Chicago Blackhawks vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 2, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 2, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

3

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	2	0	3		CHI	15	7	10	32
LAK	3	1	2	6		LAK	11	6	8	25

: CHI 65LAK 42
: CHI 2.74LAK 2.69
PP goals: CHI 0LAK 2
Hits: CHI 13LAK 21
Blocks: CHI 8LAK 16
PIM: CHI 4LAK 6
: CHI 44%LAK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 at home. Dustin Brown (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty and Leipsic) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:44 together.

Points
Brendan Perlini had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:16.Perlini
Points
Dustin Brown had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:48.Brown
Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:33.Kempe
Points
Brendan Leipsic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:07.Leipsic
Points
Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:50.Kovalchuk
Points
Jeff Carter had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:27.Carter
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty and Leipsic) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:44 together.Kovalchuk Brown Kopitar Doughty Leipsic
Luck
LAK scored 6 goals on 2.69 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · LAK 42 · CHI 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 33% of the game, LAK 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

CHI

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	CHI	LAK
	66	40
	2.73	2.24
	2.69	2.23
	7	8
	5	5
	16	14
	−0.061	+0.061
	33%	23%

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Kane – Saad
8:1567% CF
L2Strome – DeBrincat – Kahun
6:0173% CF
L3Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden
5:34100% CF
L4Anisimov – Perlini – Sikura
4:2067% CF
D1Murphy – Forsling
14:0555% CF
D2Keith – Seabrook
11:0973% CF
D3Koekkoek – Gustafsson
10:1663% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
2:28100% CF
PP2Keith – Seabrook – Anisimov – Saad – Kahun
1:32
PK1FAnisimov – Saad
0:45
PK2FToews – Kruger
0:38
PK1DMurphy – Koekkoek
1:19
PK2DKeith – Seabrook
0:59

Current CHI line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Toffoli
10:4132% CF
L2Brodzinski – Kempe – Iafallo
8:2440% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Carter – Leipsic
5:4660% CF
L4Lewis – Clifford – Wagner
4:0917% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
23:2637% CF
D2Phaneuf – Roy
16:1932% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Leipsic
1:44100% CF
PP2Carter – Toffoli – Kempe – Iafallo – Walker
0:3450% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
1:36
PK2FCarter – Lewis
1:09
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
2:27
PK2DPhaneuf – Roy
1:27

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:23
LAKDustin BrownPP (Drew Doughty, Jonathan Quick)wrist0.07 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, KoekkoekLAK: Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Leipsic
CHI 0 – 1 LAK
4:42
LAKSean WalkerPP (Adrian Kempe, Jeff Carter)snap0.08 xG
CHI: Kruger, Murphy, Koekkoek, HaydenLAK: Carter, Toffoli, Kempe, Iafallo, Walker
CHI 0 – 2 LAK
15:13
LAKIlya Kovalchuk (Jeff Carter, Brendan Leipsic)slap0.04 xG
CHI: Keith, Seabrook, Saad, Strome, KahunLAK: Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Carter, Leipsic, Roy
CHI 0 – 3 LAK
18:46
CHIBrendan Perlini (Slater Koekkoek, Dylan Strome)slap0.03 xG
CHI: Koekkoek, Gustafsson, Perlini, Strome, KahunLAK: Phaneuf, Brown, Kopitar, Toffoli, Roy
CHI 1 – 3 LAK

2nd period

2:06
CHIBrendan Perlini (Corey Crawford)wrist0.13 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Murphy, Perlini, Forsling, SikuraLAK: Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Carter, Leipsic, Walker
CHI 2 – 3 LAK
6:57
CHIConnor Murphy (Chris Kunitz, John Hayden)snap0.01 xG
CHI: Kunitz, Kruger, Murphy, Hayden, ForslingLAK: Lewis, Clifford, MacDermid, Wagner, Walker
CHI 3 – 3 LAK
8:08
LAKAdrian Kempe (Jonny Brodzinski)wrist0.20 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Saad, Koekkoek, GustafssonLAK: Leipsic, MacDermid, Brodzinski, Kempe, Walker
CHI 3 – 4 LAK

3rd period

4:54
LAKBrendan Leipsic (Ilya Kovalchuk)slap0.17 xG
CHI: Kane, Murphy, Forsling, Strome, DeBrincatLAK: Kovalchuk, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort, Leipsic
CHI 3 – 5 LAK
18:07
LAKDustin Brown (Anze Kopitar)snap0.12 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincatLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort
CHI 3 – 6 LAK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-3	6	0.45	1	1	0	26:14	—	—	58	42
Jonathan Toews C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	61	49
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	0	0	20:27	—	—	70	53
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.38	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	56	52
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.18	0	0	2	15:12	—	—	65	54
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	57	45
Marcus Kruger C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	1	0	2	10:17	—	—	67	77
John Hayden C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	3	0	0	6:46	—	—	80	100
Chris Kunitz L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:45	—	—	63	60
Artem Anisimov C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	59	58
Brendan Perlini L	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:16	—	—	65	76
Dylan Sikura R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	75	99
Connor Murphy D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:47	—	—	57	61
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	59	62
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	22:55	—	—	64	51
Brent Seabrook D	D2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.64	2	1	0	18:51	—	—	71	70
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	24:26	—	—	58	37
Slater Koekkoek D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.02	0	2	0	17:14	—	—	63	59

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	25	19	6	.760	2.69	59:52

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	22:01	—	—	34	51
Dustin Brown R	L1	2	0	2	0	5	0.38	3	0	0	18:48	—	—	33	37
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	4	15:10	—	—	36	34
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	1	0	2	17:33	—	—	46	50
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:27	—	—	25	22
Jonny Brodzinski C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	12:49	—	—	36	44
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	2	2	0	1	0.28	0	1	0	16:27	—	—	32	35
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.41	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	43	62
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	70	80
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	1	0	12:43	—	—	38	49
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	3	3	0	11:52	—	—	42	45
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:31	—	—	29	1
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	1	3	0	29:29	—	—	37	47
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	0	4	0	27:43	—	—	35	41
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:51	—	—	32	39
Dion Phaneuf D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	3	0	0	19:31	—	—	31	41
Sean Walker D	—	1	0	1	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	10:40	—	—	54	57
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:28	—	—	62	70

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.74	60:00

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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.