St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 6, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	3	0	0	0	3		STL	11	8	6	0	25
LAK	1	2	0	1	4		LAK	12	8	11	3	34

: STL 33LAK 62
: STL 2.27LAK 2.61
PP goals: STL 1LAK 1
Hits: STL 16LAK 18
Blocks: STL 18LAK 2
PIM: STL 6LAK 4
: STL 53%LAK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:21 together.

Points
Anze Kopitar had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:13.Kopitar
Points
David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:19.Perron
Points
Alex Iafallo had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:38.Iafallo
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:42.Schenn
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:21 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:16 together.Perron O'Reilly Schenn Tarasenko Krug
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New look for STL: Sanford–Walker–Blais skated 12:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sanford Walker Blais
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New look for STL: O'Reilly–Tarasenko–Kyrou skated 11:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Tarasenko Kyrou

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 95 of 95 attempts · LAK 62 · STL 33

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 16% of the game, LAK 34%.

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
	35	58
	2.28	2.21
	2.19	2.15
	11	11
	1	1
	10	5
	+0.002	−0.001
	16%	34%

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 – Hoffman – Schenn
14:5820% CF
L2Sanford – Walker – Blais
12:4457% CF
L3O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Kyrou
11:5965% CF
L4Clifford – MacEachern – Joshua
8:0414% CF
D1Scandella – Dunn
18:4936% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
17:4041% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
8:3233% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
1:16100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Sanford
1:54
PK2FSchenn – MacEachern
0:48
PK1DBortuzzo – Scandella
1:35
PK2DFaulk – Mikkola
1:00

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
14:2554% CF
L2Carter – Athanasiou – Vilardi
13:3778% CF
L3Kempe – Moore – Kupari
11:0450% CF
L4Grundstrom – Luff – Lizotte
8:1983% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:0470% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
15:5676% CF
D3Maatta – Walker
14:4350% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:21100% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Vilardi – Walker
1:19100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:47
PK2FMoore – Vilardi
0:23
PK1DRoy – Anderson
0:31
PK2DMaatta – Walker
0:11

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	20:42	—	—	26	46
David Perron L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	23	37
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	20	36
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	4	0	0	16:51	—	—	50	77
Nathan Walker L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	0	0	2	15:14	—	—	56	93
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:42	—	—	50	70
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.36	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	58	54
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.22	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	58	58
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	14:27	—	—	58	49
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	2	11:16	—	—	25	40
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:39	—	—	20	26
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:22	—	—	14	25
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	2	0	23:44	—	—	33	53
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.40	1	0	0	23:05	—	—	38	52
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	5	0	25:43	—	—	43	45
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	3	2	21:14	—	—	41	45
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	40	63
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:29	—	—	27	62

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	2.61	61:45

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	2	1	3	+2	6	0.59	2	0	0	20:13	—	—	55	54
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.08	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	58	53
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	50	43
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	70	61
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.18	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	68	54
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	74	60
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	50	33
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	46	18
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:48	—	—	50	18
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	4	0	0	11:42	—	—	71	49
Matt Luff R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	78	61
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	80	64
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	5	1	2	24:25	—	—	70	81
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	66	71
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	70	43
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	71	40
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	50	34
Sean Walker D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	46	28

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.27	61:17

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 6, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (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

OT period

Box score

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Los Angeles Kings