Vancouver Canucks vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 12, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	5	13	17	35
LAK	0	2	1	3		LAK	8	10	15	33

: VAN 58LAK 65
: VAN 2.19LAK 3.28
PP goals: VAN 0LAK 0
Hits: VAN 33LAK 18
Blocks: VAN 15LAK 12
PIM: VAN 8LAK 8
: VAN 43%LAK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0

Los Angeles Kings beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0 at home. Tyler Toffoli (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for LAK: Carter–Lewis–Rieder skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:00.Toffoli
Points
Adrian Kempe had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:57.Kempe
New line
New look for LAK: Carter–Lewis–Rieder skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Lewis Rieder
New line
New look for VAN: Leipsic–Motte–Horvat skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leipsic Motte Horvat
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 2.19 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +6 against a season average of 29.2; the win.Quick
New line
New look for LAK: Toffoli–Pearson–Kempe skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Pearson Kempe
Usage
Tanner Pearson (LAK) played 12:16, −3:45 down on his 16:01 season average over 81 games.Pearson

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

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

LAK
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · LAK 65 · VAN 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 19% of the game, LAK 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

VAN

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	VAN	LAK
	56	64
	2.11	2.98
	2.03	2.89
	7	8
	7	6
	16	13
	−0.063	+0.063
	19%	40%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Gagner – Sutter – Archibald
8:1643% CF
L2Leipsic – Motte – Horvat
5:3929% CF
L3Sedin – Sedin – Goldobin
3:5443% CF
L4Dowd – Boucher – Virtanen
2:35100% CF
D1Del Zotto – Stecher
15:5332% CF
D2Pouliot – Hutton
15:0048% CF
D3Edler – Gudbranson
14:4253% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Gagner – Horvat
3:4573% CF
PP2Boucher – Pouliot – Leipsic – Virtanen – Goldobin
0:50
PK1FSutter – Archibald
1:51
PK2FMotte – Horvat
0:45
PK1DEdler – Gudbranson
2:39
PK2DDel Zotto – Stecher
0:59

Current VAN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Carter – Lewis – Rieder
10:3361% CF
L2Thompson – Mitchell – Clifford
9:0842% CF
L3Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
8:5873% CF
L4Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
8:2564% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
14:2344% CF
D2Muzzin – Folin
12:2667% CF
D3Phaneuf – Martinez
12:1558% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty
1:52100% CF
PP2Phaneuf – Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
1:3575% CF
PK1FThompson – Mitchell
2:12
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
1:18
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
1:52
PK2DMartinez – Folin
1:16

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:57
LAKTyler Toffoli (Jake Muzzin, Adrian Kempe)wrist0.13 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Pouliot, Hutton, GoldobinLAK: Muzzin, Toffoli, Pearson, Folin, Kempe
VAN 0 – 1 LAK
14:54
LAKAnze Kopitar (Derek Forbort, Drew Doughty)wrist0.01 xG
VAN: Sutter, Del Zotto, Archibald, Virtanen, StecherLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort, Iafallo
VAN 0 – 2 LAK

3rd period

10:53
LAKTanner Pearson (Adrian Kempe, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Pouliot, Leipsic, Hutton, Horvat, GoldobinLAK: Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort, Pearson, Kempe
VAN 0 – 3 LAK

Box score

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

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Gagner C	L1	0	3	0.27	1	0	2	17:14	—	—	39	26
Brandon Sutter C	L1	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	41	26
Darren Archibald R	L1	-1	2	0.15	4	2	0	13:39	—	—	39	26
Bo Horvat C	L2	-1	5	0.45	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	48	53
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	-1	1	0.20	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	52	50
Tyler Motte C	L2	0	1	0.01	6	1	0	13:42	—	—	33	46
Henrik Sedin C	L3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:47	—	—	48	34
Daniel Sedin L	L3	-1	3	0.21	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	48	36
Nikolay Goldobin R	L3	-2	3	0.10	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	50	33
Jake Virtanen R	L4	-1	1	0.11	3	0	0	14:37	—	—	68	71
Reid Boucher C	L4	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	9:06	—	—	60	62
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	4	0.20	3	0	2	8:41	—	—	53	50
Michael Del Zotto D	D1	-1	2	0.01	3	4	0	19:14	—	—	38	32
Troy Stecher D	D1	-1	1	0.02	4	1	0	17:53	—	—	35	20
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	-2	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:25	—	—	49	53
Ben Hutton D	D2	-2	1	0.00	1	2	2	16:21	—	—	49	50
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	3	0.12	2	1	0	25:00	—	—	54	42
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	20:12	—	—	55	40

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	3.28	59:37

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Carter C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.54	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	57	73
Trevor Lewis C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	0	14:48	—	—	46	62
Tobias Rieder L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	50	65
Nate Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	31	30
Torrey Mitchell C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	35	37
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	2	1	0	11:31	—	—	41	37
Anze Kopitar C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.59	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	53	53
Dustin Brown R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	60	50
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	0	2	11:23	—	—	63	66
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	1	1	2	+2	5	0.33	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	61	63
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.10	2	0	0	12:57	—	—	62	59
Tanner Pearson L	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.19	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	62	65
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.31	0	1	0	27:32	—	—	43	41
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	3	2	19:36	—	—	42	40
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.15	1	0	2	20:05	—	—	61	75
Christian Folin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	15:53	—	—	64	83
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	3	1	0	19:57	—	—	50	52
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	1	2	17:18	—	—	59	67

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	2.19	60:00

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.