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Sat, Mar 6, 2021·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Vegas Golden Knights 4, San Jose Sharks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 73% 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.

Smith–Karlsson–MarchessaultTuch–Roy–GlassReaves–Carrier–NosekPacioretty–Stone–StephensonPacioretty–Stephenson–TuchReaves–Carrier–GlassMartinez–TheodoreHolden–PietrangeloHague–WhitecloudHolden–WhitecloudHolden–TheodorePietrangelo–TheodoreMartinez–Whitecloud
Couture–Kane–Labanc0:450.02–0.052:350.08–0.177:000.56–0.432:240.02–0.323:440.09–0.217:230.44–0.651:460.11–0.000:370.05–0.00
Balcers–Gambrell–Leonard8:210.41–0.594:350.12–0.281:560.00–0.061:500.09–0.180:440.00–0.00
Marleau–Donato–Gregor6:550.03–0.761:440.00–0.041:200.02–0.054:000.01–0.310:500.00–0.00
Nieto–Gabriel–Kellman4:550.13–0.040:570.12–0.142:230.09–0.032:320.09–0.110:520.01–0.001:030.12–0.140:480.00–0.00
Marleau–Nieto–Donato0:430.04–0.001:210.00–0.000:430.03–0.001:470.04–0.00
Gabriel–Gregor–Kellman0:300.00–0.171:140.00–0.000:350.00–0.171:260.00–0.00
Kane–Gambrell–Leonard0:380.00–0.00
Nieto–Gambrell–Kellman0:300.08–0.00
Karlsson–Knyzhov6:140.45–0.462:140.00–0.232:350.02–0.131:120.03–0.320:530.03–0.005:450.03–0.202:500.05–0.224:140.13–0.360:440.00–0.000:400.01–0.12
Burns–Ferraro0:300.00–0.003:040.02–0.450:450.00–0.005:440.49–0.431:370.00–0.146:190.43–0.522:300.10–0.000:340.00–0.00
Vlasic–Simek1:540.00–0.042:100.00–0.082:280.09–0.040:570.12–0.143:400.09–0.031:460.05–0.012:250.00–0.121:070.12–0.14
Vlasic–Ferraro1:130.00–0.171:320.04–0.000:500.04–0.172:060.00–0.00
Burns–Simek1:290.11–0.090:440.04–0.040:530.02–0.001:180.13–0.081:530.03–0.10
Burns–Karlsson0:400.02–0.000:550.00–0.110:570.00–0.110:560.10–0.00
Burns–Vlasic1:050.01–0.000:490.01–0.00
Karlsson–Simek0:380.00–0.030:390.00–0.03
Ferraro–Simek0:330.00–0.000:480.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndKane FCouture FLabanc FLeonard FGambrell FBalcers FMarleau FGregor FDonato FGabriel FNieto FKellman FFerraro DBurns DKarlsson DKnyzhov DVlasic DSimek DDubnyk GStephenson FStone FPacioretty FMarchessault FSmith FKarlsson FGlass FRoy FTuch FNosek FReaves FCarrier FPietrangelo DHolden DMartinez DTheodore DWhitecloud DHague DFleury G
SJSVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Brent BurnsSJS2723:270:521:1834
Erik KarlssonSJS2522:300:541:3440
Shea TheodoreVGK2521:330:521:4244
Alec MartinezVGK2421:210:531:2335
Nick HoldenVGK2421:010:531:2932
Alex PietrangeloVGK2320:340:541:5423
Alex TuchVGK2519:570:481:2232
Mario FerraroSJS2418:580:471:1713
Evander KaneSJS2318:520:491:2140
Nikolai KnyzhovSJS2418:330:461:3431
Marc-Edouard VlasicSJS2218:230:501:2515
Logan CoutureSJS2417:440:441:2141
Kevin LabancSJS2017:380:532:0430
Zach WhitecloudVGK2017:230:522:2222
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK1916:320:522:0044
William KarlssonVGK1916:310:521:1534
Radim SimekSJS2116:300:471:2513
Max PaciorettyVGK2116:050:461:2332
Dylan GambrellSJS2316:040:421:2044
Cody GlassVGK1815:530:531:5342
Reilly SmithVGK1915:480:502:0434
Chandler StephensonVGK2115:350:451:1831
Nicolas HagueVGK1915:190:481:3002
Nicolas RoyVGK1815:090:511:2323
Matt NietoSJS1814:400:491:1704
Patrick MarleauSJS1914:370:461:1423
Ryan DonatoSJS1814:280:481:2532
Tomas NosekVGK1713:500:491:2611
Ryan ReavesVGK1713:440:481:1810
John LeonardSJS1813:280:451:1253
Noah GregorSJS1813:150:441:1422
Joel KellmanSJS1713:090:461:1002
Rudolfs BalcersSJS1912:470:401:1744
William CarrierVGK1712:150:431:1210
Kurtis GabrielSJS1610:570:411:1401
Mark StoneVGK129:390:481:1812