Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsNov 16, 2019

FinalSaturday, Nov 16, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	3	0	3		VGK	14	11	6	31
LAK	2	1	1	4		LAK	8	8	9	25

: VGK 64LAK 46
: VGK 4.16LAK 2.65
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 1
Hits: VGK 21LAK 18
Blocks: VGK 10LAK 15
PIM: VGK 4LAK 6
: 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 4–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at home. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:48 together.

Points
Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:59.Doughty
Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:59.Pacioretty
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:32.Karlsson
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:48 together.Kopitar Doughty Toffoli Kempe Iafallo
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Carrier–Nosek skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Carrier Nosek
Usage
Paul Stastny (VGK) played 12:13, −4:59 down on his 17:12 season average over 70 games.Stastny
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 22:35, +3:14 up on his 19:21 season average over 64 games.Stone

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 110 of 110 attempts · LAK 46 · VGK 64

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 45% of the game, LAK 23%.

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
	58	46
	3.36	2.64
	3.29	2.46
	12	13
	4	4
	20	8
	+0.052	−0.052
	45%	23%

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

L1Eakin – Stone – Marchessault
12:5556% CF
L2Pacioretty – Smith – Karlsson
12:2838% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
8:2778% CF
L4Stastny – Tuch – Glass
6:3682% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
15:0668% CF
D2Theodore – Hague
13:1149% CF
D3Holden – Merrill
12:5269% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
2:5967% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Tuch
2:37100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:33
PK2FStone – Nosek
0:57
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
1:45
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:40

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:0038% CF
L2Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte
10:3320% CF
L3Carter – Toffoli – Amadio
10:2858% CF
L4Clifford – Prokhorkin – Luff
7:5871% CF
D1Doughty – Walker
16:2852% CF
D2Martinez – Hutton
13:5545% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli – Kempe – Iafallo
1:48100% CF
PP2Carter – Brown – Martinez – Amadio – Lizotte
1:3980% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:50
PK2FCarter – Toffoli
1:39
PK1DDoughty – Walker
1:54
PK2DMartinez – Hutton
1:33

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:59
LAKBlake LizotteSH (Adrian Kempe, Drew Doughty)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, GlassLAK: Martinez, Hutton, Kempe, Lizotte
VGK 0 – 1 LAK
15:10
LAKDrew DoughtyPP (Alex Iafallo, Anze Kopitar)slap0.06 xG
VGK: Stastny, Holden, Eakin, MerrillLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Kempe, Iafallo
VGK 0 – 2 LAK

2nd period

7:24
VGKMax Pacioretty (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)deflected0.25 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, SchmidtLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Iafallo, Walker
VGK 1 – 2 LAK
9:08
LAKNikolai Prokhorkin (Kyle Clifford, Matt Luff)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Stastny, Stone, Theodore, Tuch, HagueLAK: Martinez, Clifford, Prokhorkin, Hutton, Luff
VGK 1 – 3 LAK
14:52
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Cody Eakin)slap0.04 xG
VGK: Eakin, Stone, Marchessault, Theodore, HagueLAK: Kopitar, Martinez, Hutton, Wagner, Iafallo
VGK 2 – 3 LAK
17:06
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Smith, Karlsson, Theodore, HagueLAK: Carter, Doughty, Toffoli, Amadio, Walker
VGK 3 – 3 LAK

3rd period

12:42
LAKJeff Carter (Matt Roy)tip-in0.11 xG
VGK: Holden, Eakin, Merrill, Marchessault, GlassLAK: Carter, Toffoli, MacDermid, Amadio, Roy
VGK 3 – 4 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
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.55	2	0	2	22:35	—	—	56	56
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	53	60
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	16:42	—	—	56	63
William Karlsson C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.47	0	0	0	20:32	—	—	48	52
Max Pacioretty L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.49	1	0	0	19:59	—	—	50	55
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	41	50
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:52	—	—	70	90
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:51	—	—	67	62
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	0	0	8:54	—	—	80	97
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	69	65
Paul Stastny C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	0	1	2	12:13	—	—	61	48
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.48	1	0	0	11:55	—	—	55	42
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.24	0	4	0	23:20	—	—	68	67
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.85	1	0	0	17:41	—	—	70	71
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	22:15	—	—	44	46
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	15:34	—	—	51	50
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	1	0	19:03	—	—	57	56
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	2	0	16:09	—	—	58	70

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.65	58:03

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:46	—	—	35	32
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.02	1	1	0	18:36	—	—	31	18
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	2	0	2	18:08	—	—	33	21
Blake Lizotte C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	28	22
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	24	36
Austin Wagner L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	2	1	0	13:57	—	—	29	31
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.33	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	52	48
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	55	48
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	58	51
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.52	1	1	0	11:01	—	—	68	85
Nikolai Prokhorkin L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	1	1	0	10:05	—	—	59	66
Matt Luff R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	0	9:14	—	—	67	84
Drew Doughty D	D1	1	1	2	-2	1	0.08	3	0	0	25:59	—	—	47	35
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	2	20:12	—	—	52	40
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:53	—	—	45	49
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	15:57	—	—	46	48
Matt Roy D	—	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	2	2	18:21	—	—	39	47
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	2	2	0	16:16	—	—	26	53

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	4.16	60:00

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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.