St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMay 10, 2021

Final / OTMonday, May 10, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	0	0	1	1	2		STL	5	6	7	1	19
LAK	0	0	1	0	1		LAK	6	9	12	0	27

: STL 45LAK 55
: STL 1.63LAK 2.12
PP goals: STL 0LAK 0
Hits: STL 22LAK 18
Blocks: STL 17LAK 17
PIM: STL 6LAK 6
: STL 65%LAK 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 in overtime at LAK. Justin Faulk (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Barbashev skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:11.Faulk
New line
New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Barbashev skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron O'Reilly Barbashev
New line
New look for STL: Clifford–Sanford–Joshua skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clifford Sanford Joshua
Usage
Austin Wagner (LAK) played 13:36, +3:10 up on his 10:26 season average over 43 games.Wagner
Cats
Steven Santini (STL) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Santini

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 100 of 100 attempts · LAK 55 · STL 45

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 29% of the game, LAK 28%.

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
	46	58
	1.39	2.17
	1.39	2.13
	2	6
	2	1
	11	7
	+0.097	−0.096
	29%	28%

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

L1Bozak – Schenn – Schwartz
12:2355% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Barbashev
12:1658% CF
L3Hoffman – Kyrou – Thomas
11:4620% CF
L4Clifford – Sanford – Joshua
10:1833% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
17:2345% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
17:1840% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Santini
13:3250% CF

PP1Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Schenn – Krug
2:43100% CF
PP2Bozak – Faulk – Schwartz – Kyrou – Thomas
1:17
PK1FSanford – Barbashev
0:57
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
0:39
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:31
PK2DBortuzzo – Santini
0:28

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Athanasiou – Kempe
13:4550% CF
L2Vilardi – Andersson – Iafallo
12:2445% CF
L3Wagner – Moore – Kupari
10:5988% CF
L4Lemieux – Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan
9:2650% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
19:3258% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
13:4742% CF
D3Maatta – Walker
13:2875% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo
2:41100% CF
PP2Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Moore – Walker – Kupari
1:02
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:41
PK2FKempe – Moore
0:50
PK1DRoy – Bjornfot
1:43
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
0:36

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

1:25
STLTyler Bozak (Jaden Schwartz, Justin Faulk)backhand0.14 xG
STL: Bozak, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, KrugLAK: Roy, Vilardi, Andersson, Iafallo, Bjornfot
STL 1 – 0 LAK
7:35
LAKAlex Iafallo (Gabriel Vilardi, Olli Maatta)slap0.10 xG
STL: Bozak, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, KrugLAK: Maatta, Vilardi, Andersson, Iafallo, Walker
STL 1 – 1 LAK

OT period

0:46
STLJustin Faulk (David Perron, Ryan O'Reilly)snap0.16 xG
STL: Perron, O'Reilly, FaulkLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe
STL 2 – 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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	52	51
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.35	0	2	0	16:01	—	—	57	58
Tyler Bozak C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	2	15:59	—	—	61	59
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:22	—	—	57	55
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	59	61
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	15:16	—	—	59	61
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	19	16
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:56	—	—	22	26
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	23	26
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	36	27
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:10	—	—	33	22
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	2	11:43	—	—	31	6
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	3	0	21:00	—	—	39	30
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:41	—	—	49	37
Justin Faulk D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.20	1	2	0	23:11	—	—	39	46
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:12	—	—	40	37
Steven Santini D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	6	0	0	16:29	—	—	48	36
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	15:17	—	—	50	43

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.12	60:46

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:24	—	—	48	47
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	47	43
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	48	50
Alex Iafallo L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.15	1	4	0	18:34	—	—	45	55
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	48	55
Lias Andersson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	4	14:08	—	—	41	36
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	90	92
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	2	13:36	—	—	81	70
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	83	78
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	53	73
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	1	0	11:23	—	—	47	65
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	10:56	—	—	53	71
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	3	3	0	26:10	—	—	58	69
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	2	0	22:15	—	—	53	70
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	28	23
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	3	0	17:44	—	—	50	48
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.17	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	72	68
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:15	—	—	65	55

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	O	19	17	2	.895	1.63	60:46

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.