San Jose Sharks vs. Arizona CoyotesMar 27, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 27, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	17	9	8	34
ARI	0	2	2	4		ARI	9	5	13	27

: SJS 61ARI 52
: SJS 2.40ARI 4.02
PP goals: SJS 0ARI 1
Hits: SJS 35ARI 30
Blocks: SJS 14ARI 11
PIM: SJS 27ARI 6
: SJS 53%ARI 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes rout San Jose Sharks 4–0

Arizona Coyotes beat San Jose Sharks 4–0 at home. Phil Kessel (ARI) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for SJS: Hertl–Balcers–Leonard skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Phil Kessel had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:19.Kessel
Points
Clayton Keller had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:15.Keller
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Balcers–Leonard skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Balcers Leonard
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 2.40 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Gabriel–Donato–Suomela skated 4:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gabriel Donato Suomela
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Meier–Gambrell skated 7:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Meier Gambrell
Usage
Erik Karlsson (SJS) played 19:48, −3:52 down on his 23:40 season average over 51 games.Karlsson
Usage
Jason Demers (ARI) played 13:33, −3:47 down on his 17:20 season average over 40 games.Demers

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 113 of 113 attempts · ARI 52 · SJS 61

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 35% of the game, ARI 33%.

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	38
	2.44	1.96
	2.30	1.85
	7	8
	1	7
	9	14
	+0.042	−0.042
	35%	33%

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 – Kane – Labanc
10:1754% CF
L2Hertl – Balcers – Leonard
7:0869% CF
L3Marleau – Meier – Gambrell
7:0171% CF
L4Gabriel – Donato – Suomela
4:3943% CF
D1Karlsson – Knyzhov
13:2867% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
12:4750% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
9:5663% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
1:11100% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Donato – Meier – Ferraro
0:43100% CF
PK1FHertl – Gambrell
4:10
PK2FCouture – Kane
2:19
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
7:45
PK2DVlasic – Simek
2:47

Current SJS line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Dvorak – Fischer – Garland
8:3630% CF
L2Kessel – Larsson – Keller
8:2255% CF
L3Brassard – Hunt – Crouse
6:3022% CF
L4Hayden – Schmaltz – Caggiula
5:3144% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
13:3654% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin
12:1838% CF
D3Demers – Oesterle
10:2933% CF

PP1Brassard – Schmaltz – Dvorak – Garland – Chychrun
5:41100% CF
PP2Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Fischer – Crouse – Keller
4:0550% CF
PK1FDvorak – Crouse
1:12
PK2FLarsson – Fischer
0:31
PK1DGoligoski – Ekman-Larsson
1:12
PK2DDemers – Oesterle
0:48

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:49
ARIClayton Kellerwrist0.19 xG
SJS: Marleau, Vlasic, Meier, Gambrell, SimekARI: Kessel, Ekman-Larsson, Larsson, Oesterle, Keller
SJS 0 – 1 ARI
14:16
ARIPhil KesselPP (Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Clayton Keller)wrist0.05 xG
SJS: Burns, Hertl, Gambrell, FerraroARI: Kessel, Ekman-Larsson, Fischer, Crouse, Keller
SJS 0 – 2 ARI

3rd period

14:03
ARIPhil Kessel (Christian Dvorak, Alex Goligoski)wrist0.37 xG
SJS: Marleau, Burns, Couture, Ferraro, SimekARI: Goligoski, Kessel, Dvorak, Keller, Chychrun
SJS 0 – 3 ARI
17:28
ARIPhil KesselEN (Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.80 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl, LabancARI: Goligoski, Kessel, Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun
SJS 0 – 4 ARI

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	-1	5	0.26	5	0	0	19:19	—	—	48	48
Logan Couture C	L1	-2	0	0.06	1	1	0	17:42	—	—	46	21
Kevin Labanc R	L1	-1	4	0.11	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	52	45
Tomas Hertl C	L2	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	75	70
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	3	0.24	1	1	4	13:48	—	—	79	75
John Leonard L	L2	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	74	78
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	-1	2	0.26	4	2	0	17:37	—	—	78	81
Patrick Marleau C	L3	-2	0	0.11	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	65	46
Timo Meier R	L3	-1	3	0.30	0	1	0	12:46	—	—	71	69
Antti Suomela C	L4	0	0	0.02	4	2	0	13:58	—	—	50	47
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	9:03	—	—	30	10
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0.00	6	0	19	7:01	—	—	56	54
Erik Karlsson D	D1	-1	4	0.14	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	67	73
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D1	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	17:27	—	—	59	59
Brent Burns D	D2	-2	4	0.10	1	2	0	27:16	—	—	62	57
Mario Ferraro D	D2	-1	2	0.05	3	1	0	23:39	—	—	40	39
Radim Simek D	D3	-2	1	0.13	2	0	2	16:06	—	—	65	42
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	-1	0	0.06	2	1	2	14:45	—	—	60	50

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	3.22	59:12

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	44	80
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	1	0	19:58	—	—	45	64
Christian Fischer R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	36	39
Phil Kessel R	L2	3	0	3	+3	4	1.41	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	43	54
Clayton Keller R	L2	1	2	3	+3	2	0.24	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	63	71
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:03	—	—	47	39
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	29	21
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	0	0	15:14	—	—	23	18
Dryden Hunt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:25	—	—	28	26
Nick Schmaltz C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.82	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	40	33
Drake Caggiula L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	4	0	0	10:57	—	—	28	13
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	4	10:08	—	—	41	31
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.32	2	0	2	23:32	—	—	55	73
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	5	0	21:58	—	—	45	78
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	23:23	—	—	43	34
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	2	0	15:54	—	—	29	12
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:57	—	—	32	27
Jason Demers D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:33	—	—	30	4

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	2.40	59:45

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.