St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsNov 3, 2021

Final / SOWednesday, Nov 3, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	0	1	1	0	0	2		STL	10	13	12	0	35
LAK	0	0	2	0	1	3		LAK	6	10	11	8	35

: STL 60LAK 69
: STL 3.30LAK 4.36
PP goals: STL 1LAK 0
Hits: STL 22LAK 18
Blocks: STL 20LAK 11
PIM: STL 10LAK 4
: STL 41%LAK 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

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

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in a shootout at home. Torey Krug (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Kale Clague (LAK) played 23:05, +6:32 up on his 16:33 season average over 35 games.

Points
Torey Krug had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:26.Krug
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:38.Tarasenko
Usage
Kale Clague (LAK) played 23:05, +6:32 up on his 16:33 season average over 35 games.Clague
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 4.36 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +7 against a season average of 27.9; the win.Quick
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +4 against a season average of 30.7; the overtime loss.Binnington
New line
New look for LAK: Lemieux–Lizotte–Kaliyev skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lemieux Lizotte Kaliyev
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Saad–Buchnevich skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Saad Buchnevich

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 129 of 129 attempts · LAK 69 · STL 60

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 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
	62	56
	3.19	2.15
	2.98	2.01
	13	7
	11	4
	6	10
	−0.054	+0.054
	29%	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 – Schenn – Kyrou
14:0250% CF
L2Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas
13:4744% CF
L3Bozak – Saad – Buchnevich
9:5175% CF
L4Neal – Joshua – Kostin
8:3353% CF
D1Scandella – Parayko
13:2940% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
10:4865% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
9:1350% CF

PP1Perron – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich
0:05100% CF
PK1FBozak – Barbashev
1:32
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:30
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
3:00
PK2DScandella – Parayko
1:41

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Kempe – Iafallo
14:0464% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Andersson
10:5519% CF
L3Grundstrom – Moore – Kupari
10:1460% CF
L4Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
9:0933% CF
D1Anderson – Bjornfot
17:2259% CF
D2Maatta – Roy
16:0445% CF
D3Edler – Clague
15:2435% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Kempe – Clague – Iafallo
3:5080% CF
PP2Danault – Roy – Moore – Kupari – Kaliyev
2:00
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:05
PK1DAnderson – Bjornfot
0:05

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:48
STLBrayden SchennPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, Torey Krug)wrist0.03 xG
STL: Perron, Schenn, Tarasenko, Krug, BuchnevichLAK: Kopitar, Anderson, Iafallo, Bjornfot
STL 1 – 0 LAK

3rd period

6:16
LAKArthur Kaliyev (Kale Clague, Alexander Edler)snap0.11 xG
STL: Neal, Scandella, Parayko, Joshua, KostinLAK: Edler, Lemieux, Clague, Lizotte, Kaliyev
STL 1 – 1 LAK
12:15
LAKAdrian Kempe (Alex Iafallo, Phillip Danault)wrist0.15 xG
STL: Scandella, Tarasenko, Parayko, Barbashev, ThomasLAK: Danault, Kempe, Anderson, Iafallo, Bjornfot
STL 1 – 2 LAK
19:51
STLTorey Krug (Jordan Kyrou, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.02 xG
STL: Perron, Schenn, Tarasenko, Krug, KyrouLAK: Kopitar, Danault, Roy, Kupari, Bjornfot
STL 2 – 2 LAK

Decided in the shootout: STL 2 – 3 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	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	48	40
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	0	2	17:06	—	—	50	45
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	50	42
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	1	2	2	22:40	—	—	44	64
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	3	0	19:58	—	—	45	68
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	2	2	0	3	0.32	1	1	0	17:38	—	—	43	60
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	63	68
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	2	15:12	—	—	61	69
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.32	0	0	2	12:17	—	—	77	78
James Neal L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:51	—	—	47	45
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	5	0	0	9:07	—	—	53	49
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:56	—	—	56	64
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	2	2	2	26:58	—	—	44	48
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	1	1	0	18:58	—	—	48	50
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	23:36	—	—	58	60
Torey Krug D	D2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.36	1	3	0	20:26	—	—	63	77
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	3	0	17:56	—	—	52	67
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	3	0	16:02	—	—	52	53

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	O	35	33	2	.943	3.70	63:41

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.56	0	1	0	21:52	—	—	60	55
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.37	2	0	0	21:25	—	—	64	65
Adrian Kempe R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.91	1	0	0	21:01	—	—	62	55
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	1.09	1	2	0	21:56	—	—	25	14
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	23	10
Lias Andersson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	19	14
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	2	13:55	—	—	59	64
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	1	0	13:21	—	—	61	60
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	57	64
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	2	1	0	13:14	—	—	41	19
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	2	1	0	12:39	—	—	48	32
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	43	27
Tobias Bjornfot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	59	65
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	1	0	19:23	—	—	60	67
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	0	1	0	23:14	—	—	47	34
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	47	38
Kale Clague D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	23:05	—	—	35	25
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	2	2	16:42	—	—	38	26

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.30	64:42

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.