San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 27, 2022

FinalTuesday, Dec 27, 2022· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	0	1	2		SJS	9	6	11	26
VAN	2	2	2	6		VAN	10	7	8	25

: SJS 59VAN 51
: SJS 2.62VAN 2.93
PP goals: SJS 1VAN 0
Hits: SJS 18VAN 29
Blocks: SJS 15VAN 20
PIM: SJS 2VAN 4
: SJS 53%VAN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 6–2 at home. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:04 together.

Points
Bo Horvat had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 16:59.Horvat
Points
Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 15:31.Mikheyev
Points
Brock Boeser had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:14.Boeser
Points
Timo Meier had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:22.Meier
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:26.Karlsson
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:04 together.Couture Karlsson Hertl Meier Barabanov
Usage
Matt Benning (SJS) played 9:50, −10:05 down on his 19:55 season average over 76 games.Benning
New line
New look for SJS: Nieto–Hertl–Labanc skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieto Hertl Labanc

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 110 of 110 attempts · VAN 51 · SJS 59

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 31% of the game, VAN 31%.

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
	67	55
	2.70	3.30
	2.60	3.16
	12	13
	1	7
	7	17
	−0.005	+0.005
	31%	31%

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

L1Couture – Meier – Barabanov
15:0679% CF
L2Nieto – Hertl – Labanc
9:1553% CF
L3Bonino – Svechnikov – Sturm
5:4867% CF
L4Lindblom – Lorentz – Gregor
3:3625% CF
D1Karlsson – Megna
12:1163% CF
D2Harrington – Ferraro
8:1842% CF
D3Vlasic – Benning
5:3957% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
1:04100% CF
PP2Bonino – Nieto – Benning – Labanc – Ferraro
0:51
PK1FCouture – Nieto
1:14
PK2FLorentz – Sturm
0:41
PK1DBenning – Megna
1:07
PK2DVlasic – Ferraro
0:48

Current SJS line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Lazar – Garland
13:2614% CF
L2Horvat – Boeser – Mikheyev
11:5156% CF
L3Pederson – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
11:1954% CF
L4Joshua – Studnicka – Aman
7:4946% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
15:3518% CF
D2Bear – Hughes
15:2559% CF
D3Schenn – Stillman
14:3260% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
1:19100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Garland – Pederson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko
0:37100% CF
PK1FHorvat – Pettersson
0:52
PK2FMiller – Lazar
0:25
PK1DMyers – Bear
1:02
PK2DStillman – Hughes
0:20

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Timo Meier R	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.62	4	0	0	20:22	—	—	71	65
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	76	69
Logan Couture C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	19:12	—	—	78	69
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.32	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	46	36
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	1	0	15:40	—	—	64	59
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:23	—	—	50	44
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	1	2	0	15:36	—	—	43	33
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.24	0	1	2	14:57	—	—	33	18
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	67	14
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	1	1	0	11:37	—	—	23	18
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:07	—	—	56	30
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	9:57	—	—	43	9
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	-2	1	0.07	1	1	0	27:26	—	—	60	52
Jaycob Megna D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.15	0	0	0	22:01	—	—	47	43
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	1	2	0	23:43	—	—	51	37
Scott Harrington D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	53	52
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	2	0	20:10	—	—	67	51
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	2	0	9:50	—	—	46	12

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	25	19	6	.760	2.93	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	22	24
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	3	0	0	17:05	—	—	14	14
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	15:26	—	—	14	12
Brock Boeser R	L2	1	2	3	+3	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	55	68
Bo Horvat C	L2	2	2	4	+3	2	0.43	1	2	0	16:59	—	—	57	68
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	1	3	4	+5	3	0.58	0	1	0	15:31	—	—	62	74
Elias Pettersson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	2	1	0	16:53	—	—	52	61
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	54	67
Lane Pederson C	L3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.35	2	1	2	14:30	—	—	59	74
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	46	60
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	10:19	—	—	53	70
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	6	0	0	9:17	—	—	35	38
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:41	—	—	29	35
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	16	10
Quinn Hughes D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.14	0	3	0	22:47	—	—	54	71
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	0	0	+4	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:28	—	—	50	68
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	7	1	2	18:24	—	—	55	71
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	4	0	17:37	—	—	50	60

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Martin(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.62	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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 27, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Vancouver Canucks