San Jose Sharks vs. Arizona CoyotesJan 16, 2021

FinalSaturday, Jan 16, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	2	0	1	3		SJS	9	15	10	34
ARI	2	2	1	5		ARI	8	11	7	26

: SJS 64ARI 55
: SJS 3.05ARI 2.84
PP goals: SJS 1ARI 1
Hits: SJS 23ARI 22
Blocks: SJS 10ARI 15
PIM: SJS 10ARI 12
: SJS 40%ARI 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Arizona Coyotes beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at home. Timo Meier (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. ARI scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Timo Meier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:50.Meier
Points
Oliver Ekman-Larsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:11.Ekman-Larsson
Points
Phil Kessel had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:39.Kessel
Points
Derick Brassard had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:34.Brassard
Luck
ARI scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Sorensen–Noesen skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Sorensen Noesen
Usage
Nikolai Knyzhov (SJS) played 9:49, −7:03 down on his 16:52 season average over 55 games.Knyzhov
Usage
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI) played 17:11, −3:52 down on his 21:03 season average over 45 games.Ekman-Larsson

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · ARI 55 · SJS 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 30% of the game, ARI 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	58	54
	2.36	2.18
	2.17	2.09
	14	8
	2	2
	14	10
	−0.039	+0.040
	30%	25%

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 – Leonard
10:1558% CF
L2Couture – Labanc – Meier
9:1957% CF
L3Nieto – Donato – Gregor
7:2975% CF
L4Marleau – Sorensen – Noesen
6:4333% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
15:3264% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
13:4837% CF
D3Middleton – Knyzhov
5:4942% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl
3:0089% CF
PP2Donato – Labanc – Meier – Ferraro – Leonard
2:35100% CF
PK1FCouture – Nieto
2:16
PK2FSorensen – Hertl
2:01
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
2:33
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
1:39

Current SJS line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Kessel – Dvorak – Caggiula
9:2752% CF
L2Schmaltz – Garland – Hayton
9:0046% CF
L3Brassard – Pitlick – Keller
8:4561% CF
L4Larsson – Fischer – Crouse
8:0450% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
12:2658% CF
D2Demers – Ekman-Larsson
12:2559% CF
D3Hjalmarsson – Oesterle
11:5348% CF

PP1Brassard – Schmaltz – Dvorak – Garland – Chychrun
2:17100% CF
PP2Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Pitlick – Keller – Hayton
2:17100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Crouse
2:18
PK2FDvorak – Caggiula
1:06
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
2:06
PK2DDemers – Ekman-Larsson
1:38

Current ARI 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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	-3	3	0.46	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	50	55
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	4	0	6	18:27	—	—	55	59
John Leonard L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	1	1	0	15:20	—	—	57	72
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.94	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	55	63
Timo Meier R	L2	1	2	3	+1	4	0.11	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	59	62
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	54	58
Ryan Donato C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	14:33	—	—	56	53
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	12:16	—	—	62	54
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	1	1	0	11:57	—	—	64	49
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	25	21
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	2	0	10:23	—	—	27	21
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:38	—	—	36	39
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	0	0	26:30	—	—	62	60
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	4	2	0	23:02	—	—	70	73
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	27:10	—	—	34	32
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	49	59
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	38	33
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	2	1	2	8:44	—	—	36	35

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.02	46:38
Devan Dubnyk	—	2	2	0	.1000	0.15	12:05

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	50	37
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	0	1	2	14:59	—	—	52	37
Drake Caggiula L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	11:59	—	—	52	38
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	45	48
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	2	15:06	—	—	47	54
Barrett Hayton C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	44	56
Clayton Keller R	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	1.22	0	0	2	17:30	—	—	56	74
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.21	2	0	0	15:34	—	—	50	71
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.08	1	1	0	15:09	—	—	58	79
Lawson Crouse L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	2	14:26	—	—	42	26
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	2	13:30	—	—	46	30
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:48	—	—	40	30
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	2	20:41	—	—	54	53
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.14	3	1	0	20:23	—	—	51	48
Jason Demers D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	20:10	—	—	41	34
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	3	3	+2	2	0.03	1	1	0	17:11	—	—	63	69
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	19:21	—	—	38	49
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	46	46

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Raanta(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	3.05	59:53

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. Arizona CoyotesJan 16, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Arizona Coyotes beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Arizona Coyotes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Arizona Coyotes