St. Louis Blues vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 5, 2025

Final / SOWednesday, Mar 5, 2025· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	1	0	0	1	3		STL	9	10	10	1	30
LAK	1	1	0	0	0	2		LAK	4	9	6	4	23

: STL 69LAK 56
: STL 3.30LAK 2.32
PP goals: STL 1LAK 0
Hits: STL 20LAK 22
Blocks: STL 19LAK 17
PIM: STL 4LAK 8
: STL 52%LAK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

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

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in a shootout at LAK. Quinton Byfield (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for LAK: Lewis–Jeannot–Helenius skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for LAK: Lewis–Jeannot–Helenius skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lewis Jeannot Helenius
Usage
Jacob Moverare (LAK) played 5:38, −6:21 down on his 11:59 season average over 48 games.Moverare
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Robert Thomas (STL) played 23:27, +3:33 up on his 19:54 season average over 69 games.Thomas
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Jake Neighbours (STL) played 19:01, +3:10 up on his 15:51 season average over 81 games.Neighbours
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Joel Edmundson (LAK) played 25:27, +4:56 up on his 20:31 season average over 72 games.Edmundson
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Brandt Clarke (LAK) played 12:00, −4:20 down on his 16:20 season average over 77 games.Clarke
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Drew Doughty (LAK) played 28:37, +4:38 up on his 23:59 season average over 29 games.Doughty
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Alex Laferriere (LAK) played 20:20, +3:51 up on his 16:29 season average over 76 games.Laferriere

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 125 of 125 attempts · LAK 56 · STL 69

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 48% of the game, LAK 18%.

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
	70	55
	2.68	1.46
	2.59	1.43
	12	7
	6	2
	31	11
	−0.029	+0.029
	48%	18%

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 – Thomas – Neighbours
13:1468% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
11:2346% CF
L3Sundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc
8:0552% CF
L4Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
7:2978% CF
D1Fowler – Parayko
14:5148% CF
D2Faulk – Broberg
14:1868% CF
D3Suter – Leddy
11:5854% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Holloway – Neighbours
2:2460% CF
PP2Fowler – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Bolduc
1:43100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:41
PK2FSundqvist – Joseph
0:52
PK1DSuter – Parayko
2:33
PK2DLeddy – Broberg
1:03

Current STL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere
11:1631% CF
L2Danault – Foegele – Moore
11:0653% CF
L3Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte
6:1950% CF
L4Lewis – Jeannot – Helenius
5:2057% CF
D1Doughty – Edmundson
16:2440% CF
D2Gavrikov – Anderson
16:0750% CF
D3Moverare – Clarke
4:4456% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Laferriere
3:17100% CF
PP2Edmundson – Danault – Foegele – Byfield – Clarke
0:34
PK1FFoegele – Byfield
2:32
PK2FDanault – Moore
2:21
PK1DGavrikov – Anderson
3:36
PK2DDoughty – Edmundson
1:46

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:50
STLJake Neighbours (Colton Parayko)backhand0.06 xG
STL: Fowler, Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, NeighboursLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Edmundson, Kempe, Turcotte
STL 1 – 0 LAK
19:22
LAKQuinton Byfield (Kevin Fiala, Vladislav Gavrikov)wrist0.09 xG
STL: Fowler, Faksa, Parayko, Walker, ToropchenkoLAK: Fiala, Gavrikov, Anderson, Byfield, Laferriere
STL 1 – 1 LAK

2nd period

10:14
LAKTrevor Moore (Mikey Anderson, Warren Foegele)tip-in0.06 xG
STL: Suter, Schenn, Leddy, Kyrou, HollowayLAK: Danault, Foegele, Gavrikov, Moore, Anderson
STL 1 – 2 LAK
19:13
STLRobert ThomasPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Cam Fowler)snap0.17 xG
STL: Fowler, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, HollowayLAK: Danault, Gavrikov, Moore, Anderson
STL 2 – 2 LAK

Decided in the shootout: STL 3 – 2 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
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.43	0	0	0	23:27	—	—	65	77
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.30	0	0	0	21:38	—	—	69	90
Jake Neighbours L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.27	2	2	0	19:01	—	—	63	76
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	2	2	20:32	—	—	42	53
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	1	1	0	19:49	—	—	39	47
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	44	47
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	2	0	14:46	—	—	60	53
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	1	2	0	12:54	—	—	42	40
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	2	1	0	10:54	—	—	52	58
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	5	0	0	11:09	—	—	86	78
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:38	—	—	82	76
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	9:23	—	—	70	72
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:13	—	—	49	77
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	2	0	19:15	—	—	48	75
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	1	2	23:18	—	—	62	64
Philip Broberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	20:44	—	—	68	76
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	53	55
Nick Leddy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	16:07	—	—	50	48

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.32	64:45

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Quinton Byfield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.42	5	1	0	20:51	—	—	39	38
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	2	0	20:20	—	—	38	36
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	19:15	—	—	30	29
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.38	1	2	0	18:36	—	—	49	50
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.52	3	0	0	17:44	—	—	52	58
Trevor Moore L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	50	54
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	3	0	2	20:44	—	—	39	17
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	50	32
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:43	—	—	50	31
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	0	0	12:05	—	—	48	17
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	8:00	—	—	50	2
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	6:46	—	—	50	0
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	28:37	—	—	44	21
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	25:27	—	—	40	19
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	0	4	0	25:17	—	—	45	41
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	24:15	—	—	48	45
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:00	—	—	41	47
Jacob Moverare D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:38	—	—	50	52

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	O	30	28	2	.933	3.30	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Neighbours (STL) 1st 18:50 · assists Colton Parayko · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 19.9 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Jake Neighbours · 1st 18:50 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Quinton Byfield · 1st 19:22 · LAK

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 75.1 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s

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Trevor Moore · 2nd 10:14 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 4.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Robert Thomas · 2nd 19:13 · STL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.