Vancouver Canucks vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 18, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Mar 18, 2023· Crypto.com Arena

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

3

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	1	0	1	0	1	3		VAN	4	2	8	3	17
LAK	1	1	0	0	0	2		LAK	11	12	17	0	40

: VAN 41LAK 75
: VAN 2.19LAK 3.30
PP goals: VAN 1LAK 0
Hits: VAN 32LAK 17
Blocks: VAN 19LAK 11
PIM: VAN 4LAK 2
: VAN 39%LAK 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in a shootout at LAK. Quinn Hughes (VAN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +9 against a season average of 31.4; the win.

Points
J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:52.Miller
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 27:33.Hughes
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +9 against a season average of 31.4; the win.Demko
New line
New look for VAN: Studnicka–Dries–Podkolzin skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Studnicka Dries Podkolzin
Usage
Ethan Bear (VAN) played 23:46, +5:20 up on his 18:26 season average over 60 games.Bear
Usage
Noah Juulsen (VAN) played 19:55, +5:24 up on his 14:31 season average over 11 games.Juulsen
Usage
Quinton Byfield (LAK) played 17:55, +3:56 up on his 13:59 season average over 52 games.Byfield
Usage
Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) played 21:06, +4:03 up on his 17:03 season average over 76 games.Arvidsson

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 116 of 116 attempts · LAK 75 · VAN 41

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 44%.

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
	41	82
	1.77	3.32
	1.75	3.06
	11	18
	1	2
	17	12
	−0.061	+0.061
	19%	44%

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

L1Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
14:3731% CF
L2Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser
13:5748% CF
L3Joshua – Garland – Aman
9:5113% CF
L4Studnicka – Dries – Podkolzin
6:5228% CF
D1Juulsen – Hughes
15:3559% CF
D2Burroughs – Wolanin
12:2626% CF
D3Bear – Brisebois
11:5917% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Beauvillier – Pettersson – Hughes
0:07100% CF
PK1FMiller – Pettersson
1:22
PK2FJoshua – Dries
1:12
PK1DBear – Hughes
1:27
PK2DJuulsen – Brisebois
0:52

Current VAN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
14:5057% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
12:5276% CF
L3Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte
12:1477% CF
L4Grundstrom – Kupari – Kaliyev
7:2555% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
20:4658% CF
D2Gavrikov – Roy
18:1668% CF
D3Edler – Spence
11:4383% CF

PP1Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Kaliyev – Spence
2:0375% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Vilardi – Byfield
1:43100% CF
PK1FDanault – Kupari
0:07
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
0:07

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:53
VANBrock Boeser (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)snap0.01 xG
VAN: Miller, Di Giuseppe, Boeser, Bear, HughesLAK: Edler, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Byfield
VAN 1 – 0 LAK
16:52
LAKAlexander Edler (Gabriel Vilardi)snap0.10 xG
VAN: Juulsen, Studnicka, Dries, Hughes, PodkolzinLAK: Edler, Vilardi, Iafallo, Lizotte, Spence
VAN 1 – 1 LAK

2nd period

16:18
LAKCarl Grundstrom (Rasmus Kupari, Arthur Kaliyev)deflected0.06 xG
VAN: Miller, Burroughs, Joshua, Garland, HughesLAK: Edler, Grundstrom, Kupari, Kaliyev, Spence
VAN 1 – 2 LAK

3rd period

11:33
VANElias PetterssonPP (Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, Beauvillier, Pettersson, HughesLAK: Danault, Gavrikov, Roy, Kupari
VAN 2 – 2 LAK

Decided in the shootout: VAN 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.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.45	0	0	0	22:22	—	—	29	48
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	18:24	—	—	33	41
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	32	39
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.20	4	0	0	21:52	—	—	50	27
Brock Boeser R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.12	1	1	0	18:33	—	—	47	31
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	2	1	0	18:07	—	—	48	28
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:39	—	—	14	34
Nils Aman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	14	39
Conor Garland R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	11	26
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	3	0	9:34	—	—	24	27
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	9:10	—	—	29	42
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:41	—	—	27	41
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	27:33	—	—	59	74
Noah Juulsen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	6	2	0	19:55	—	—	44	45
Christian Wolanin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:03	—	—	18	12
Kyle Burroughs D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	8	2	4	17:44	—	—	28	23
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	23:46	—	—	28	23
Guillaume Brisebois D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	18:33	—	—	14	1

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	3.30	65:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	21:35	—	—	59	73
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	0	1	0	21:06	—	—	59	73
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.50	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	59	73
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	0	2	0	20:26	—	—	70	77
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	2	0	0	19:07	—	—	71	75
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	75	63
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	75	85
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.26	0	1	0	15:22	—	—	79	85
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	80	85
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	60	25
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:18	—	—	60	25
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	2	0	0	9:14	—	—	67	34
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	3	0	0	26:44	—	—	57	50
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	4	2	23:07	—	—	56	47
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	22:11	—	—	64	71
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	2	0	21:04	—	—	68	74
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	84	82
Alexander Edler D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	80	82

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	O	17	15	2	.882	2.19	65:00

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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.