St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 7, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 7, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	3	1	4		STL	12	13	7	32
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	9	7	12	28

: STL 69LAK 57
: STL 2.45LAK 2.75
PP goals: STL 0LAK 0
Hits: STL 17LAK 29
Blocks: STL 12LAK 22
PIM: STL 6LAK 8
: STL 44%LAK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Los Angeles Kings 4–0

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 4–0 at LAK. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK scored 0 goals on 2.75 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:50.Tarasenko
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:15.Schenn
Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 2.75 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
STL scored 4 goals on 2.45 expected goals (69 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Drew Doughty (LAK) played 21:58, −4:41 down on his 26:39 season average over 81 games.Doughty
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 17:41, +3:55 up on his 13:46 season average over 73 games.Sundqvist
Usage
Sean Walker (LAK) played 18:31, +3:10 up on his 15:21 season average over 38 games.Walker
PP1
STL's PP1 (Pietrangelo, Bozak, O'Reilly, Schenn and Tarasenko) went scoreless in 3:26 of 5v4 time with 10 attempts.Pietrangelo Bozak O'Reilly Schenn Tarasenko

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

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

LAK
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · LAK 57 · STL 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 35% of the game, LAK 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

STL

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	STL	LAK
	64	56
	2.38	2.23
	2.32	2.16
	11	5
	6	7
	16	17
	−0.009	+0.009
	35%	26%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Schwartz – Sundqvist
12:4554% CF
L2O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
12:1242% CF
L3Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
10:0662% CF
L4MacEachern – Barbashev – Blais
7:4055% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
17:1448% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
15:4065% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
13:0048% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Bozak – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
3:26100% CF
PP2Maroon – Schwartz – Parayko – Dunn – Thomas
1:55100% CF
PK1FBozak – Sundqvist
1:08
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
0:37
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
2:04
PK2DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
1:41

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Toffoli
9:4672% CF
L2Lewis – Clifford – Luff
8:1031% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Carter – Leipsic
7:2643% CF
L4Brodzinski – Kempe – Iafallo
6:5657% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
17:1732% CF
D2Martinez – Walker
16:4653% CF
D3Phaneuf – Roy
12:3665% CF

PP1Carter – Martinez – Toffoli – Kempe – Iafallo
2:18100% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Leipsic
1:27
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
2:13
PK2FCarter – Toffoli
1:16
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
2:37
PK2DMartinez – Roy
0:55

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:25
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Brayden Schenn)snap0.02 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, EdmundsonLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort
STL 1 – 0 LAK
18:42
STLTyler Bozak (Joel Edmundson, Robert Thomas)slap0.18 xG
STL: Maroon, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Edmundson, ThomasLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Brodzinski, Walker
STL 2 – 0 LAK
19:58
STLRyan O'Reilly (Brayden Schenn, Vladimir Tarasenko)tip-in0.09 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko, DunnLAK: Kovalchuk, Carter, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort
STL 3 – 0 LAK

3rd period

8:13
STLIvan Barbashev (Sammy Blais, Mackenzie MacEachern)slap0.09 xG
STL: Pietrangelo, Edmundson, MacEachern, Barbashev, BlaisLAK: Carter, Martinez, Clifford, Luff, Walker
STL 4 – 0 LAK

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oskar Sundqvist C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	46	50
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	63	61
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	48	56
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.17	0	0	2	18:19	—	—	45	23
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.13	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	39	20
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.33	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	46	24
Tyler Bozak C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	62	87
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	62	86
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	1	0	14:08	—	—	62	86
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	0	0	2	10:14	—	—	69	78
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:56	—	—	65	75
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	4	0	2	9:26	—	—	40	62
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	21:20	—	—	48	38
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	41	29
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.08	1	1	0	23:03	—	—	65	59
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.08	3	2	0	18:44	—	—	65	59
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	16:43	—	—	46	73
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	41	65

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.75	59:23

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	-3	0	0.45	1	2	0	20:05	—	—	68	76
Dustin Brown R	L1	-2	4	0.53	3	1	0	19:38	—	—	53	72
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	-1	5	0.41	2	0	0	16:42	—	—	74	86
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	12:49	—	—	42	22
Kyle Clifford L	L2	-1	2	0.02	2	2	0	11:07	—	—	41	52
Matt Luff R	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:19	—	—	29	6
Jeff Carter C	L3	-2	4	0.28	4	0	2	17:53	—	—	33	21
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	55	49
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	40	20
Alex Iafallo L	L4	0	1	0.43	1	2	0	16:39	—	—	45	39
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	42	32
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	11:50	—	—	39	24
Drew Doughty D	D1	-2	1	0.03	3	3	2	21:58	—	—	33	47
Derek Forbort D	D1	-2	0	0.02	1	3	0	21:24	—	—	32	48
Alec Martinez D	D2	-2	2	0.03	2	2	0	23:58	—	—	46	48
Sean Walker D	D2	-2	2	0.07	2	3	2	18:31	—	—	54	55
Matt Roy D	D3	0	1	0.04	0	3	0	16:23	—	—	52	37
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0.04	4	1	2	14:21	—	—	68	49

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.45	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.