San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 17, 2021
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJS | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | SJS | 11 | 16 | 6 | 33 | |
| VGK | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | VGK | 10 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
- SJS 50VGK 64
- SJS 3.97VGK 2.53
- PP goals
- SJS 1VGK 2
- Hits
- SJS 29VGK 28
- Blocks
- SJS 16VGK 12
- PIM
- SJS 18VGK 16
- SJS 45%VGK 55%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 5–4
Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–4 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:09 together.
- PointsEvander Kane had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 24:07.Kane
- PointsShea Theodore had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 26:02.Theodore
- PointsMario Ferraro had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:46.Ferraro
- PointsTomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:36.Hertl
- PointsTomas Nosek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:23.Nosek
- PP1VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:09 together.PaciorettyStoneKarlssonTheodoreGlass
- GoalieDevan Dubnyk (SJS) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +10 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Dubnyk
- LuckVGK scored 5 goals on 2.53 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above 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.
Shot map, SJS at VGK: 114 attempts, 70 on goal, 9 goals, 6.50 expected goals; best chance Mario Ferraro at 0.57 xG.
- VGK
- SJS
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 114 of 114 attempts · VGK 64 · SJS 50
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 2.53 to 3.97 (SJS led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 50, 9 goals.
- VGK
- SJS
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 34% of the game, VGK 35%.
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 Devan Dubnyk (58:27) for SJS, 9 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | SJS | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | 53 | |
| 3.59 | 1.44 | |
| 3.26 | 1.34 | |
| 12 | 10 | |
| 2 | 4 | |
| 11 | 19 | |
| −0.044 | +0.044 | |
| 34% | 35% |
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
- 11:2459% CF
- 8:1231% CF
- 6:4063% CF
- 5:4133% CF
- 16:0124% CF
- 14:5960% CF
- 12:0638% CF
- 2:3883% CF
- 1:47100% CF
- 3:35
- 1:38
- 4:10
- 3:41
Vegas Golden Knights
- L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault9:5459% CF
- L2Pacioretty – Stone – Glass9:4760% CF
- 5:2586% CF
- 3:4950% CF
- 13:0635% CF
- D2Hague – Whitecloud11:4856% CF
- 7:1788% CF
- PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Glass5:09100% CF
- PP2Martinez – Smith – Marchessault – Roy – Coghlan1:5780% CF
- 2:28
- 2:01
- PK1DHague – Whitecloud1:51
- 1:28
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 3:45SJS 0 – 1 VGK
2nd period
- 6:21SJS 1 – 1 VGK
- 7:57SJS 2 – 1 VGK
- 15:07SJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, FerraroVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Kolesar, Hague, WhitecloudSJS 3 – 1 VGK
3rd period
- 6:43SJS 3 – 2 VGK
- 10:03SJS: Karlsson, Nieto, Donato, Gambrell, KnyzhovVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, WhitecloudSJS 3 – 3 VGK
- 12:27SJS 3 – 4 VGK
- 14:46SJS 3 – 5 VGK
- 15:54SJS 4 – 5 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evander Kane L | L1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 0.31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24:07 | — | — | 55 | 73 |
| Logan Couture C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0.18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20:14 | — | — | 61 | 77 |
| Kevin Labanc R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.60 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:01 | — | — | 57 | 75 |
| Tomas Hertl C | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17:36 | — | — | 38 | 67 |
| Matt Nieto L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:22 | — | — | 36 | 53 |
| Timo Meier R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 | — | — | 33 | 67 |
| Dylan Gambrell C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:10 | — | — | 40 | 69 |
| Patrick Marleau C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 | — | — | 60 | 88 |
| John Leonard L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 | — | — | 70 | 95 |
| Ryan Donato C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:23 | — | — | 26 | 70 |
| Fredrik Handemark C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8:27 | — | — | 24 | 59 |
| Kurtis Gabriel R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7:27 | — | — | 23 | 59 |
| Erik Karlsson D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:39 | — | — | 24 | 40 |
| Nikolai Knyzhov D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17:12 | — | — | 22 | 32 |
| Brent Burns D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:34 | — | — | 58 | 80 |
| Mario Ferraro D | D2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 0.61 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19:46 | — | — | 60 | 81 |
| Radim Simek D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:24 | — | — | 38 | 73 |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16:10 | — | — | 38 | 73 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devan Dubnyk(start) | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | .865 | 2.53 | 58:27 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Karlsson C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:52 | — | — | 57 | 32 |
| Reilly Smith R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:20 | — | — | 60 | 31 |
| Jonathan Marchessault R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:37 | — | — | 55 | 25 |
| Mark Stone R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20:42 | — | — | 46 | 34 |
| Max Pacioretty L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:39 | — | — | 46 | 32 |
| Cody Glass C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:29 | — | — | 65 | 68 |
| Tomas Nosek L | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 | — | — | 82 | 64 |
| William Carrier L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 | — | — | 67 | 25 |
| Ryan Reaves R | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:40 | — | — | 75 | 37 |
| Nicolas Roy C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:33 | — | — | 59 | 30 |
| Keegan Kolesar R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:33 | — | — | 35 | 6 |
| Tomas Jurco R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:56 | — | — | 63 | 27 |
| Alec Martinez D | D1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26:18 | — | — | 45 | 21 |
| Shea Theodore D | D1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:02 | — | — | 43 | 23 |
| Zach Whitecloud D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:24 | — | — | 58 | 26 |
| Nicolas Hague D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14:18 | — | — | 58 | 26 |
| Brayden McNabb D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17:46 | — | — | 86 | 46 |
| Dylan Coghlan D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:06 | — | — | 86 | 61 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Fleury(start) | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 3.97 | 60:00 |