St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 4, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	1	2		STL	11	7	8	26
LAK	1	1	2	4		LAK	8	16	14	38

: STL 47LAK 63
: STL 2.73LAK 4.89
PP goals: STL 0LAK 1
Hits: STL 26LAK 16
Blocks: STL 15LAK 15
PIM: STL 6LAK 6
: STL 49%LAK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 4–2 at home. Kevin Fiala (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe and Vilardi) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:01 together.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:08.Fiala
Points
Drew Doughty had 2 assists (2 points) in 27:31.Doughty
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe and Vilardi) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:01 together.Kopitar Doughty Fiala Kempe Vilardi
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +7 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.Binnington
Usage
Sean Durzi (LAK) played 13:39, −6:13 down on his 19:52 season average over 71 games.Durzi
Usage
Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) played 6:12, −5:35 down on his 11:47 season average over 55 games.Kaliyev
Usage
Josh Leivo (STL) played 8:41, −3:16 down on his 11:57 season average over 50 games.Leivo
Usage
Vladislav Gavrikov (LAK) played 18:55, −3:06 down on his 22:01 season average over 71 games.Gavrikov

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 110 of 110 attempts · LAK 63 · STL 47

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 32% of the game, LAK 39%.

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	64
	2.11	3.65
	2.02	3.33
	8	13
	4	4
	11	6
	−0.009	+0.009
	32%	39%

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

L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
12:3648% CF
L2Schenn – Saad – Kapanen
12:1326% CF
L3Pitlick – Toropchenko – Alexandrov
9:0750% CF
L4Leivo – Blais – Brown
7:1561% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
13:5550% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
10:1632% CF
D3Krug – Tucker
8:3438% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
3:3375% CF
PP2Faulk – Saad – Kapanen – Blais – Brown
1:59100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:27
PK2FSaad – Toropchenko
1:14
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
2:51
PK2DScandella – Faulk
1:54

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Fiala – Arvidsson
13:3064% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
10:5252% CF
L3Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte
9:4457% CF
L4Grundstrom – Kupari – Kaliyev
3:4356% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
18:2247% CF
D2Gavrikov – Roy
15:0785% CF
D3Edler – Durzi
12:2637% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
5:0186% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Durzi – Kaliyev
0:190% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:15
PK2FDanault – Kupari
1:23
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
2:56
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
2:41

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	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.19	2	0	0	21:24	—	—	50	42
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.31	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	48	42
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	2	18:26	—	—	47	39
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	0	1	0	18:14	—	—	24	31
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	4	1	0	18:09	—	—	28	30
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.73	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	24	31
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	43	39
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	2	0	11:42	—	—	43	44
Nikita Alexandrov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:08	—	—	43	44
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	4	0	0	11:49	—	—	52	35
Logan Brown C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	55	35
Josh Leivo L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	2	8:41	—	—	61	36
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	2	0	21:42	—	—	50	39
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:12	—	—	47	39
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	2	3	0	22:45	—	—	33	39
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	2	15:43	—	—	30	28
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	47	33
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	53	51

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.92	59:49

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	1.20	1	0	0	20:08	—	—	67	91
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.49	0	1	0	17:46	—	—	63	79
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.73	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	67	91
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.59	0	0	0	21:16	—	—	55	60
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.40	1	0	0	19:52	—	—	50	53
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	12:04	—	—	54	58
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	61	74
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	53	54
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	4	14:39	—	—	55	53
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	2	0	2	9:18	—	—	61	45
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	1	2	0	7:24	—	—	58	47
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	6:12	—	—	47	25
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	27:31	—	—	46	58
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	3	3	0	22:26	—	—	47	59
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.07	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	85	90
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	82	89
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	2	0	13:39	—	—	37	24
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	12:57	—	—	37	24

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.73	59:39

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 4, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 4–2

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

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Los Angeles Kings