St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 5, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	0	1	1	3		STL	6	5	10	1	22
LAK	0	1	1	0	2		LAK	12	8	10	0	30

: STL 44LAK 43
: STL 2.22LAK 2.25
PP goals: STL 1LAK 1
Hits: STL 27LAK 15
Blocks: STL 9LAK 13
PIM: STL 8LAK 4
: STL 54%LAK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime at LAK. Ryan O'Reilly (STL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:44 together.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:14.O'Reilly
Points
David Perron had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:47.Perron
Points
Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:35.Hoffman
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:44 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Krug and Sundqvist) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:35 together.Perron O'Reilly Schenn Krug Sundqvist
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Luff–Lizotte skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Luff Lizotte
New line
New look for LAK: Kempe–Moore–Kupari skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kempe Moore Kupari
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) played 18:08, +3:15 up on his 14:53 season average over 46 games.Athanasiou

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 87 of 87 attempts · LAK 43 · 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 35% of the game, LAK 35%.

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
	38	41
	1.63	1.84
	1.61	1.78
	11	10
	0	2
	1	4
	+0.033	−0.033
	35%	35%

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

L1O'Reilly – Sanford – Kyrou
12:1950% CF
L2Perron – Schenn – Walker
6:2055% CF
L3Clifford – MacEachern – Joshua
6:1833% CF
L4Hoffman – Sundqvist – Blais
6:1230% CF
D1Scandella – Dunn
15:1153% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
15:0955% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
11:2944% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Krug – Sundqvist
2:3575% CF
PP2Hoffman – Faulk – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
0:29
PK1FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
0:58
PK2FSchenn – MacEachern
0:47
PK1DScandella – Faulk
2:27
PK2DBortuzzo – Mikkola
1:02

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Carter – Athanasiou – Vilardi
12:2043% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
10:3150% CF
L3Kempe – Moore – Kupari
8:4378% CF
L4Grundstrom – Luff – Lizotte
8:3644% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:2250% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
14:0041% CF
D3Maatta – Walker
11:4764% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
3:44100% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Vilardi – Walker
1:270% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:47
PK2FCarter – Kempe
0:00
PK1DMaatta – Walker
1:28
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:19

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.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	3	3	+2	2	0.31	1	0	0	23:14	—	—	56	55
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.36	0	0	2	18:04	—	—	48	46
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	4	17:41	—	—	55	65
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	2	0	0	20:34	—	—	52	61
David Perron L	L2	2	0	2	0	4	0.48	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	58	67
Nathan Walker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:08	—	—	50	39
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	2	11:19	—	—	33	12
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:37	—	—	29	12
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:56	—	—	29	10
Mike Hoffman C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.13	2	1	0	17:35	—	—	48	48
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	4	0	0	12:36	—	—	42	24
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	39	37
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	1	0	21:14	—	—	59	70
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	20:06	—	—	44	55
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	23:07	—	—	58	54
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.16	1	1	0	21:38	—	—	50	39
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	2	0	16:07	—	—	37	30
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	41	33

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.25	59:29

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Carter C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	41	54
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	42	57
Gabriel Vilardi C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	40	52
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:31	—	—	52	53
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	53	34
Dustin Brown R	L2	1	0	1	-1	8	0.82	2	0	0	18:17	—	—	56	48
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	2	0	2	16:30	—	—	75	66
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	0	0	11:05	—	—	80	61
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	10:07	—	—	80	61
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	12:09	—	—	46	59
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	10:20	—	—	43	38
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	50	43
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	2	0	27:03	—	—	50	56
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	22:33	—	—	57	45
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	0	2	0	17:06	—	—	44	49
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	2	15:44	—	—	41	54
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	69	72
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	64	67

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	O	22	19	3	.864	2.22	61:04

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 5, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Los Angeles Kings