San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 31, 2018

FinalSaturday, Mar 31, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	14	10	7	31
VGK	1	1	1	3		VGK	10	16	12	38

: SJS 54VGK 79
: SJS 1.87VGK 2.77
PP goals: SJS 0VGK 0
Hits: SJS 22VGK 44
Blocks: SJS 23VGK 15
PIM: SJS 28VGK 4
: SJS 44%VGK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Pavelski–Kane–Donskoi skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:36.Pavelski
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:53.Theodore
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:04.Karlsson
New line
New look for SJS: Pavelski–Kane–Donskoi skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pavelski Kane Donskoi
Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +10 against a season average of 28.3; the loss.Jones
New line
New look for SJS: Ward–Sorensen–Karlsson skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ward Sorensen Karlsson
Usage
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 26:18, +3:48 up on his 22:30 season average over 80 games.Vlasic
Usage
Melker Karlsson (SJS) played 9:29, −3:49 down on his 13:18 season average over 70 games.Karlsson

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · VGK 79 · SJS 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 22% of the game, VGK 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	59	68
	1.93	1.66
	1.88	1.62
	11	10
	6	8
	13	24
	−0.045	+0.045
	22%	42%

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

L1Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
8:5954% CF
L2Couture – Boedker – Hertl
7:5348% CF
L3Tierney – Labanc – Meier
6:3136% CF
L4Ward – Sorensen – Karlsson
5:5189% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
14:2139% CF
D2Martin – Burns
13:2067% CF
D3Dillon – DeMelo
11:0632% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Kane – Labanc
1:480% CF
PP2Vlasic – Boedker – Donskoi – Hertl – Meier
1:17
PK1FCouture – Hertl
3:00
PK2FTierney – Karlsson
2:45
PK1DVlasic – Braun
6:35
PK2DBurns – Dillon
1:01

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
11:0155% CF
L2Neal – Tatar – Haula
10:3260% CF
L3Reaves – Eakin – Lindberg
8:1841% CF
L4Carpenter – Bellemare – Nosek
7:4458% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
15:4962% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
14:1955% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
11:3335% CF

PP1Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Carpenter – Tuch
4:36100% CF
PP2Neal – Tatar – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
3:12100% CF
PK1FEakin – Karlsson
1:41
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:33
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:19
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
0:32

Current VGK 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
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	3	2	0	19:36	—	—	46	61
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.37	1	0	4	18:10	—	—	41	54
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	51	74
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	48	52
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	42	50
Mikkel Boedker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	39	43
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	29	21
Timo Meier R	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.27	1	1	0	14:03	—	—	46	32
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	2	13:37	—	—	41	28
Joel Ward R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	9:43	—	—	67	98
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:29	—	—	90	100
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	3	0	0	9:04	—	—	73	100
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	2	6	20	26:18	—	—	40	42
Justin Braun D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	2	4	0	23:52	—	—	38	54
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	3	2	22:04	—	—	61	59
Paul Martin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:46	—	—	66	65
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	2	0	15:15	—	—	35	51
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	30	45

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	2.77	58:41

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.59	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	52	42
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.32	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	56	43
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	1	0	17:40	—	—	56	43
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	3	1	2	16:56	—	—	63	63
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	62	63
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	60	67
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	3	0	0	12:33	—	—	47	63
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:12	—	—	33	26
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	3	0	0	10:08	—	—	35	35
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:33	—	—	58	48
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	14:45	—	—	54	33
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	11:29	—	—	57	32
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.28	2	1	0	22:53	—	—	64	45
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	3	0	0	21:05	—	—	60	44
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	55	39
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	3	0	21:01	—	—	55	48
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	5	3	0	17:19	—	—	36	56
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	2	12:45	—	—	33	53

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	1.87	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. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 31, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Vegas Golden Knights