San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 19, 2021

Final / SOMonday, Apr 19, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SJS	1	1	0	0	0	2		SJS	11	7	11	2	31
VGK	0	1	1	0	1	3		VGK	11	14	10	5	40

: SJS 66VGK 78
: SJS 2.17VGK 3.77
PP goals: SJS 0VGK 2
Hits: SJS 30VGK 26
Blocks: SJS 16VGK 22
PIM: SJS 10VGK 4
: SJS 48%VGK 52%

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 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in a shootout at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Janmark and Theodore) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 3:34 together.

Points
Mark Stone had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:26.Stone
Points
Max Pacioretty had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:50.Pacioretty
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:33.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Janmark and Theodore) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 3:34 together.Pacioretty Stone Stephenson Janmark Theodore
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Meier–Gambrell skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Meier Gambrell
Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +11 against a season average of 28.8; the overtime loss.Jones
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Tuch skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Marchessault Tuch
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 9:32, −8:27 down on his 17:59 season average over 50 games.Whitecloud

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 144 of 144 attempts · VGK 78 · SJS 66

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 21% of the game, VGK 43%.

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
	66	72
	2.00	2.61
	1.94	2.49
	13	13
	1	4
	8	11
	−0.031	+0.031
	21%	43%

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

L1Labanc – Meier – Gambrell
11:3640% CF
L2Couture – Kane – Gregor
10:4430% CF
L3Marleau – Hertl – Balcers
10:1760% CF
L4Donato – Leonard – Kellman
5:1460% CF
D1Karlsson – Knyzhov
17:3551% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
17:0440% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
10:1034% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
1:26100% CF
PP2Marleau – Karlsson – Donato – Meier – Balcers
1:02100% CF
PK1FCouture – Kane
3:11
PK2FHertl – Gambrell
1:53
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
3:37
PK2DVlasic – Knyzhov
1:22

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
13:5338% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
6:2683% CF
L3Janmark – Carrier – Roy
6:2163% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
10:2167% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
7:1842% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
4:4663% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore
3:3475% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
1:50100% CF
PK1FStone – Nosek
1:19
PK2FKarlsson – Janmark
0:27
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:21
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:04

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: SJS 2 – 3 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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Gambrell C	L1	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:03	—	—	47	23
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	16:22	—	—	39	35
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	1	0	15:37	—	—	43	29
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	+1	6	0.53	1	3	0	22:49	—	—	43	51
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	+1	2	0.23	2	1	0	22:11	—	—	42	47
Noah Gregor L	L2	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	3	0	14:06	—	—	46	45
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	2	0	20:30	—	—	67	62
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	63	57
Rudolfs Balcers L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.02	6	0	4	15:41	—	—	48	18
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	8:36	—	—	48	45
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	0	+1	3	0.07	2	0	2	8:21	—	—	47	71
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:36	—	—	60	40
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	0	0	26:31	—	—	56	39
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D1	1	1	+1	3	0.02	0	0	2	21:01	—	—	54	26
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	3	0	27:04	—	—	53	41
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	22:05	—	—	42	31
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:01	—	—	36	53
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:19	—	—	37	70

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	O	40	38	2	.950	3.77	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	2	0	2	-1	5	0.81	0	2	0	23:26	—	—	40	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	1	3	2	22:36	—	—	33	47
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.29	0	1	0	21:50	—	—	40	47
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:34	—	—	60	50
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	2	1	0	18:55	—	—	71	63
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	18:45	—	—	63	52
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.54	0	1	2	18:31	—	—	54	73
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	48	78
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	5	0	0	11:27	—	—	58	85
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	2	1	0	25:22	—	—	59	72
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	2	2	0	22:23	—	—	69	72
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	-1	4	0.20	1	3	0	25:33	—	—	51	45
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	16:17	—	—	37	53
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	9:32	—	—	63	33
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	1	0	9:03	—	—	61	63
Dylan Coghlan D	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	25	27
Tomas Nosek L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	12:06	—	—	46	26
Tomas Jurco R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	5:31	—	—	50	42

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.17	65:00

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 KnightsApr 19, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (SO)

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