Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 30, 2021

FinalSaturday, Oct 30, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	8	10	10	28
LAK	0	2	3	5		LAK	10	15	13	38

: MTL 51LAK 65
: MTL 2.70LAK 3.97
PP goals: MTL 0LAK 3
Hits: MTL 32LAK 16
Blocks: MTL 16LAK 13
PIM: MTL 10LAK 6
: MTL 38%LAK 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Alex Iafallo (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Kempe, Arvidsson, Clague and Kaliyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:19 together.

Points
Alex Iafallo had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:55.Iafallo
Points
Josh Anderson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:13.Anderson
Points
Rasmus Kupari had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:58.Kupari
Points
Anze Kopitar had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:46.Kopitar
Points
Matt Roy had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:31.Roy
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Kempe, Arvidsson, Clague and Kaliyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:19 together.Kopitar Kempe Arvidsson Clague Kaliyev
New line
New look for LAK: Lemieux–Andersson–Lizotte skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lemieux Andersson Lizotte
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 38 shots and stopped 33 (.868), +6 against a season average of 32.1; the loss.Allen

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

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · LAK 65 · MTL 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 18% of the game, LAK 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

LAK

MTL

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	MTL	LAK
	48	62
	2.36	3.43
	2.29	3.27
	10	13
	1	0
	10	8
	−0.097	+0.097
	18%	41%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak
11:3445% CF
L2Perreault – Toffoli – Caufield
10:3648% CF
L3Hoffman – Gallagher – Suzuki
7:4336% CF
L4Armia – Paquette – Lehkonen
7:0367% CF
D1Petry – Chiarot
15:2050% CF
D2Savard – Romanov
14:0329% CF
D3Kulak – Niku
10:4150% CF

PP1Petry – Gallagher – Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
2:1750% CF
PP2Hoffman – Toffoli – Drouin – Dvorak – Niku
1:59100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Suzuki
2:19
PK2FArmia – Paquette
1:28
PK1DPetry – Chiarot
3:29
PK2DSavard – Romanov
2:24

Current MTL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Arvidsson
13:2956% CF
L2Lemieux – Andersson – Lizotte
10:5643% CF
L3Danault – Kempe – Iafallo
10:4271% CF
L4Moore – Kupari – Kaliyev
8:4153% CF
D1Anderson – Bjornfot
17:3453% CF
D2Maatta – Roy
14:2753% CF
D3Edler – Clague
12:5465% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Arvidsson – Clague – Kaliyev
3:19100% CF
PP2Brown – Danault – Roy – Iafallo – Kupari
2:07100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:04
PK2FDanault – Moore
0:56
PK1DMaatta – Roy
2:18
PK2DAnderson – Bjornfot
1:15

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:22
MTLJosh Anderson (Christian Dvorak, Alexander Romanov)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Drouin, Dvorak, RomanovLAK: Danault, Maatta, Kempe, Roy, Iafallo
MTL 1 – 0 LAK

2nd period

4:31
LAKViktor Arvidsson (Anze Kopitar, Olli Maatta)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Anderson, Drouin, DvorakLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Maatta, Arvidsson, Roy
MTL 1 – 1 LAK
12:19
LAKArthur KaliyevPP (Kale Clague, Anze Kopitar)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Lehkonen, RomanovLAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Arvidsson, Clague, Kaliyev
MTL 1 – 2 LAK

3rd period

1:53
LAKRasmus KupariPP (Matt Roy, Alex Iafallo)snap0.14 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Paquette, RomanovLAK: Brown, Danault, Roy, Iafallo, Kupari
MTL 1 – 3 LAK
5:37
LAKAlex Iafallo (Matt Roy)wrist0.28 xG
MTL: Petry, Hoffman, Chiarot, Gallagher, SuzukiLAK: Danault, Maatta, Kempe, Roy, Iafallo
MTL 1 – 4 LAK
14:16
LAKAlex IafalloPP (Phillip Danault, Rasmus Kupari)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Savard, Lehkonen, Suzuki, RomanovLAK: Brown, Danault, Roy, Iafallo, Kupari
MTL 1 – 5 LAK
17:40
MTLBen Chiarot (Josh Anderson, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Gallagher, Anderson, SuzukiLAK: Maatta, Roy, Andersson, Lizotte, Kaliyev
MTL 2 – 5 LAK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	2	1	2	16:52	—	—	44	46
Josh Anderson R	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.52	2	0	2	16:13	—	—	48	52
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	41	50
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	1	0	17:36	—	—	50	49
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	48	43
Mathieu Perreault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	2	14:39	—	—	40	33
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	47	32
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	20	11
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	13:02	—	—	38	27
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	1	0	2	12:43	—	—	63	53
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:39	—	—	47	47
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	11:08	—	—	47	57
Ben Chiarot D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.39	2	1	0	24:25	—	—	50	54
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	2	2	0	23:26	—	—	53	58
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	19:42	—	—	32	23
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	3	2	19:17	—	—	33	28
Sami Niku D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	14:57	—	—	50	43
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	55	33

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	3.97	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.47	2	0	0	19:46	—	—	58	68
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	57	67
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.44	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	59	69
Lias Andersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	44	38
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	44	38
Brendan Lemieux L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	48	42
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.39	2	0	0	16:39	—	—	68	67
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	4	15:25	—	—	73	71
Alex Iafallo L	L3	2	1	3	0	3	0.54	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	73	74
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.19	0	0	2	13:13	—	—	47	41
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	1	1	2	0	3	0.22	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	56	62
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	2	0	0	12:06	—	—	50	49
Tobias Bjornfot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	20:54	—	—	53	61
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	4	1	0	19:51	—	—	54	59
Matt Roy D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.03	1	3	0	21:31	—	—	53	56
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:34	—	—	53	57
Kale Clague D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	2	0	19:10	—	—	65	61
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:34	—	—	67	64

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.70	60:00

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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.