San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 4, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	3	3		SJS	7	10	13	30
VGK	1	2	2	5		VGK	15	13	11	39

: SJS 63VGK 71
: SJS 2.49VGK 4.61
PP goals: SJS 1VGK 1
Hits: SJS 35VGK 53
Blocks: SJS 18VGK 24
PIM: SJS 20VGK 18
: SJS 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at home. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:27 together.

Points
Logan Couture had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:09.Couture
Points
Alex Tuch had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:14.Tuch
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:12.Marchessault
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Mikkel Boedker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:49.Boedker
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Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:19.Hertl
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David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:47.Perron
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:27 together.Burns Pavelski Couture Hertl Labanc
New line
New look for VGK: Eakin–Lindberg–Tuch skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Lindberg Tuch

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 134 of 134 attempts · VGK 71 · SJS 63

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 23% of the game, VGK 36%.

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
	65	66
	2.38	3.07
	2.33	3.00
	16	13
	7	7
	20	24
	−0.032	+0.032
	23%	36%

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 – Boedker – Hertl
10:5650% CF
L2Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
10:4733% CF
L3Tierney – Labanc – Meier
8:0471% CF
L4Fehr – Sorensen – Karlsson
7:3750% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
16:3234% CF
D2Burns – Ryan
10:3659% CF
D3Dillon – DeMelo
9:1964% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Hertl – Labanc
3:2783% CF
PP2Donskoi – DeMelo – Hertl – Tierney – Meier
1:370% CF
PK1FTierney – Karlsson
2:35
PK2FFehr – Sorensen
1:14
PK1DVlasic – Braun
1:42
PK2DDillon – DeMelo
1:03

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:3663% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
10:0044% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch
9:1752% CF
L4Carrier – Carpenter – Bellemare
3:2670% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
15:1653% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
12:3571% CF
D3Sbisa – Miller
10:2935% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
2:1767% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
2:0283% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Bellemare
2:30
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
2:01
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:24
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:14

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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.88	2	0	2	20:19	—	—	47	46
Logan Couture C	L1	0	3	3	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	47	47
Mikkel Boedker L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.32	1	1	0	13:49	—	—	44	45
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	3	1	2	19:15	—	—	46	48
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	4	0	0	18:05	—	—	34	34
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	32	35
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	75	60
Kevin Labanc R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.17	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	68	51
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	3	0	0	13:48	—	—	69	51
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	11:19	—	—	46	25
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:33	—	—	50	36
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	52	37
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	4	22:52	—	—	35	9
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	3	2	20:04	—	—	34	11
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.41	4	3	0	25:26	—	—	52	54
Joakim Ryan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	12:29	—	—	58	57
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	2	0	18:09	—	—	62	76
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	3	10	14:59	—	—	53	72

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.05	48:33
Aaron Dell	—	7	7	0	.1000	0.43	10:24

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	1.19	3	1	0	21:01	—	—	54	61
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.71	2	1	0	18:12	—	—	53	60
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.63	5	1	0	17:47	—	—	61	75
David Perron L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:47	—	—	45	31
James Neal L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.11	0	0	2	15:34	—	—	50	31
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.40	7	0	0	15:02	—	—	43	31
Alex Tuch R	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.32	1	0	0	14:14	—	—	48	50
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	7	0	0	13:47	—	—	52	71
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.33	2	0	0	11:47	—	—	45	69
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	46	78
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	12:05	—	—	52	87
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	1	0	4:00	—	—	67	100
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	5	4	10	23:11	—	—	49	48
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	1	1	4	20:54	—	—	48	48
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.17	2	2	0	21:29	—	—	70	96
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	6	4	0	20:06	—	—	66	93
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	3	0	17:00	—	—	33	45
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	1	2	16:22	—	—	35	49

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.49	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 KnightsMay 4, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights 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

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Vegas Golden Knights