San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights

Mar 15, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
San Jose Sharks	1	24
Vegas Golden Knights	2	36

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
08:35	VGK	Max Pacioretty (14) PP	Mark Stone (23), Shea Theodore (15)	0 - 1
3rd Period
01:02	VGK	Mark Stone (10)	Max Pacioretty (13), Nicolas Hague (7)	0 - 2
14:29	SJS	Timo Meier (6)	Brent Burns (10)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:27	SJS	Evander Kane	Tripping	2
3rd Period
06:50	SJS	Tomas Hertl	Delaying game puck over glass	2
12:18	SJS	Evander Kane	Interference	2
19:34	VGK	Max Pacioretty	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
San Jose Sharks	52	35	24	1	2.5	44.4
Vegas Golden Knights	73	47	36	2	4.1	55.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while San Jose Sharks had.

Expected goals

San Jose Sharks: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 4.1 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

San Jose Sharks

Vegas Golden Knights

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Logan Couture · Evander Kane · Kevin Labanc	12:35	43.3	45.6	0-0
Tomas Hertl · Timo Meier · Rudolfs Balcers	9:59	61.5	59.2	0-0
Matt Nieto · Ryan Donato · Dylan Gambrell	8:07	44.4	50.2	0-0
Patrick Marleau · Kurtis Gabriel · Fredrik Handemark	6:43	38.5	56.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brent Burns · Mario Ferraro	18:02	35.5	36.4	1-0
Erik Karlsson · Nikolai Knyzhov	17:59	44.7	46.5	0-1
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Radim Simek	10:20	48.1	42.8	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
28	Timo Meier	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	17:40	0.35	14-10	0.57-0.71
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	24:44	0.11	14-21	0.64-0.94
8	Ryan Donato	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:42	0.17	12-13	0.54-0.51
12	Patrick Marleau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:16	0.11	9-15	0.27-0.37
22	Rudolfs Balcers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13:42	0.16	12-9	0.45-0.53
27	Dylan Gambrell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:53	0.04	14-19	0.55-0.89
37	Fredrik Handemark	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	09:59		7-10	0.22-0.16
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	21:44	0.05	13-22	0.61-0.95
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17:27	0.19	15-19	1.09-1.18
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:59	0.06	15-16	0.64-0.66
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	17:20	0.11	14-13	0.56-0.67
51	Radim Simek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:42		15-16	0.60-0.75
62	Kevin Labanc	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	18:23	0.51	15-22	0.96-1.31
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	24:26	0.01	22-23	1.28-1.23
71	Nikolai Knyzhov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	19:19		17-22	1.05-1.28
79	Kurtis Gabriel	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	08:17	0.08	5-12	0.21-0.33
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:08	0.21	11-15	0.66-0.73
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	18:49	0.33	16-23	1.15-1.34

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Devan Dubnyk	L	36	34	2	58:10	4.11	+2.11

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Max Pacioretty · Mark Stone · Cody Glass	12:39	50.0	46.3	1-0
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	12:08	61.8	54.0	0-0
Tomas Nosek · Alex Tuch · Nicolas Roy	11:55	65.6	74.8	0-0
Ryan Reaves · Patrick Brown · Keegan Kolesar	9:07	23.1	11.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alec Martinez · Shea Theodore	18:39	56.8	53.3	0-1
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud	16:46	41.4	50.4	1-0
Brayden McNabb · Dylan Coghlan	13:34	59.1	54.1	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
61	Mark Stone	R	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	17:58	0.29	9-9	0.39-0.52
67	Max Pacioretty	L	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	17:00	0.10	10-8	0.41-0.45
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	23:11	0.05	29-20	1.64-1.37
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	18:20	0.06	17-17	0.74-0.52
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:55	0.03	20-10	0.75-0.47
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:37		22-12	1.17-0.43
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:35		8-8	0.36-0.47
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0	17:45	0.64	25-16	1.28-1.17
25	Alec Martinez	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	24:03	0.15	26-21	1.51-1.38
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18:48		14-18	0.62-0.56
38	Patrick Brown	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	11:09	0.05	6-10	0.18-0.34
52	Dylan Coghlan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:15	0.09	14-9	0.56-0.47
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	11:14	0.01	7-10	0.14-0.34
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:37	0.94	24-16	1.20-1.05
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	11:07		3-13	0.05-0.46
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	16:37	0.61	22-16	1.25-1.10
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	15:40	0.70	21-14	1.11-0.51
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	15:53	0.33	23-13	1.19-0.43

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	24	23	1	59:50	2.51	+1.51