San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 21, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 21, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	8	12	13	33
VGK	1	2	2	5		VGK	19	10	11	40

: SJS 63VGK 74
: SJS 2.52VGK 4.50
PP goals: SJS 0VGK 1
Hits: SJS 39VGK 28
Blocks: SJS 19VGK 21
PIM: SJS 8VGK 6
: SJS 58%VGK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–2 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Janmark and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:29 together.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 16:55.Marchessault
Points
Mattias Janmark had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:19.Janmark
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:32.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Janmark and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:29 together.Pacioretty Stone Stephenson Janmark Theodore
Goalie
Josef Korenar (SJS) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +13 against a season average of 25.8; the loss.Korenar
Usage
Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 6:24, −7:20 down on his 13:44 season average over 28 games.Coghlan
New line
New look for VGK: Nosek–Tuch–Sikura skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nosek Tuch Sikura
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 20:02, −4:31 down on his 24:33 season average over 40 games.Pietrangelo

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 137 of 137 attempts · VGK 74 · 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 20% of the game, VGK 31%.

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	73
	2.41	2.90
	2.29	2.80
	12	12
	2	7
	17	10
	+0.080	−0.080
	20%	31%

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 – Gregor
10:4338% CF
L2Labanc – Meier – Gambrell
10:1324% CF
L3Marleau – Hertl – Balcers
10:0867% CF
L4Donato – Leonard – Kellman
5:1575% CF
D1Karlsson – Ferraro
8:5248% CF
D2Vlasic – Simek
7:0040% CF
D3Burns – Knyzhov
6:1964% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
2:3780% CF
PP2Burns – Donato – Meier – Balcers – Leonard
1:11100% CF
PK1FHertl – Gambrell
2:07
PK2FCouture – Kane
1:41
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:37
PK2DVlasic – Knyzhov
0:56

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:5360% CF
L2Karlsson – Marchessault – Janmark
10:1659% CF
L3Nosek – Tuch – Sikura
8:0554% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:0754% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:4346% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
10:2173% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore
3:29100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
1:08100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Janmark
1:36
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:26
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
2:13
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:24

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
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	8	0	0	21:21	—	—	36	22
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.42	3	2	0	20:03	—	—	38	28
Noah Gregor L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	2	0	13:26	—	—	37	21
Timo Meier R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.23	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	28	42
Dylan Gambrell C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	3	0	16:00	—	—	28	40
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	2	1	0	15:49	—	—	32	53
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	62	53
Rudolfs Balcers L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	6	0	0	14:47	—	—	58	53
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.33	1	1	0	14:02	—	—	56	55
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	54	75
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	1	0	0	9:06	—	—	73	88
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	75	83
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.10	0	1	2	25:06	—	—	41	48
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	4	2	2	19:55	—	—	46	60
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	0	2	15:31	—	—	35	48
Radim Simek D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	39	38
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	2	2	24:00	—	—	54	48
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	2	0	18:19	—	—	45	25

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Josef Korenar(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	3.53	58:39

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.64	2	0	0	19:45	—	—	63	54
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.77	0	2	0	19:29	—	—	68	64
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.20	0	0	2	18:46	—	—	59	50
Mattias Janmark C	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.99	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	52	45
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+4	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	50	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	2	2	4	+4	5	0.43	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	59	62
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	3	4	2	16:33	—	—	57	59
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	50	73
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	9:44	—	—	52	73
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	4	0	22:50	—	—	50	47
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.17	1	3	2	22:32	—	—	58	52
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	3	0	20:44	—	—	44	46
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	49	50
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	6	1	0	14:58	—	—	69	72
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	12:12	—	—	74	73
William Carrier L	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	4	0	0	10:55	—	—	57	55
Nicolas Roy C	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:46	—	—	48	37
Dylan Coghlan D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	6:24	—	—	60	38

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.52	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 KnightsApr 21, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

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