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	0	4	18:12	—	—	59	52
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	5	0	2	16:24	—	—	50	37
Joe Thornton C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	15:36	—	—	56	52
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	10	14:03	—	—	44	17
Antti Suomela C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	12:27	—	—	43	17
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	43	18
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:58	—	—	21	20
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	8:01	—	—	25	20
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:28	—	—	38	74
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	1	0	22:46	—	—	54	39
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	3	12	19:42	—	—	52	36
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	24:42	—	—	40	38
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	1	0	21:18	—	—	28	21
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	1	0	15:10	—	—	48	29
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	33	20

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	4.73	59:44

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tanner Pearson L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.66	1	0	2	19:29	—	—	60	66
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.28	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	56	65
Loui Eriksson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	48	55
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	12	13:12	—	—	33	18
Tyler Motte C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	55	75
Jay Beagle C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:37	—	—	50	58
J.T. Miller C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	58	68
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.28	1	3	0	17:10	—	—	52	60
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	2	2	0	4	0.24	2	0	0	14:56	—	—	69	70
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.65	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	70	90
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	2	2	+1	3	0.49	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	75	91
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.42	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	74	90
Quinn Hughes D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	22:27	—	—	69	77
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	12	18:03	—	—	32	21
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	3	4	12	18:02	—	—	53	61
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	59	60
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.25	2	2	0	23:25	—	—	66	83
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	7	1	0	15:32	—	—	44	65

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	1.97	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.