Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 14, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 14, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

6

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	3	1	2	6		VGK	8	12	12	32
LAK	1	1	0	2		LAK	12	7	3	22

: VGK 61LAK 54
: VGK 3.75LAK 2.33
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 1
Hits: VGK 16LAK 27
Blocks: VGK 7LAK 17
PIM: VGK 2LAK 2
: VGK 54%LAK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Los Angeles Kings 6–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 6–2 at LAK. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for VGK: Janmark–Nosek–Tuch skated 14:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:02.Pacioretty
Points
Tomas Nosek had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:55.Nosek
Points
Trevor Moore had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:08.Moore
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:35.Tuch
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:28.Stone
Points
Adrian Kempe had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:30.Kempe
New line
New look for VGK: Janmark–Nosek–Tuch skated 14:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Janmark Nosek Tuch
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 3.75 expected goals (61 attempts), finishing well above 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 115 of 115 attempts · LAK 54 · 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 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
	67	61
	4.04	2.29
	3.76	2.22
	19	7
	4	1
	10	12
	+0.022	−0.021
	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

L1Janmark – Nosek – Tuch
14:0144% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:2260% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:1753% CF
L4Jurco – Carrier – Roy
10:5385% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
18:5952% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
10:5368% CF
D3Pietrangelo – McNabb
10:4436% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
1:06100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Janmark – Tuch
0:45
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:41
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:25
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:41
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:25

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:5568% CF
L2Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Lizotte
13:4638% CF
L3Kempe – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
7:1931% CF
L4Lemieux – Wagner – Vilardi
4:3143% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
20:1163% CF
D2Maatta – Walker
16:5850% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Athanasiou – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi
0:56100% CF
PP2Brown – Kempe – Moore – Iafallo – Walker
0:14100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:07
PK2FMoore – Lizotte
0:24
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:07
PK2DMaatta – Walker
0:42

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:18
VGKTomas Nosek (Alec Martinez, Shea Theodore)snap0.13 xG
VGK: Martinez, Janmark, Theodore, Nosek, TuchLAK: Brown, Kopitar, MacDermid, Clague, Iafallo
VGK 1 – 0 LAK
11:04
VGKAlex Tuch (Mattias Janmark, Tomas Nosek)snap0.02 xG
VGK: Martinez, Janmark, Theodore, Nosek, TuchLAK: Athanasiou, MacDermid, Grundstrom, Clague, Lizotte
VGK 2 – 0 LAK
13:38
LAKTrevor MoorePP (Adrian Kempe)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Hague, WhitecloudLAK: Brown, Kempe, Moore, Iafallo, Walker
VGK 2 – 1 LAK
15:25
VGKMax Pacioretty (Mark Stone)backhand0.00 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, StephensonLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, Iafallo
VGK 3 – 1 LAK

2nd period

15:47
VGKChandler Stephenson (Max Pacioretty, Zach Whitecloud)wrist0.20 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, WhitecloudLAK: Doughty, Kempe, Clague, Moore, Anderson-Dolan
VGK 4 – 1 LAK
18:22
LAKTrevor Moore (Adrian Kempe)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Janmark, Tuch, RoyLAK: Doughty, Kempe, Moore, Anderson, Vilardi
VGK 4 – 2 LAK

3rd period

5:28
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty)snap0.18 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreLAK: Doughty, Athanasiou, Wagner, Anderson, Lizotte
VGK 5 – 2 LAK
10:53
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Alex Tuch, Tomas Nosek)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Janmark, Nosek, TuchLAK: Maatta, Lemieux, Wagner, Anderson-Dolan, Walker
VGK 6 – 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
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.09	2	0	0	16:35	—	—	47	48
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.11	1	1	0	15:21	—	—	45	48
Tomas Nosek L	L1	1	2	3	+3	1	0.44	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	44	50
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	7	0.77	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	57	60
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	53	62
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	58	64
Max Pacioretty L	L3	1	2	3	+3	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	35	59
Mark Stone R	L3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.27	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	44	68
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.29	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	50	80
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	58	71
Tomas Jurco R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	61	78
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:58	—	—	85	96
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	4	0	0	21:07	—	—	53	63
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	52	60
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	+4	1	0.01	0	3	0	19:47	—	—	62	74
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	63	83
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	1	1	0	21:02	—	—	43	47
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	17:14	—	—	41	58

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.33	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:10	—	—	69	60
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	71	59
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	67	47
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	36	24
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	1	2	0	17:39	—	—	34	21
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	5	1	2	15:56	—	—	39	35
Trevor Moore L	L3	2	0	2	0	2	0.61	3	0	0	17:08	—	—	46	46
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	2	2	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	44	37
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.22	1	1	0	11:45	—	—	30	19
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.43	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	50	48
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	5	1	0	7:41	—	—	39	23
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	2	0	0	6:56	—	—	30	13
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	3	1	0	25:42	—	—	58	48
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	24:21	—	—	54	44
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	3	0	20:01	—	—	49	40
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	18:17	—	—	49	40
Kale Clague D	—	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	28	4
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	3	0	0	13:43	—	—	40	29

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen	—	24	21	3	.875	3.07	44:35
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	8	5	3	.625	0.69	15:25

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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.