Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 15, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	3	3		VGK	8	9	9	26
LAK	1	0	1	2		LAK	8	14	17	39

: VGK 65LAK 69
: VGK 3.21LAK 3.51
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 0
Hits: VGK 40LAK 45
Blocks: VGK 18LAK 19
PIM: VGK 10LAK 10
: VGK 44%LAK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at LAK. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Perron–Eakin–Carpenter skated 11:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:32.Kopitar
New line
New look for VGK: Perron–Eakin–Carpenter skated 11:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron Eakin Carpenter
New line
New look for LAK: Lewis–Rieder–Kempe skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lewis Rieder Kempe
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +7 against a season average of 32.0; the win.Fleury
New line
New look for LAK: Carter–Toffoli–Pearson skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Toffoli Pearson
Usage
Reilly Smith (VGK) played 16:12, −4:24 down on his 20:36 season average over 19 games.Smith
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 15:29, −4:08 down on his 19:37 season average over 19 games.Marchessault
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 3.51 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 134 of 134 attempts · LAK 69 · VGK 65

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 32% of the game, LAK 29%.

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
	64	58
	3.39	3.36
	3.25	3.28
	17	6
	7	7
	14	6
	−0.073	+0.073
	32%	29%

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

L1Perron – Eakin – Carpenter
11:3146% CF
L2Neal – Haula – Tuch
10:0352% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:0168% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
4:5638% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
12:1958% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
11:4248% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
11:1538% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
3:0367% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
2:13100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
4:49
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
2:18
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
5:26
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:16

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
9:2344% CF
L2Lewis – Rieder – Kempe
9:1945% CF
L3Carter – Toffoli – Pearson
7:5462% CF
L4Thompson – Mitchell – Clifford
4:3950% CF
D1Martinez – Fantenberg
16:1541% CF
D2Muzzin – Doughty
12:2843% CF
D3Phaneuf – Folin
10:1952% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty
5:2860% CF
PP2Phaneuf – Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
2:08100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
2:09
PK2FThompson – Mitchell
1:58
PK1DMartinez – Doughty
2:06
PK2DMuzzin – Folin
0:44

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:14
LAKAlex Iafallo (Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Doughty, Iafallo
VGK 0 – 1 LAK

3rd period

6:10
VGKCody Eakin (Ryan Carpenter, David Perron)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Perron, Eakin, Merrill, Miller, CarpenterLAK: Phaneuf, Carter, Toffoli, Pearson, Folin
VGK 1 – 1 LAK
14:23
VGKJames Neal (Nate Schmidt, Alex Tuch)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Karlsson, Schmidt, TuchLAK: Kopitar, Lewis, Martinez, Iafallo, Fantenberg
VGK 2 – 1 LAK
14:44
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreLAK: Lewis, Muzzin, Doughty, Rieder, Kempe
VGK 3 – 1 LAK
17:56
LAKAnze Kopitar (Oscar Fantenberg)tip-in0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, SchmidtLAK: Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Fantenberg
VGK 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.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:12	—	—	48	69
Cody Eakin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	4	2	2	14:50	—	—	50	63
Ryan Carpenter C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.42	3	0	0	13:59	—	—	48	62
James Neal L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.12	8	0	2	17:00	—	—	52	41
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	53	50
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.47	3	1	0	15:36	—	—	47	44
William Karlsson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	17:41	—	—	65	48
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	2	0	0	16:12	—	—	64	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.27	4	0	2	15:29	—	—	71	58
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	12:04	—	—	29	42
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	11:15	—	—	25	35
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	2	0	2	5:17	—	—	38	92
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.15	2	3	0	22:41	—	—	54	58
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	18:14	—	—	64	83
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	24:07	—	—	50	29
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	3	4	0	21:35	—	—	52	24
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	2	2	0	18:29	—	—	46	48
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:06	—	—	39	37

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.51	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	23:32	—	—	42	53
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.26	6	0	2	21:14	—	—	46	61
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.55	2	1	0	12:52	—	—	36	47
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.48	1	2	0	15:38	—	—	43	53
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	5	1	0	14:39	—	—	53	71
Tobias Rieder L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:49	—	—	44	53
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.50	4	0	0	20:05	—	—	56	42
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.88	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	53	57
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	62	65
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:00	—	—	33	4
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	6:49	—	—	46	4
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	4:55	—	—	46	5
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.11	2	2	0	23:19	—	—	46	55
Oscar Fantenberg D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	3	2	18:28	—	—	43	43
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	4	3	0	27:31	—	—	47	52
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	2	22:03	—	—	43	45
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	5	3	0	16:23	—	—	59	62
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	3	0	12:22	—	—	52	30

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	3.21	58:36

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.