San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 15, 2021

FinalMonday, Mar 15, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	11	4	9	24
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	8	16	12	36

: SJS 52VGK 73
: SJS 2.62VGK 3.41
PP goals: SJS 0VGK 1
Hits: SJS 16VGK 30
Blocks: SJS 26VGK 17
PIM: SJS 6VGK 2
: SJS 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:52 together.

Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:58.Stone
Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:00.Pacioretty
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:52 together.Pacioretty Stone Karlsson Theodore Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Glass skated 12:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Stone Glass
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Meier–Balcers skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Meier Balcers
Goalie
Devan Dubnyk (SJS) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +9 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Dubnyk
New line
New look for SJS: Nieto–Donato–Gambrell skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieto Donato Gambrell
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 2.62 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 125 of 125 attempts · VGK 73 · SJS 52

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 30% of the game, VGK 37%.

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
	58	72
	3.01	2.97
	2.93	2.71
	16	14
	4	6
	22	17
	+0.022	−0.022
	30%	37%

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
12:3543% CF
L2Hertl – Meier – Balcers
9:5962% CF
L3Nieto – Donato – Gambrell
8:0744% CF
L4Marleau – Gabriel – Handemark
6:4338% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
18:0235% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
17:5945% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
10:2048% CF

PK1FNieto – Gambrell
1:56
PK2FCouture – Kane
0:50
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:17
PK2DVlasic – Simek
1:24

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Glass
12:3950% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:0862% CF
L3Nosek – Tuch – Roy
11:5566% CF
L4Reaves – Brown – Kolesar
9:0723% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
18:3957% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
16:4641% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
13:3459% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Tuch
1:52100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Marchessault – Coghlan – Glass
1:33100% CF

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:35
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Mark Stone, Shea Theodore)wrist0.07 xG
SJS: Burns, Nieto, Gambrell, FerraroVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore, Tuch
SJS 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

1:02
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty, Nicolas Hague)snap0.20 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Nieto, Hertl, Meier, KnyzhovVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Hague, Glass, Whitecloud
SJS 0 – 2 VGK
14:29
SJSTimo Meier (Brent Burns)wrist0.08 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Meier, FerraroVGK: Reaves, Martinez, Smith, Marchessault, Theodore
SJS 1 – 2 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.46	1	1	4	18:49	—	—	41	51
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.56	1	0	0	18:23	—	—	41	48
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	44	53
Timo Meier R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.44	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	58	55
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	2	17:20	—	—	52	48
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	13:42	—	—	57	64
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	16:53	—	—	42	48
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	2	0	15:08	—	—	42	46
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	2	0	11:42	—	—	48	51
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	38	42
Fredrik Handemark C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:59	—	—	41	53
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	2	0	8:17	—	—	29	40
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	3	0	24:44	—	—	40	39
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.01	1	3	0	21:44	—	—	37	38
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	4	0	24:26	—	—	49	57
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:19	—	—	44	51
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	48	64
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	0	13:42	—	—	48	54

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	3.41	58:10

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	50	50
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.10	0	0	2	17:00	—	—	56	54
Cody Glass C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	50	50
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.58	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	61	44
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	0	3	0	17:37	—	—	60	43
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.74	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	58	45
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	3	0	0	15:53	—	—	64	70
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	2	2	0	15:40	—	—	60	64
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:37	—	—	65	70
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	1	0	11:14	—	—	41	24
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	11:09	—	—	38	40
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	11:07	—	—	19	6
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	1	0	24:03	—	—	55	43
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.05	0	1	0	23:11	—	—	59	46
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	18:48	—	—	44	54
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	3	0	18:20	—	—	50	56
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	67	59
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	15:15	—	—	61	53

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.62	59:50

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.