San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 1, 2022

FinalTuesday, Mar 1, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	4	6	7	17
VGK	1	1	1	3		VGK	11	10	10	31

: SJS 38VGK 54
: SJS 1.06VGK 3.18
PP goals: SJS 0VGK 0
Hits: SJS 34VGK 15
Blocks: SJS 18VGK 15
PIM: SJS 4VGK 2
: SJS 42%VGK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Dzingel–Hertl–Barabanov skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:56.Smith
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:24.Marchessault
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:21.Karlsson
New line
New look for SJS: Dzingel–Hertl–Barabanov skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dzingel Hertl Barabanov
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Meier–Reedy skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Meier Reedy
New line
New look for SJS: Nieto–Viel–Weatherby skated 4:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieto Viel Weatherby
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 14:21, −3:59 down on his 18:20 season average over 66 games.Karlsson
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 18:56, −5:47 down on his 24:43 season average over 79 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 92 of 92 attempts · VGK 54 · SJS 38

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 10% of the game, VGK 56%.

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
	37	60
	0.91	3.04
	0.89	2.88
	5	13
	6	4
	25	8
	−0.080	+0.080
	10%	56%

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

L1Dzingel – Hertl – Barabanov
7:2843% CF
L2Couture – Meier – Reedy
6:4950% CF
L3Cogliano – Bonino – Gregor
6:3518% CF
L4Nieto – Viel – Weatherby
4:1250% CF
D1Burns – Middleton
18:5039% CF
D2Vlasic – Meloche
15:4834% CF
D3Simek – Merkley
13:1832% CF

PK1FBonino – Nieto
0:52
PK2FCouture – Hertl
0:25
PK1DBurns – Middleton
1:35
PK2DVlasic – Simek
0:25

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dadonov – Stephenson – Eichel
13:5558% CF
L2Carrier – Amadio – Roy
10:1150% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:4371% CF
L4Kolesar – Howden – Rondbjerg
8:2980% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
17:1863% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
15:1562% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Hutton
14:4265% CF

PP1Dadonov – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel – Kolesar
1:14100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
0:46100% CF

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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	1	0	18:01	—	—	38	15
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:56	—	—	50	26
Ryan Dzingel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	46	20
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	0	0	18:40	—	—	52	37
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	1	0	18:32	—	—	43	41
Scott Reedy C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	2	0	14:28	—	—	41	46
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	1	3	0	17:08	—	—	18	17
Noah Gregor L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.37	2	2	0	15:42	—	—	27	16
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:00	—	—	16	17
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:02	—	—	31	22
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	2	10:30	—	—	47	23
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	9:08	—	—	50	31
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	27:07	—	—	38	20
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:34	—	—	39	20
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	39	18
Nicolas Meloche D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	3	2	17:07	—	—	39	23
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	42	37
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:04	—	—	32	27

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Zach Sawchenko	L	20	18	2	.900	1.68	36:38
James Reimer(start)	—	11	10	1	.909	0.94	20:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	1	3	0	19:14	—	—	50	77
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	56	81
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	66	78
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:08	—	—	44	47
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	50	38
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	1	0	13:34	—	—	50	38
Reilly Smith R	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0.44	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	68	90
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.44	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	71	89
William Karlsson C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.41	1	2	0	14:21	—	—	75	91
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	77	87
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.40	3	1	2	12:27	—	—	86	87
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	75	80
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	23:00	—	—	60	82
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	22:56	—	—	63	83
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	61	80
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	1	0	17:26	—	—	59	82
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	18:56	—	—	65	68
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	62	65

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	1.06	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 KnightsMar 1, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

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