St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsNov 18, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	10	10	10	30
LAK	4	1	0	5		LAK	13	10	8	31

: STL 67LAK 67
: STL 2.80LAK 4.06
PP goals: STL 0LAK 1
Hits: STL 27LAK 16
Blocks: STL 15LAK 22
PIM: STL 4LAK 6
: STL 56%LAK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at home. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jake Neighbours (STL) played 10:14, −5:33 down on his 15:47 season average over 76 games.

Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:02.Kempe
Usage
Jake Neighbours (STL) played 10:14, −5:33 down on his 15:47 season average over 76 games.Neighbours
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Saad–Vrana skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Saad Vrana
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.80 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Blake Lizotte (LAK) played 7:58, −3:55 down on his 11:53 season average over 61 games.Lizotte
Usage
Drew Doughty (LAK) played 21:37, −4:14 down on his 25:51 season average over 81 games.Doughty
Usage
Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) played 14:54, +3:10 up on his 11:44 season average over 50 games.Kaliyev
Cats
Sammy Blais (STL) threw 8 hits, a night for hits leagues.Blais

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 134 of 134 attempts · LAK 67 · STL 67

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 36%.

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
	61	70
	2.09	3.81
	1.98	3.62
	10	8
	12	5
	17	7
	+0.028	−0.028
	29%	36%

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
9:0684% CF
L2Sundqvist – Blais – Neighbours
8:1535% CF
L3Schenn – Saad – Vrana
8:0122% CF
L4Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko
8:0180% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
14:5752% CF
D2Leddy – Parayko
13:0641% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Perunovich
5:3836% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
2:2980% CF
PP2Faulk – Saad – Buchnevich – Thomas – Perunovich
1:27100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:36
PK2FSundqvist – Kapanen
1:06
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
1:17
PK2DFaulk – Krug
0:36

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Dubois – Kaliyev – Laferriere
11:4168% CF
L2Danault – Fiala – Moore
10:4355% CF
L3Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
10:1842% CF
L4Lewis – Grundstrom – Lizotte
5:3967% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
15:1260% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
15:1254% CF
D3Englund – Spence
9:0656% CF

PP1Danault – Dubois – Moore – Kaliyev – Spence
1:55100% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
1:47100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
3:02
PK2FDanault – Moore
1:23
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
3:10
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
1:52

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
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	72	62
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.46	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	72	59
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	58	54
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:29	—	—	29	29
Jake Neighbours L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	10:14	—	—	36	29
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.17	8	0	0	10:11	—	—	40	34
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	3	0	0	16:58	—	—	18	8
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	23	18
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	33	25
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.36	1	0	0	14:34	—	—	66	47
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	67	34
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	12:50	—	—	67	47
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	4	2	2	21:15	—	—	54	32
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.18	1	3	0	20:53	—	—	51	29
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	23:47	—	—	47	43
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.19	0	2	2	20:33	—	—	38	33
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:42	—	—	53	51
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:59	—	—	35	27

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	4.06	59:52

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.35	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	59	75
Arthur Kaliyev R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	73	84
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.59	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	65	72
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	49	63
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	1	2	17:26	—	—	51	64
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.52	0	0	2	15:20	—	—	53	62
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.65	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	38	44
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	0	2	0	17:21	—	—	44	45
Quinton Byfield R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	0	1	0	14:26	—	—	43	48
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	1	0	0	11:36	—	—	48	59
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	11:02	—	—	52	58
Blake Lizotte C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	7:58	—	—	67	89
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	5	0	22:47	—	—	50	62
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.10	2	2	0	20:40	—	—	59	68
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	56	70
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	3	0	21:00	—	—	50	66
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:03	—	—	52	57
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	6	3	0	14:05	—	—	52	58

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.80	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Blake Lizotte (LAK) 1st 2:44 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 11.3 mph shot.

Blake Lizotte · 1st 2:44 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.3 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Quinton Byfield · 1st 2:25 · LAK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 6.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Adrian Kempe · 1st 13:37 · LAK SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.9 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 15:20 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Kevin Fiala · 2nd 19:36 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Jake Neighbours · 3rd 16:06 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.4 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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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 KingsNov 18, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

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

Goal anatomy

Blake Lizotte · 1st 2:44 · LAK

Quinton Byfield · 1st 2:25 · LAK PP

Adrian Kempe · 1st 13:37 · LAK SH

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 15:20 · LAK

Kevin Fiala · 2nd 19:36 · LAK

Jake Neighbours · 3rd 16:06 · STL