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Sun, Dec 22, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vegas Golden Knights 3, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 50% of the time.

SJS winsVGK wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

SJS forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Pacioretty–Stone–StephensonSmith–Karlsson–MarchessaultReaves–Carrier–NosekStastny–Zykov–TuchStastny–Pacioretty–MarchessaultMcNabb–SchmidtEngelland–MerrillTheodore–HagueSchmidt–Hague
Marleau–Couture–Kane2:490.10–0.062:080.09–0.160:300.00–0.310:510.00–0.004:110.00–0.221:490.18–0.000:390.00–0.31
Sorensen–Goodrow–Meier1:320.00–0.001:280.18–0.032:130.00–0.001:390.00–0.002:470.18–0.131:410.00–0.04
Noesen–Karlsson–Kellman1:270.02–0.452:170.00–0.032:050.00–0.060:590.00–0.003:070.00–0.322:070.18–0.23
Thornton–Hertl–Labanc1:220.00–0.082:360.11–0.010:590.00–0.000:500.08–0.001:540.03–0.012:190.02–0.29
Couture–Kane–Hertl0:590.00–0.151:310.21–0.181:140.14–0.462:420.18–0.751:050.18–0.05
Thornton–Sorensen–Labanc0:430.17–0.000:370.00–0.100:400.17–0.001:110.00–0.13
Marleau–Noesen–Goodrow1:010.36–0.131:160.36–0.19
Burns–Dillon2:350.16–0.335:350.41–0.132:430.00–0.420:410.00–0.002:230.20–0.156:090.40–0.174:370.35–0.56
Vlasic–Karlsson6:430.32–0.842:490.09–0.311:110.02–0.272:130.15–0.146:110.21–0.523:570.16–0.623:150.26–0.42
Heed–Middleton1:520.17–0.003:030.08–0.013:090.00–0.504:460.25–0.442:170.00–0.021:270.11–0.04
Burns–Karlsson1:070.11–0.051:020.11–0.05
Vlasic–Heed0:380.00–0.001:110.01–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndSorensen FGoodrow FMeier FKane FCouture FMarleau FKarlsson FHertl FLabanc FThornton FNoesen FKellman FDillon DBurns DVlasic DKarlsson DMiddleton DHeed DDell GSmith FKarlsson FMarchessault FStephenson FStone FPacioretty FTuch FZykov FStastny FCarrier FReaves FNosek FMcNabb DSchmidt DEngelland DMerrill DTheodore DHague DSubban G
SJSVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Erik KarlssonSJS2828:011:003:1342
Brent BurnsSJS3127:140:533:2564
Nate SchmidtVGK2724:450:552:5154
Marc-Edouard VlasicSJS2822:400:491:3834
Tomas HertlSJS2422:210:562:0354
Mark StoneVGK2121:531:031:3740
Logan CoutureSJS2320:520:541:3841
Evander KaneSJS2220:010:551:4432
Brayden McNabbVGK2419:490:502:3044
Max PaciorettyVGK1919:241:011:4130
Brenden DillonSJS2919:170:401:0624
William KarlssonVGK2318:450:491:4338
Shea TheodoreVGK2318:350:482:2463
Chandler StephensonVGK1918:210:581:3730
Jon MerrillVGK2017:400:531:4432
Reilly SmithVGK2317:280:461:1348
Deryk EngellandVGK1917:200:551:5133
Nicolas HagueVGK2216:200:451:2741
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK1715:110:541:3432
Kevin LabancSJS1914:560:471:2862
Joe ThorntonSJS1914:470:471:2522
Paul StastnyVGK1614:050:531:1833
Barclay GoodrowSJS2013:540:421:1337
Patrick MarleauSJS1813:440:461:1814
Marcus SorensenSJS1812:360:421:1512
Stefan NoesenSJS1812:280:421:0024
Tim HeedSJS1511:570:481:3516
Alex TuchVGK1411:410:501:0951
Valentin ZykovVGK1211:070:561:4941
Timo MeierSJS1510:440:431:0933
Melker KarlssonSJS1510:440:431:1645
Jake MiddletonSJS1310:140:471:1705
Tomas NosekVGK129:380:481:0643
Ryan ReavesVGK129:310:481:1640
William CarrierVGK128:270:421:0640
Joel KellmanSJS106:340:391:0042