Vancouver Canucks vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 30, 2021

Final / SOThursday, Dec 30, 2021· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	0	1	0	0	1		VAN	7	3	6	2	18
LAK	0	1	0	0	1	2		LAK	5	17	9	4	35

: VAN 39LAK 74
: VAN 1.98LAK 4.73
PP goals: VAN 1LAK 0
Hits: VAN 27LAK 23
Blocks: VAN 17LAK 13
PIM: VAN 4LAK 6
: VAN 47%LAK 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1 (SO)

Los Angeles Kings beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 in a shootout at home. Brendan Lemieux (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. LAK scored 1 goal on 4.73 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 4.73 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VAN: Motte–Lammikko–Highmore skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Motte Lammikko Highmore
Usage
Brendan Lemieux (LAK) played 15:40, +5:01 up on his 10:39 season average over 49 games.Lemieux
Goalie
Jaroslav Halak (VAN) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +11 against a season average of 23.5; the overtime loss.Halak
New line
New look for LAK: Danault–Arvidsson–Moore skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Arvidsson Moore
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Kupari–Turcotte skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Kupari Turcotte
Usage
Christian Wolanin (LAK) played 18:49, +4:38 up on his 14:11 season average over 8 games.Wolanin
Usage
Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 26:14, +5:32 up on his 20:42 season average over 80 games.Kopitar

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 113 of 113 attempts · LAK 74 · VAN 39

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 21% of the game, LAK 57%.

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
	38	77
	1.95	4.49
	1.89	3.93
	10	20
	0	6
	7	20
	−0.030	+0.030
	21%	57%

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

L1Dickinson – Horvat – Hoglander
12:5642% CF
L2Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
10:4050% CF
L3Chiasson – Miller – Pearson
10:2829% CF
L4Garland – Pettersson – Podkolzin
9:2028% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
18:1932% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
11:1826% CF
D3Burroughs – Poolman
6:3243% CF

PP1Chiasson – Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes
0:57100% CF
PK1FDickinson – Horvat
0:52
PK2FMiller – Motte
0:37
PK1DPoolman – Hughes
0:52
PK2DMyers – Ekman-Larsson
0:37

Current VAN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo
16:5784% CF
L2Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
13:4253% CF
L3Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
11:0752% CF
L4Grundstrom – Kupari – Turcotte
8:3367% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
20:0080% CF
D2Wolanin – Roy
18:3668% CF
D3Durzi – Bjornfot
15:3641% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo
1:2975% CF
PP2Kopitar – Moore – Durzi – Turcotte – Kaliyev
0:31100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:57
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
0:57

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:39
LAKBrendan Lemieux (Christian Wolanin)wrist0.18 xG
VAN: Schenn, Dickinson, Horvat, Hughes, HoglanderLAK: Lemieux, Wolanin, Roy, Lizotte, Kaliyev
VAN 0 – 1 LAK

3rd period

12:06
VANBo HorvatPP (J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson)snap0.21 xG
VAN: Chiasson, Miller, Horvat, Pettersson, HughesLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, Iafallo
VAN 1 – 1 LAK

Decided in the shootout: VAN 1 – 2 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.47	2	0	0	20:19	—	—	39	27
Jason Dickinson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	42	32
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	1	0	13:37	—	—	40	29
Tyler Motte C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:06	—	—	48	53
Matthew Highmore C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	3	0	0	13:01	—	—	44	44
Juho Lammikko C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	52	52
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	22:32	—	—	24	7
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:48	—	—	20	7
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	30	18
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	1	1	0	16:27	—	—	22	25
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	25	29
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:40	—	—	27	32
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	26:39	—	—	26	22
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	25:50	—	—	30	32
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	1	0	26:35	—	—	35	27
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	3	4	16:23	—	—	32	36
Tucker Poolman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:50	—	—	44	36
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:46	—	—	47	46

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	O	35	34	1	.971	4.73	65:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.59	1	0	0	26:14	—	—	82	87
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.77	1	2	0	23:04	—	—	79	85
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	1	0	2	20:27	—	—	85	86
Arthur Kaliyev R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	57	61
Brendan Lemieux L	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	1.03	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	65	71
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	15:17	—	—	61	66
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	0	1	2	16:00	—	—	52	51
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:42	—	—	52	36
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	1	0	14:24	—	—	56	50
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	9:50	—	—	63	76
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	2	0	0	9:39	—	—	72	82
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	69	79
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	2	26:39	—	—	80	92
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	22:21	—	—	82	92
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	6	0.29	3	1	0	21:33	—	—	70	78
Christian Wolanin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	2	0	18:49	—	—	68	77
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	44	37
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	41	37

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	1.98	65:00

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.