St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 23, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	4	0	0	4		STL	15	7	6	28
LAK	1	0	0	1		LAK	7	8	15	30

: STL 44LAK 65
: STL 3.15LAK 4.06
PP goals: STL 2LAK 1
Hits: STL 6LAK 17
Blocks: STL 16LAK 6
PIM: STL 10LAK 4
: STL 53%LAK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at LAK. Brayden Schenn (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:29 together.

Points
Brayden Schenn had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:08.Schenn
Points
Vince Dunn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:29.Dunn
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:05.Pietrangelo
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:46.Perron
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:29 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 4.06 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Carter–Clifford–Luff skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Clifford Luff
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 17:39, +4:38 up on his 13:01 season average over 41 games.Bortuzzo

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 109 of 109 attempts · LAK 65 · STL 44

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 28% of the game, LAK 41%.

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
	47	61
	3.10	3.21
	2.95	2.91
	12	12
	2	1
	17	8
	+0.022	−0.022
	28%	41%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sundqvist
13:2354% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
11:4356% CF
L3Steen – Bozak – Thomas
9:2733% CF
L4MacEachern – de la Rose – Barbashev
8:1354% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
17:5943% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Faulk
16:5955% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
11:2430% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
0:33100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:29
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
1:17
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
3:30
PK2DFaulk – Parayko
1:43

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:3236% CF
L2Toffoli – Prokhorkin – Amadio
12:0362% CF
L3Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte
11:1063% CF
L4Carter – Clifford – Luff
8:3267% CF
D1Doughty – Ryan
19:0447% CF
D2Hutton – Roy
15:4161% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:2980% CF
PP2Carter – Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli – Kempe
1:41100% CF
PK1FKempe – Lizotte
0:15
PK2FCarter – Toffoli
0:11
PK1DDoughty – Ryan
0:33

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:51
STLBrayden Schenn (Vince Dunn, Robert Bortuzzo)wrist0.08 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, Schenn, Schwartz, Dunn, KyrouLAK: Toffoli, Prokhorkin, MacDermid, Amadio, Walker
STL 1 – 0 LAK
5:43
STLJaden SchwartzPP (Alex Pietrangelo, David Perron)slap0.22 xG
STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, SchwartzLAK: Carter, Doughty, Ryan, Lizotte
STL 2 – 0 LAK
11:22
STLVince Dunn (Jacob de la Rose)wrist0.13 xG
STL: Bortuzzo, MacEachern, de la Rose, Barbashev, DunnLAK: Carter, Clifford, MacDermid, Luff, Walker
STL 3 – 0 LAK
12:21
STLBrayden SchennPP (Alex Pietrangelo, David Perron)wrist0.11 xG
STL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, SchwartzLAK: Carter, Doughty, Toffoli, Ryan
STL 4 – 0 LAK
18:53
LAKAlex IafalloPP (Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar)tip-in0.13 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Bortuzzo, Bozak, O'ReillyLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Iafallo
STL 4 – 1 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.64	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	52	71
Oskar Sundqvist C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	2	15:57	—	—	50	70
David Perron L	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.44	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	56	72
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	0	3	0	17:25	—	—	36	22
Brayden Schenn C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	48	29
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	50	42
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	13:55	—	—	38	48
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:56	—	—	30	28
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	32	37
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:55	—	—	37	47
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	44	47
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	10:13	—	—	50	53
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	2	0	23:25	—	—	46	56
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	22:50	—	—	38	44
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	2	2	0	6	0.09	0	2	2	22:05	—	—	55	62
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	2	20:29	—	—	58	63
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	24	28
Vince Dunn D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.13	1	2	0	13:29	—	—	33	33

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	4.06	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	2	20:02	—	—	35	22
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	39	25
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	35	21
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	63	71
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	63	71
Nikolai Prokhorkin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.42	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	64	71
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	17:34	—	—	59	52
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	65	51
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	4	0	0	11:59	—	—	65	51
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	1.06	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	69	79
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	67	66
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	2	0	0	10:42	—	—	71	79
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	25:47	—	—	44	28
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	47	33
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	4	0	18:56	—	—	58	76
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	2	17:13	—	—	61	72
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	64	45
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	74	44

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.15	59:51

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.