Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 16, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 16, 2022· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	0	1		CBJ	3	11	8	22
LAK	2	0	0	2		LAK	12	18	8	38

: CBJ 62LAK 65
: CBJ 3.11LAK 4.57
PP goals: CBJ 0LAK 0
Hits: CBJ 29LAK 25
Blocks: CBJ 10LAK 26
PIM: CBJ 12LAK 10
: CBJ 50%LAK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–1 at home. Phillip Danault (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for LAK: Kopitar–Athanasiou–Kempe skated 13:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Athanasiou–Kempe skated 13:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Athanasiou Kempe
New line
New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Meyer–Robinson skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Meyer Robinson
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +5 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.Merzlikins
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 4.57 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 3.11 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jake Bean (CBJ) played 12:54, −7:47 down on his 20:41 season average over 66 games.Bean
Usage
Dustin Brown (LAK) played 11:20, −3:28 down on his 14:48 season average over 63 games.Brown
Usage
Rasmus Kupari (LAK) played 7:17, −4:36 down on his 11:53 season average over 56 games.Kupari

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

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

LAK
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · LAK 65 · CBJ 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 23% of the game, LAK 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	CBJ	LAK
	55	58
	2.32	4.04
	2.18	3.81
	12	20
	0	6
	17	14
	−0.023	+0.023
	23%	37%

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

L1Nyquist – Roslovic – Laine
11:2757% CF
L2Kuraly – Meyer – Robinson
7:3654% CF
L3Voracek – Bemstrom – Sillinger
5:0011% CF
L4Bjorkstrand – Danforth – Johnson
4:4650% CF
D1Werenski – Peeke
15:3661% CF
D2Gavrikov – Boqvist
10:1747% CF
D3Bean – Blankenburg
6:4631% CF

PP1Voracek – Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
3:1280% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
1:48
PK2FRoslovic – Danforth
0:40
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
2:42
PK2DWerenski – Blankenburg
0:59

Current CBJ line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Athanasiou – Kempe
13:1245% CF
L2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
10:5958% CF
L3Brown – Iafallo – Lizotte
9:0953% CF
L4Lemieux – Kupari – Kaliyev
5:2364% CF
D1Maatta – Spence
15:5057% CF
D2Edler – Roy
14:4543% CF
D3Moverare – Durzi
12:0544% CF

PP1Kopitar – Danault – Kempe – Iafallo – Durzi
1:5533% CF
PP2Athanasiou – Arvidsson – Moore – Kaliyev – Spence
1:3960% CF
PK1FDanault – Kempe
1:31
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:34
PK1DEdler – Roy
1:21
PK2DMoverare – Durzi
0:29

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:41
LAKDustin Brown (Blake Lizotte)snap0.12 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Laine, Bean, BlankenburgLAK: Brown, Maatta, Iafallo, Lizotte, Spence
CBJ 0 – 1 LAK
7:02
LAKPhillip Danault (Viktor Arvidsson, Trevor Moore)wrist0.14 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Laine, BoqvistLAK: Edler, Danault, Arvidsson, Roy, Moore
CBJ 0 – 2 LAK

2nd period

0:53
CBJSean Kuraly (Carson Meyer, Gustav Nyquist)wrist0.17 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Kuraly, Gavrikov, Meyer, BoqvistLAK: Edler, Danault, Arvidsson, Roy, Moore
CBJ 1 – 2 LAK

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.54	1	0	2	19:52	—	—	54	50
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.20	0	1	4	18:23	—	—	56	51
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.47	4	0	0	18:17	—	—	53	46
Sean Kuraly C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	5	1	2	16:40	—	—	48	32
Eric Robinson L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	2	0	0	12:33	—	—	48	27
Carson Meyer R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	8:31	—	—	56	40
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	42	21
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	2	12:13	—	—	48	29
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	29	9
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	56	51
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	4	0	0	13:12	—	—	43	28
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:33	—	—	44	40
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	27:32	—	—	53	52
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:12	—	—	63	53
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	2	0	21:57	—	—	53	35
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	39	32
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	2	2	15:33	—	—	50	36
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	30	11

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	38	36	2	.947	4.57	58:38

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	2	0	22:17	—	—	42	52
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.95	3	0	0	21:49	—	—	46	54
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	1	1	0	18:54	—	—	46	56
Phillip Danault C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.84	1	1	2	18:58	—	—	54	62
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.50	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	63	79
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	0	2	2	15:53	—	—	59	68
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.30	1	1	2	15:20	—	—	52	72
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	1	0	0	11:46	—	—	55	87
Dustin Brown R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	50	75
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	9:15	—	—	53	80
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	2	8:01	—	—	50	77
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	7:17	—	—	58	71
Jordan Spence D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	1	2	0	20:21	—	—	61	61
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	2	0	0	17:34	—	—	57	69
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	4	2	21:08	—	—	44	52
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	5	0	20:59	—	—	47	70
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	5	0	20:53	—	—	52	71
Jacob Moverare D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	13:44	—	—	44	66

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	3.11	60:00

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.