Edgehalla

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 6, 2020

Final· STAPLES Center
Goals123TShots123T
CBJ0224CBJ106824
LAK1012LAK16101137
CBJ 35LAK 73
CBJ 2.67LAK 3.14
PP goals
CBJ 0LAK 0
Hits
CBJ 15LAK 21
Blocks
CBJ 18LAK 9
PIM
CBJ 0LAK 0
CBJ 36%LAK 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at LAK. Gustav Nyquist (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CBJ: Wennberg–Stenlund–Bemstrom skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:32.Nyquist
  2. Points
    Pierre-Luc Dubois had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:17.Dubois
  3. Points
    Sean Walker had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:50.Walker
  4. New line
    New look for CBJ: Wennberg–Stenlund–Bemstrom skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.WennbergStenlundBemstrom
  5. New line
    New look for CBJ: Nash–Robinson–Lilja skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.NashRobinsonLilja
  6. Goalie
    Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +8 against a season average of 28.7; the win.Merzlikins
  7. Usage
    Sean Walker (LAK) played 24:50, +6:05 up on his 18:45 season average over 69 games.Walker
  8. New line
    New look for CBJ: Gerbe–Nyquist–Dubois skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GerbeNyquistDubois

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.

Shot map, CBJ at LAK: 108 attempts, 61 on goal, 6 goals, 5.81 expected goals; best chance Gustav Nyquist at 0.70 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • LAK
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · LAK 73 · CBJ 35

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CBJ at LAK: expected goals 3.14 to 2.67 (LAK led the chances), shot attempts 73 to 35, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdLAKCBJIGHSLNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • LAK
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
LAKCBJcontrol2nd3rdIafallo · 1st 1:26Gerbe · 2nd 6:53Harrington · 2nd 10:40Stenlund · 3rd 4:49Lewis · 3rd 11:15Nyquist · 3rd 19:00
  • LAK pressure
  • CBJ pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 16% of the game, LAK 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CBJ at LAK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jonathan Quick (58:19) for LAK and Elvis Merzlikins (60:00) for CBJ, 6 goals.

LAK
CBJ
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
StatCBJLAK
3879
2.073.20
2.043.05
717
15
1414
−0.128+0.128
16%42%

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Current CBJ line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kevin Stenlund CL1101030.3400015:15——3125
Alexander Wennberg CL1011010.1501014:32——2618
Emil Bemstrom CL1000020.0210013:23——3532
Riley Nash CL2000010.0401014:12——2116
Eric Robinson LL2000010.0410012:37——1915
Jakob Lilja LL2000000.0010012:32——2814
Gustav Nyquist RL3112+110.7000017:32——3253
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL3022+100.0003017:17——3253
Nathan Gerbe CL3101+240.4210016:01——3953
Boone Jenner CL4000+120.1200017:08——4465
Nick Foligno LL4011+130.2052016:02——4456
Sonny Milano LL4011000.0011015:35——3043
Seth Jones DD1000+110.1923023:24——2445
Zach Werenski DD1011+110.1401022:53——2556
David Savard DD2000020.0302020:32——3630
Vladislav Gavrikov DD2000+210.1422020:07——4339
Markus Nutivaara DD3000-100.0000016:17——3119
Scott Harrington DD3101+110.1312014:35——3861
CBJ goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)W37352.9463.1460:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Adrian Kempe RL1000-200.3111017:17——5267
Austin Wagner LL1000-120.3530015:51——5274
Blake Lizotte CL1000030.2310015:05——5078
Anze Kopitar CL2011-220.1700016:34——7137
Tyler Toffoli CL2000-140.1720016:28——7240
Alex Iafallo LL2101010.2110015:05——7335
Jeff Carter CL3000-140.3510015:37——7375
Nikolai Prokhorkin LL3000030.3511015:02——7576
Dustin Brown RL3000010.0120013:36——7370
Michael Amadio RL4000020.3110014:09——7162
Trevor Lewis CL4101030.1400012:43——7262
Kyle Clifford LL4011030.1900012:08——6866
Drew Doughty DD1000010.0530026:32——7353
Sean Walker DD1022+150.1201024:50——6547
Alec Martinez DD2000-210.0300018:20——6084
Ben Hutton DD2000-220.0514016:53——5276
Matt Roy DD3000-100.0731018:51——7160
Derek Forbort DD3000000.0311014:25——7957
LAK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jonathan Quick(start)L23203.8701.9758:19