San Jose Sharks vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMar 3, 2025

Final / SOMonday, Mar 3, 2025· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SJS	0	0	2	0	1	3		SJS	7	3	9	3	22
TOR	0	2	0	0	0	2		TOR	10	11	2	4	27

: SJS 57TOR 76
: SJS 3.16TOR 3.88
PP goals: SJS 0TOR 2
Hits: SJS 31TOR 22
Blocks: SJS 31TOR 10
PIM: SJS 15TOR 9
: SJS 31%TOR 69%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 (SO)

San Jose Sharks beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 in a shootout at TOR. John Tavares (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 2 power-play goals on 16 attempts in 5:07 together.

Points
John Tavares had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:33.Tavares
Points
Alexander Wennberg had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:52.Wennberg
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 2 power-play goals on 16 attempts in 5:07 together.Tavares Nylander Marner Matthews Knies
Usage
Mitch Marner (TOR) played 27:29, +6:15 up on his 21:14 season average over 80 games.Marner
Usage
Auston Matthews (TOR) played 25:55, +5:32 up on his 20:23 season average over 66 games.Matthews
Usage
Matthew Knies (TOR) played 23:53, +5:26 up on his 18:27 season average over 77 games.Knies
New line
New look for SJS: Grundstrom–Sturm–Graf skated 5:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Sturm Graf
New line
New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Kampf–Dewar skated 4:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Kampf Dewar

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · TOR 76 · SJS 57

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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 23% of the game, TOR 47%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

TOR

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	TOR
	55	59
	2.95	2.22
	2.64	2.10
	10	8
	5	4
	23	20
	−0.139	+0.139
	23%	47%

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

L1Goodrow – Kunin – Dellandrea
8:4440% CF
L2Toffoli – Eklund – Celebrini
7:1038% CF
L3Wennberg – Zetterlund – Smith
6:3046% CF
L4Grundstrom – Sturm – Graf
5:0929% CF
D1Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
14:2750% CF
D2Walman – Liljegren
13:5446% CF
D3Vlasic – Thompson
8:5245% CF

PP1Toffoli – Walman – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
2:3586% CF
PP2Wennberg – Kunin – Liljegren – Zetterlund – Graf
1:01100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Graf
1:20
PK2FGoodrow – Kunin
0:45
PK1DWalman – Ferraro
2:49
PK2DVlasic – Thompson
1:16

Current SJS line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Marner – Matthews – Knies
12:4650% CF
L2Tavares – Nylander – Holmberg
11:0379% CF
L3Domi – Robertson – McMann
9:0043% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Kampf – Dewar
4:5256% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Rielly
17:1643% CF
D2McCabe – Myers
15:3563% CF
D3Timmins – Benoit
9:1864% CF

PP1Tavares – Nylander – Marner – Matthews – Knies
5:0794% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly – Domi – Robertson – McMann
0:13
PK1FMatthews – Knies
1:54
PK2FMarner – Kampf
1:32
PK1DEkman-Larsson – Timmins
1:44
PK2DMcCabe – Benoit
1:42

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:28
TORJohn TavaresPP (Mitch Marner, William Nylander)tip-in0.07 xG
SJS: Walman, Ferraro, Dellandrea, SturmTOR: Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews, Knies
SJS 0 – 1 TOR
19:55
TORMatthew KniesPP (Auston Matthews, John Tavares)tip-in0.38 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Goodrow, Ferraro, SturmTOR: Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews, Knies
SJS 0 – 2 TOR

3rd period

2:23
SJSJack Thompson (Alexander Wennberg, William Eklund)wrist0.02 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Toffoli, Wennberg, Thompson, EklundTOR: Tavares, McCabe, Nylander, Myers, McMann
SJS 1 – 2 TOR
10:10
SJSTyler Toffoli (Alexander Wennberg, Shakir Mukhamadullin)wrist0.25 xG
SJS: Toffoli, Wennberg, Walman, Thompson, EklundTOR: Ekman-Larsson, Jarnkrok, Kampf, Dewar, Benoit
SJS 2 – 2 TOR

Decided in the shootout: SJS 3 – 2 TOR.

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
Barclay Goodrow C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	4	4	0	17:56	—	—	48	61
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	4	1	4	16:30	—	—	30	39
Ty Dellandrea C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	2	0	15:12	—	—	44	58
Macklin Celebrini C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	20:39	—	—	53	65
William Eklund L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.14	2	0	0	19:01	—	—	39	57
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.61	1	2	2	14:42	—	—	48	87
Will Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.61	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	59	51
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	55	59
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	1	0	14:39	—	—	64	67
Collin Graf R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	33	15
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.42	2	0	0	10:45	—	—	45	66
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	8:13	—	—	47	27
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	3	7	25:59	—	—	51	56
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	2	3	0	21:28	—	—	47	42
Jake Walman D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	3	6	0	27:38	—	—	42	56
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	22:25	—	—	53	70
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	14:12	—	—	46	59
Jack Thompson D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.06	0	1	0	13:09	—	—	48	66

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	3.88	65:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	27:29	—	—	53	50
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	1	1	0	6	0.76	0	0	0	25:55	—	—	48	49
Matthew Knies L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.77	6	0	0	23:53	—	—	44	47
William Nylander R	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	1.27	0	0	0	23:43	—	—	70	55
John Tavares C	L2	1	1	2	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	21:33	—	—	55	29
Pontus Holmberg R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	79	68
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	2	13:19	—	—	39	31
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	1	0	12:55	—	—	37	34
Bobby McMann C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:21	—	—	42	57
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	64	53
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.40	2	0	0	8:23	—	—	60	32
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	7:09	—	—	40	28
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:03	—	—	42	47
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	3	0	22:42	—	—	46	38
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	22:05	—	—	58	56
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	5	18:04	—	—	60	36
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:24	—	—	50	43
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:43	—	—	65	58

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	O	22	20	2	.909	3.16	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

John Tavares (TOR PP) 2nd 8:28 · assists Mitch Marner, William Nylander · Deflection · 31.3 mph shot.

John Tavares · 2nd 8:28 · TOR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 31.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: deflection

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Matthew Knies · 2nd 19:55 · TOR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 3.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Jack Thompson · 3rd 2:23 · SJS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.3 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s
Type: rebound

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Tyler Toffoli · 3rd 10:10 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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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.