Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 26, 2018

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	0	1	0	2		VGK	13	6	17	3	39
LAK	0	0	2	1	3		LAK	10	14	17	3	44

: VGK 63LAK 67
: VGK 5.12LAK 3.07
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 2
Hits: VGK 28LAK 35
Blocks: VGK 10LAK 12
PIM: VGK 10LAK 8
: VGK 51%LAK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:27 together.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 24:40.Kopitar
Points
Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:03.Brown
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:27 together.Phaneuf Carter Brown Kopitar Doughty
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +14 against a season average of 29.9; the overtime loss.Fleury
Usage
James Neal (VGK) played 8:28, −8:50 down on his 17:18 season average over 70 games.Neal
Usage
Oscar Lindberg (VGK) played 1:25, −10:32 down on his 11:57 season average over 62 games.Lindberg
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 5.12 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Mitchell–Clifford–Amadio skated 5:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mitchell Clifford Amadio

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

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

LAK
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · LAK 67 · VGK 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 44% of the game, LAK 15%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

VGK

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	VGK	LAK
	50	50
	4.00	1.59
	3.90	1.52
	10	6
	7	1
	14	11
	+0.020	−0.020
	44%	15%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:5057% CF
L2Perron – Haula – Tuch
6:0642% CF
L3Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
2:0767% CF
D1Engelland – Sbisa
14:4950% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
13:1850% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
12:0152% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Tuch
3:00100% CF
PP2Perron – Eakin – Haula – Miller – Carpenter
2:54100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:40
PK2FEakin – Nosek
1:25
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:18
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:12

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
8:5833% CF
L2Mitchell – Clifford – Amadio
5:3370% CF
L3Carter – Toffoli – Pearson
5:0453% CF
L4Thompson – Rieder – Kempe
2:4367% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
12:3942% CF
D2Phaneuf – Martinez
11:4160% CF
D3Muzzin – Folin
9:2546% CF

PP1Phaneuf – Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty
3:2786% CF
PP2Muzzin – Martinez – Toffoli – Kempe – Amadio
0:46100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
2:43
PK2FThompson – Mitchell
2:12
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
3:32
PK2DMuzzin – Martinez
2:18

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:37
VGKErik Haula (James Neal, Luca Sbisa)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Sbisa, HaulaLAK: Carter, Muzzin, Toffoli, Pearson, Folin
VGK 1 – 0 LAK

3rd period

0:47
VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)wrist0.23 xG
VGK: Engelland, Sbisa, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort, Iafallo
VGK 2 – 0 LAK
12:28
LAKJeff CarterPP (Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, NosekLAK: Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty
VGK 2 – 1 LAK
19:49
LAKAnze Kopitar (Dion Phaneuf, Drew Doughty)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Perron, McNabb, Haula, Schmidt, TuchLAK: Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli
VGK 2 – 2 LAK

OT period

3:14
LAKDustin BrownPP (Tyler Toffoli, Anze Kopitar)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, KarlssonLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli
VGK 2 – 3 LAK

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.64	0	1	0	23:01	—	—	59	76
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	8	0.81	2	0	0	22:06	—	—	58	77
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	2	0	2	19:44	—	—	50	72
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	2	22:41	—	—	49	67
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	19:38	—	—	43	68
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-1	7	1.41	3	1	0	19:07	—	—	43	84
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	58	82
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	3	0	0	15:22	—	—	61	86
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.46	0	0	2	9:38	—	—	44	66
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	4	1	0	23:08	—	—	47	61
Luca Sbisa D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	50	63
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	24:09	—	—	48	73
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	20:36	—	—	44	72
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	2	18:57	—	—	54	86
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.62	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	55	88
James Neal L	—	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	1	0	0	8:28	—	—	60	33
Ryan Reaves R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	7:12	—	—	17	28
Oscar Lindberg L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:25	—	—	67	89

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	44	41	3	.932	3.07	63:14

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	2	3	0	5	0.21	1	1	0	24:40	—	—	41	32
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.42	2	1	0	23:03	—	—	41	31
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	13:24	—	—	27	25
Torrey Mitchell C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:08	—	—	56	33
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	8:20	—	—	57	33
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	7:41	—	—	54	30
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	0	9	0.87	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	58	15
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.39	6	0	0	17:52	—	—	57	19
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.10	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	63	44
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	1	0	16:03	—	—	38	33
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	68	25
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:48	—	—	55	75
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	2	2	2	28:11	—	—	49	18
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	18:54	—	—	45	20
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	2	0	22:39	—	—	50	46
Dion Phaneuf D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	1	2	0	20:18	—	—	65	59
Jake Muzzin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	3	1	0	20:45	—	—	47	21
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:28	—	—	47	34

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	5.12	62:00

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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.