Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 12, 2021

FinalMonday, Apr 12, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	2	2	4		VGK	12	21	8	41
LAK	1	1	0	2		LAK	12	10	6	28

: VGK 61LAK 53
: VGK 3.62LAK 2.50
PP goals: VGK 1LAK 0
Hits: VGK 14LAK 14
Blocks: VGK 16LAK 12
PIM: VGK 8LAK 4
: VGK 49%LAK 51%

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. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:22 together.

Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:19.Stone
Points
Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:28.Theodore
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:22 together.Pacioretty Stone Marchessault Stephenson Theodore
Goalie
Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +10 against a season average of 31.3; the loss.Petersen
New line
New look for LAK: Athanasiou–Grundstrom–Lizotte skated 10:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Athanasiou Grundstrom Lizotte
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 19:28, −3:08 down on his 22:36 season average over 52 games.Theodore
Usage
Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 8:56, −4:43 down on his 13:39 season average over 28 games.Coghlan
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 21:30, −3:00 down on his 24:30 season average over 40 games.Pietrangelo

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 114 of 114 attempts · LAK 53 · VGK 61

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 35% of the game, LAK 25%.

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
	60	52
	2.63	2.51
	2.45	2.42
	11	12
	2	5
	7	8
	−0.020	+0.020
	35%	25%

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
12:2938% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:1178% CF
L3Carrier – Nosek – Tuch
10:3755% CF
D1Pietrangelo – McNabb
14:4243% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
14:3665% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
10:1945% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
1:22100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Tuch
0:5950% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
2:32
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:18
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:26
PK2DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:11

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:1169% CF
L2Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Lizotte
10:3145% CF
L3Lemieux – Wagner – Vilardi
9:4613% CF
L4Kempe – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
9:1450% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:2145% CF
D2Wolanin – Walker
11:3952% CF
D3Maatta – Clague
11:0131% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:5550% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Athanasiou – Moore – Vilardi
1:41100% CF
PK1FMoore – Lizotte
0:56
PK2FKempe – Anderson-Dolan
0:49
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:17
PK2DMaatta – Walker
0:49

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:41
LAKAustin Wagner (Brendan Lemieux, Blake Lizotte)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Martinez, Theodore, Nosek, Tuch, RoyLAK: Doughty, Lemieux, Wagner, Anderson, Lizotte
VGK 0 – 1 LAK

2nd period

8:57
LAKAnze Kopitar (Dustin Brown, Alex Iafallo)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, StephensonLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Wolanin, Iafallo, Walker
VGK 0 – 2 LAK
14:20
VGKNicolas Roy (Tomas Jurco, Shea Theodore)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Martinez, Jurco, Theodore, Roy, CoghlanLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Maatta, Clague, Iafallo
VGK 1 – 2 LAK
19:33
VGKMark StoneSH (Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Stone, Stephenson, Hague, WhitecloudLAK: Brown, Anderson-Dolan, Vilardi, Iafallo, Walker
VGK 2 – 2 LAK

3rd period

4:35
VGKAlex Tuchsnap0.14 xG
VGK: Carrier, Nosek, Tuch, Hague, WhitecloudLAK: Kempe, Wolanin, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, Walker
VGK 3 – 2 LAK
8:22
VGKMax PaciorettyPP (Shea Theodore, Mark Stone)snap0.07 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, TheodoreLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, Iafallo
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
Mark Stone R	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.73	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	41	35
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.47	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	31	29
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.36	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	36	35
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	63	58
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	15:51	—	—	70	62
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	2	15:51	—	—	78	84
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.68	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	52	52
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.33	0	0	2	15:13	—	—	52	62
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:25	—	—	57	64
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	2	2	21:30	—	—	56	64
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	2	21:20	—	—	41	35
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	3	0	24:47	—	—	60	48
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	2	2	0	6	0.18	1	1	0	19:28	—	—	63	56
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	0	3	0	15:11	—	—	46	51
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	1	0	0	12:59	—	—	54	60
Nicolas Roy C	—	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	1	1	0	11:09	—	—	67	53
Tomas Jurco R	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:28	—	—	57	45
Dylan Coghlan D	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	8:56	—	—	65	50

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.50	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.71	0	3	2	21:46	—	—	70	70
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	19:18	—	—	67	64
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	68	64
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	1	1	0	17:06	—	—	41	35
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:34	—	—	39	37
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	46	40
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	20	9
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	11:52	—	—	14	13
Austin Wagner L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	17	19
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	50	63
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	53	67
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.38	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	47	56
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	1	0	28:50	—	—	46	41
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	47	40
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	50	63
Christian Wolanin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	16:17	—	—	50	62
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	39	34
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	44	33

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	41	37	4	.902	3.05	58:47

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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.