St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 17, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	3	11	6	20
LAK	3	0	1	4		LAK	9	7	8	24

: STL 46LAK 44
: STL 1.91LAK 3.20
PP goals: STL 0LAK 1
Hits: STL 29LAK 17
Blocks: STL 7LAK 10
PIM: STL 9LAK 7
: STL 41%LAK 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Carter, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:30.Kopitar
Points
Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:33.Doughty
Points
Trevor Moore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:49.Moore
Points
Jaret Anderson-Dolan had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:00.Anderson-Dolan
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Carter, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.Carter Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Moore–Anderson-Dolan skated 14:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Moore Anderson-Dolan
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Kyrou skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Tarasenko Kyrou
New line
New look for LAK: Wagner–Luff–Lizotte skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Luff Lizotte

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 90 of 90 attempts · LAK 44 · STL 46

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 31%.

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
	50	44
	2.11	2.77
	2.02	2.69
	7	12
	2	0
	11	4
	−0.077	+0.077
	28%	31%

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 – Sanford
12:2679% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Kyrou
8:3044% CF
L3Hoffman – Bozak – Blais
7:5055% CF
L4Clifford – Sundqvist – Joshua
6:4150% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
19:5854% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
12:3221% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
10:0050% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
1:01
PP2Hoffman – Bozak – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
0:59100% CF
PK1FBozak – Sanford
0:50
PK2FClifford – Sundqvist
0:20
PK1DScandella – Faulk
0:57
PK2DBortuzzo – Walman
0:00

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
14:1548% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo
12:4764% CF
L3Carter – Athanasiou – Vilardi
8:5527% CF
L4Wagner – Luff – Lizotte
8:0258% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:5548% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
16:0752% CF
D3Maatta – Walker
13:2750% CF

PP1Carter – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:25100% CF
PP2Athanasiou – Moore – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Walker
0:46
PK1FCarter – Kempe
0:47
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:35
PK1DMaatta – Walker
0:47
PK2DRoy – Anderson
0:41

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	64	44
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.28	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	76	46
David Perron L	L1	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	65	29
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	-1	0	0.10	3	0	0	18:51	—	—	40	28
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	0	0	17:46	—	—	41	26
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	44	25
Mike Hoffman C	L3	1	1	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	53	50
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:30	—	—	47	40
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:07	—	—	35	25
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.18	1	1	2	11:38	—	—	52	62
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.41	2	0	0	9:35	—	—	53	73
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	9:29	—	—	50	63
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	25:11	—	—	60	53
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	-1	0	0.10	2	1	5	23:02	—	—	56	41
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	40	15
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	18:35	—	—	44	35
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	4	0.12	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	61	55
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	2	2	14:09	—	—	52	47

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.82	57:58

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.16	4	0	0	17:00	—	—	48	73
Carl Grundstrom R	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.44	3	1	0	16:56	—	—	53	76
Trevor Moore L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.35	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	52	75
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.61	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	47	49
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	56	71
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	64	91
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	31	23
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	13:01	—	—	35	39
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	5	12:44	—	—	33	21
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	10:58	—	—	40	38
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	56	56
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	4	0	0	10:15	—	—	37	39
Drew Doughty D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.19	0	1	2	25:33	—	—	47	59
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	21:43	—	—	48	53
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	19:30	—	—	48	61
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	17:31	—	—	48	60
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	44	54
Sean Walker D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	45	47

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.91	59:46

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 17, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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Los Angeles Kings