San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 16, 2023

FinalThursday, Feb 16, 2023· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	4	9	13	26
VGK	0	0	2	2		VGK	14	8	16	38

: SJS 53VGK 80
: SJS 2.49VGK 4.36
PP goals: SJS 0VGK 0
Hits: SJS 23VGK 24
Blocks: SJS 22VGK 17
PIM: SJS 24VGK 2
: SJS 35%VGK 65%

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. Alexander Barabanov (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for SJS: Hertl–Labanc–Meier skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Labanc–Meier skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Labanc Meier
Usage
Jacob MacDonald (SJS) played 21:02, +9:09 up on his 11:53 season average over 57 games.MacDonald
Goalie
Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +7 against a season average of 31.1; the loss.Kahkonen
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 4.36 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Bonino–Gregor–Sturm skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Gregor Sturm
Usage
Nico Sturm (SJS) played 7:10, −7:40 down on his 14:50 season average over 73 games.Sturm
Usage
Alec Martinez (VGK) played 12:10, −7:09 down on his 19:19 season average over 76 games.Martinez
Usage
William Carrier (VGK) played 16:25, +3:54 up on his 12:31 season average over 55 games.Carrier

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 133 of 133 attempts · VGK 80 · SJS 53

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 17% of the game, VGK 50%.

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	61
	2.71	2.76
	2.51	2.60
	10	18
	8	7
	12	16
	−0.127	+0.127
	17%	50%

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

L1Hertl – Labanc – Meier
8:4871% CF
L2Couture – Eyssimont – Barabanov
7:0463% CF
L3Bonino – Gregor – Sturm
5:0440% CF
L4Lindblom – Svechnikov – Lorentz
3:3333% CF
D1Karlsson – MacDonald
17:1448% CF
D2Vlasic – Benning
9:3266% CF
D3Ferraro – Cicek
8:5428% CF

PP1Bonino – Karlsson – Meier – MacDonald – Eyssimont
1:11100% CF
PP2Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
0:43
PK1FBonino – Couture
8:00
PK2FLindblom – Lorentz
4:07
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
5:10
PK2DVlasic – Cicek
2:39

Current SJS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
8:1054% CF
L2Marchessault – Eichel – Cotter
8:0661% CF
L3Kolesar – Roy – Howden
7:5233% CF
L4Kessel – Stephenson – Carrier
6:3732% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:2045% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
13:1567% CF
D3Martinez – Pietrangelo
11:2436% CF

PP1Kessel – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Stephenson – Carrier
6:2975% CF
PP2Smith – Marchessault – Theodore – Eichel – Roy
6:11100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:35
PK2FStephenson – Roy
0:19
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
1:14
PK2DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:40

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

17:04
SJSAlexander Barabanov (Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture)wrist0.34 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Benning, Eyssimont, BarabanovVGK: Kessel, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Carrier
SJS 1 – 0 VGK

3rd period

6:22
VGKPaul Cotter (Jack Eichel)snap0.02 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc, Meier, MacDonaldVGK: Marchessault, Eichel, Hague, Whitecloud, Cotter
SJS 1 – 1 VGK
19:42
VGKWilliam Carrier (Chandler Stephenson, Shea Theodore)wrist0.14 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Bonino, Benning, Gregor, SturmVGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Theodore, Carrier, Roy
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
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	2	3	2	18:48	—	—	53	42
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	4	18:13	—	—	48	52
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	70	64
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.38	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	50	66
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	38	51
Michael Eyssimont C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	0	1	2	12:22	—	—	61	79
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	10	19:23	—	—	33	10
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:24	—	—	44	29
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:10	—	—	31	3
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:06	—	—	50	39
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:16	—	—	29	21
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	6:58	—	—	67	61
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	24:23	—	—	46	24
Jacob MacDonald D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	5	3	2	21:02	—	—	48	28
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	0	0	20:46	—	—	63	78
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	0	1	0	18:32	—	—	62	71
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	2	21:21	—	—	32	22
Nick Cicek D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	3	0	14:12	—	—	28	31

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	38	36	2	.947	4.36	59:32

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	20:15	—	—	58	51
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	1	1	0	19:25	—	—	61	55
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.65	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	59	55
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	72	83
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.39	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	68	78
Paul Cotter L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	5	0	0	13:12	—	—	58	71
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	58	64
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	2	11:18	—	—	33	19
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	9:31	—	—	29	19
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	35	31
William Carrier L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.47	2	0	0	16:25	—	—	38	32
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	30	14
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.60	0	2	0	23:23	—	—	51	54
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	4	0	17:45	—	—	45	63
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	66	82
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	3	1	0	15:36	—	—	67	78
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	2	0	21:09	—	—	40	30
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	2	0	12:10	—	—	36	14

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.49	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.