Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 21, 2021

FinalSunday, Mar 21, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	1	1		VGK	8	10	24	42
LAK	0	2	1	3		LAK	10	14	7	31

: VGK 76LAK 47
: VGK 4.12LAK 2.17
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 1
Hits: VGK 20LAK 22
Blocks: VGK 11LAK 20
PIM: VGK 7LAK 13
: VGK 42%LAK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 at home. Sean Walker (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:00 together.

Points
Sean Walker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:12.Walker
Points
Anze Kopitar had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:01.Kopitar
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:00 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
Usage
Olli Maatta (LAK) played 1:34, −15:15 down on his 16:49 season average over 40 games.Maatta
Goalie
Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +11 against a season average of 31.3; the win.Petersen
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 4.12 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Tuch skated 10:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Stephenson Tuch
Usage
Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 20:32, +7:18 up on his 13:14 season average over 28 games.Coghlan

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 123 of 123 attempts · LAK 47 · VGK 76

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 50% of the game, LAK 24%.

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	49
	2.82	2.07
	2.73	1.89
	11	13
	2	7
	8	8
	−0.028	+0.028
	50%	24%

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
12:3458% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Tuch
10:3064% CF
L3Nosek – Roy – Glass
4:400% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Kolesar
3:5533% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
13:3138% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
12:2462% CF
D3McNabb – Coghlan
12:0246% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
3:5692% CF
PP2Martinez – Stephenson – Theodore – Tuch – Glass
1:36100% CF
PK1FNosek – Tuch
1:24
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:47
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:06
PK2DTheodore – Hague
0:54

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
12:0630% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
12:0535% CF
L3Carter – Athanasiou – Kempe
9:3062% CF
L4Wagner – Vilardi – Lizotte
7:0731% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
14:0535% CF
D2Roy – Walker
7:5753% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:0060% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Walker
0:46100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:27
PK2FMoore – Anderson-Dolan
0:23
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:08
PK2DRoy – Walker
0:44

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:58
LAKSean Walker (Anze Kopitar, Trevor Moore)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, CoghlanLAK: Kopitar, Moore, Anderson, Vilardi, Walker
VGK 0 – 1 LAK
6:49
LAKDustin BrownPP (Alex Iafallo, Anze Kopitar)wrap-around0.12 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Nosek, TuchLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Iafallo
VGK 0 – 2 LAK

3rd period

16:33
VGKTomas Nosek (Keegan Kolesar)deflected0.07 xG
VGK: Reaves, Theodore, Nosek, Kolesar, HagueLAK: Doughty, Grundstrom, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, Anderson
VGK 1 – 2 LAK
17:28
LAKJeff Carter (Andreas Athanasiou, Sean Walker)backhand0.19 xG
VGK: Martinez, Smith, Stephenson, Tuch, HagueLAK: Carter, Athanasiou, Kempe, Roy, Walker
VGK 1 – 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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.33	0	0	0	23:07	—	—	60	63
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.94	2	0	0	22:04	—	—	60	53
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	58	57
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	19:46	—	—	61	70
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	57	79
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.46	0	1	0	18:41	—	—	55	66
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	39	27
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	33	29
Tomas Nosek L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	56	45
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	2	0	5	9:02	—	—	73	87
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	7:23	—	—	44	68
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	7:15	—	—	67	86
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	2	0	18:15	—	—	54	40
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	17:15	—	—	46	26
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	6	0.78	0	1	0	23:17	—	—	65	88
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	61	78
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	64	62
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	4	4	2	15:11	—	—	47	45

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.17	57:35

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.23	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	41	43
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	3	0	16:37	—	—	31	32
Carl Grundstrom R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	32	31
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.12	0	2	0	21:01	—	—	41	31
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:43	—	—	35	15
Dustin Brown R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	30	14
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	1	0	14:29	—	—	57	75
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	13:47	—	—	59	83
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	1	0	2	12:31	—	—	58	80
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	2	0	9:49	—	—	47	28
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	9:36	—	—	55	43
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	5	8:14	—	—	29	13
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	1	2	30:08	—	—	46	50
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:39	—	—	39	21
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	4	0	26:00	—	—	38	32
Sean Walker D	D2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.09	1	2	2	20:12	—	—	54	58
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	3	2	15:55	—	—	41	58
Olli Maatta D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:34	—	—	67	46

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	42	41	1	.976	4.12	59:54

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.