Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 19, 2021

FinalFriday, Mar 19, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	1	1	4		VGK	11	16	6	33
LAK	1	1	0	2		LAK	12	5	8	25

: VGK 58LAK 51
: VGK 3.93LAK 1.35
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 0
Hits: VGK 19LAK 28
Blocks: VGK 14LAK 11
PIM: VGK 2LAK 4
: VGK 43%LAK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at LAK. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Tobias Bjornfot (LAK) played 10:59, −6:03 down on his 17:02 season average over 32 games.

Points
Max Pacioretty had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:17.Pacioretty
Points
Alec Martinez had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:35.Martinez
Usage
Tobias Bjornfot (LAK) played 10:59, −6:03 down on his 17:02 season average over 32 games.Bjornfot
New line
New look for LAK: Athanasiou–Kempe–Vilardi skated 5:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Athanasiou Kempe Vilardi
Usage
Gabriel Vilardi (LAK) played 9:43, −5:08 down on his 14:51 season average over 53 games.Vilardi
Usage
Olli Maatta (LAK) played 12:41, −3:51 down on his 16:32 season average over 40 games.Maatta
Usage
Adrian Kempe (LAK) played 13:36, −3:24 down on his 17:00 season average over 55 games.Kempe
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) played 17:54, +3:01 up on his 14:53 season average over 46 games.Athanasiou

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 109 of 109 attempts · LAK 51 · VGK 58

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 17%.

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
	62	55
	3.55	1.49
	3.41	1.46
	14	6
	4	4
	14	7
	−0.029	+0.029
	44%	17%

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

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
13:0255% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:3253% CF
L3Tuch – Roy – Glass
10:1853% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
8:4562% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
15:4845% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
13:4065% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
11:3061% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Tuch
2:21100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Glass
1:23100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:10
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:50
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
1:10
PK2DMartinez – McNabb
0:50

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
14:1544% CF
L2Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
10:0169% CF
L3Athanasiou – Kempe – Vilardi
5:1244% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:3744% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
8:0752% CF
D3Maatta – Walker
6:4350% CF

PP1Carter – Athanasiou – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Walker
1:0750% CF
PP2Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
0:50100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:06
PK2FMoore – Lizotte
0:34
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
0:42
PK2DMaatta – Walker
0:34

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:17
VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreLAK: Brown, Maatta, Athanasiou, Roy, Vilardi
VGK 1 – 0 LAK
12:53
VGKMax Pacioretty (Shea Theodore, Alec Martinez)backhand0.53 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreLAK: Brown, Kopitar, MacDermid, Roy, Iafallo
VGK 2 – 0 LAK
19:42
LAKAlex Iafallo (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty)wrist0.23 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, Iafallo
VGK 2 – 1 LAK

2nd period

6:18
LAKTrevor Moore (Matt Roy, Tobias Bjornfot)tip-in0.08 xG
VGK: Martinez, Theodore, Tuch, Roy, GlassLAK: Roy, Grundstrom, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, Bjornfot
VGK 2 – 2 LAK
15:15
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Alec Martinez)tip-in0.12 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, TheodoreLAK: Maatta, Athanasiou, Kempe, Vilardi, Walker
VGK 3 – 2 LAK

3rd period

10:34
VGKWilliam Carrier (Nicolas Hague, Tomas Nosek)slap0.00 xG
VGK: Reaves, Carrier, Nosek, Hague, WhitecloudLAK: Carter, Maatta, Athanasiou, Kempe, Walker
VGK 4 – 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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	1.11	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	54	75
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	58	73
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	53	72
William Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	46	91
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.69	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	50	61
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	46	70
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	52	47
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	1	2	13:07	—	—	50	39
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	54	54
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	3	1	0	13:04	—	—	65	98
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.17	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	50	98
William Carrier L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	1	0	10:30	—	—	62	98
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.03	0	4	0	23:35	—	—	44	70
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	22:28	—	—	46	70
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	3	1	0	18:16	—	—	63	76
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	3	0	18:02	—	—	59	84
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	19:01	—	—	53	62
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	59	69

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.35	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	22:20	—	—	40	28
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.28	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	39	25
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	3	0	0	18:00	—	—	45	29
Trevor Moore L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	2	16:28	—	—	56	40
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	52	29
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	3	0	0	14:41	—	—	64	28
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.17	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	47	40
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	0	0	13:36	—	—	50	39
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	53	49
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	23:57	—	—	49	44
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	1	2	19:51	—	—	42	43
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:47	—	—	54	31
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	44	51
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:49	—	—	35	5
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	59	24
Jeff Carter C	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	1	0	16:51	—	—	41	5
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	3	0	12:05	—	—	44	2
Blake Lizotte C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	43	7

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	3.24	58:20

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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.