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San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 14, 2019

FinalPlayoffs· T-Mobile Arena
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SJS
3
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VGK
6
Goals123TShots123T
SJS1023SJS127928
VGK2226VGK20101040
SJS 51VGK 71
SJS 1.56VGK 4.06
PP goals
SJS 1VGK 2
Hits
SJS 42VGK 56
Blocks
SJS 17VGK 13
PIM
SJS 21VGK 15
SJS 47%VGK 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 6–3 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:03 together.

  1. Points
    Mark Stone had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 4 shots in 18:24.Stone
  2. Points
    Paul Stastny had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 4 shots in 17:38.Stastny
  3. Points
    Shea Theodore had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:07.Theodore
  4. Points
    Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:28.Pacioretty
  5. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:03 together.StastnyPaciorettyStoneTheodoreTuch
  6. PP1
    SJS's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:52 together.PavelskiCoutureKarlssonHertlLabanc
  7. Goalie
    Martin Jones (SJS) faced 40 shots and stopped 34 (.850), +12 against a season average of 28.4; the loss.Jones
  8. New line
    New look for SJS: Couture–Nyquist–Meier skated 5:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CoutureNyquistMeier

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.

Shot map, SJS at VGK: 122 attempts, 68 on goal, 9 goals, 5.62 expected goals; best chance Mark Stone at 0.38 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← SJS attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · VGK 71 · SJS 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SJS at VGK: expected goals 4.06 to 1.56 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 71 to 51, 9 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdVGKSJSSPLSSSCMSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKSJScontrol2nd3rdStone · 1st 0:16Pacioretty · 1st 12:16Labanc · 1st 15:26Stastny · 2nd 0:21Stastny · 2nd 16:04Stone · 3rd 0:36Couture · 3rd 4:57Meier · 3rd 5:51Stone · 3rd 13:57
  • 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 14% of the game, VGK 53%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, SJS at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Marc-Andre Fleury (60:00) for VGK and Martin Jones (60:00) for SJS, 9 goals.

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
StatSJSVGK
4855
1.092.79
1.072.71
813
28
1722
−0.075+0.075
14%53%

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

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 0:16
    VGKMark Stone (Nate Schmidt, Deryk Engelland)backhand0.07 xG
    SJS: Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Dillon, MeierVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Schmidt
    SJS 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 12:16
    VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Shea Theodore, Paul Stastny)wrist0.06 xG
    SJS: Braun, Couture, Karlsson, HertlVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, Tuch
    SJS 0 – 2 VGK
  3. 15:26
    SJSKevin Labanc (Joe Thornton, Marcus Sorensen)snap0.11 xG
    SJS: Thornton, Burns, Karlsson, Sorensen, LabancVGK: Eakin, Merrill, Miller, Nosek, Tuch
    SJS 1 – 2 VGK

2nd period

  1. 0:21
    VGKPaul Stastny (Max Pacioretty, Mark Stone)wrist0.08 xG
    SJS: Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Dillon, MeierVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Schmidt
    SJS 1 – 3 VGK
  2. 16:04
    VGKPaul StastnyPP (Mark Stone, Shea Theodore)tip-in0.11 xG
    SJS: Burns, Braun, Couture, HertlVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, Tuch
    SJS 1 – 4 VGK

3rd period

  1. 0:36
    VGKMark Stone (Jonathan Marchessault, Paul Stastny)backhand0.38 xG
    SJS: Burns, Pavelski, Karlsson, Kane, HertlVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Stone, Marchessault, Schmidt
    SJS 1 – 5 VGK
  2. 4:57
    SJSLogan CouturePP (Erik Karlsson, Martin Jones)deflected0.28 xG
    SJS: Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, LabancVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Smith, Bellemare
    SJS 2 – 5 VGK
  3. 5:51
    SJSTimo Meier (Gustav Nyquist)wrist0.02 xG
    SJS: Couture, Nyquist, Dillon, Heed, MeierVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Schmidt, Tuch
    SJS 3 – 5 VGK
  4. 13:57
    VGKMark Stone (Paul Stastny, Shea Theodore)backhand0.14 xG
    SJS: Thornton, Karlsson, Dillon, Sorensen, LabancVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Theodore
    SJS 3 – 6 VGK

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Joe Thornton CL1011000.0020214:33——3619
Marcus Sorensen LL1011000.0022013:49——3618
Kevin Labanc RL1101030.1510413:40——4626
Logan Couture CL2101-150.3542017:40——6739
Timo Meier RL2101-120.0341017:32——5229
Gustav Nyquist RL2011+110.1210013:51——5536
Tomas Hertl CL3000-160.5111019:04——5234
Evander Kane LL3000-120.15411117:51——4828
Joe Pavelski CL3000-310.1010015:43——5029
Melker Karlsson CL4000010.0311013:48——3835
Barclay Goodrow CL4000000.0081013:39——4038
Micheal Haley LL4000010.011103:43——3347
Brent Burns DD1000020.0110225:10——4423
Joakim Ryan DD1000000.0102017:38——4839
Erik Karlsson DD2011-300.0200020:54——4629
Brenden Dillon DD2000-210.0262218:34——4419
Justin Braun DD3000020.0143022:34——4018
Tim Heed DD3000+110.0510010:33——5956
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Martin Jones(start)L40346.8504.0660:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Reilly Smith RL1000040.3220017:22——6790
Jonathan Marchessault RL1011+160.6640017:13——7398
William Karlsson CL1000040.6902217:03——7397
Mark Stone RL2325+440.9800018:24——5474
Paul Stastny CL2235+340.3460017:38——5065
Max Pacioretty LL2112+250.5010217:28——5057
Cody Eakin CL3000-110.0201017:58——5049
Alex Tuch RL3000-210.1640217:10——4638
Tomas Nosek LL3000-130.2041212:35——4138
William Carrier LL4000010.07110211:04——4463
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LL4000010.0120010:43——5061
Ryan Reaves RL4000000.008059:49——4458
Deryk Engelland DD1011+220.0131020:11——5772
Nate Schmidt DD1011+200.0001017:02——6075
Shea Theodore DD2033+110.0101019:07——2954
Brayden McNabb DD2000+100.0043018:51——3256
Colin Miller DD3000-130.0932019:22——7786
Jon Merrill DD3000-100.0041015:52——7583
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)W28253.8931.5660:00