Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 14, 2021

FinalThursday, Oct 14, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	13	8	4	25
LAK	2	2	2	6		LAK	18	13	16	47

: VGK 44LAK 84
: VGK 1.91LAK 3.73
PP goals: VGK 0LAK 2
Hits: VGK 41LAK 22
Blocks: VGK 22LAK 12
PIM: VGK 9LAK 7
: VGK 51%LAK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings rout Vegas Golden Knights 6–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–2 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 3G 2A. Mark Stone (VGK) played 9:52, −8:43 down on his 18:35 season average over 36 games.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 7 shots in 18:12.Kopitar
Points
Drew Doughty had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 23:49.Doughty
Points
Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:10.Brown
Points
Alex Iafallo had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:09.Iafallo
Points
Vladimir Tkachev had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:00.Tkachev
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 9:52, −8:43 down on his 18:35 season average over 36 games.Stone
Luck
LAK scored 6 goals on 3.73 expected goals (84 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 17:42, +5:07 up on his 12:35 season average over 76 games.Kolesar

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 128 of 128 attempts · LAK 84 · VGK 44

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 14% of the game, LAK 48%.

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
	49	92
	2.12	4.14
	2.02	3.97
	11	18
	6	5
	7	8
	+0.040	−0.040
	14%	48%

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
12:4341% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
8:5620% CF
L3Dadonov – Kolesar – Patrick
5:1290% CF
L4Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg – Krebs
4:3123% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
10:3630% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
9:3727% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
9:3460% CF

PP1Dadonov – Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Patrick
1:070% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
0:53100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:51
PK2FLeschyshyn – Rondbjerg
0:20
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:16

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Arvidsson
13:3369% CF
L2Danault – Kempe – Iafallo
12:3574% CF
L3Lemieux – Moore – Lizotte
9:4181% CF
L4Tkachev – Vilardi – Kaliyev
9:3046% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
21:0068% CF
D2Edler – Walker
16:3276% CF
D3Roy – Bjornfot
15:3251% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Arvidsson – Tkachev
0:56100% CF
PP2Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo – Walker – Kaliyev
0:20100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:40
PK2FDanault – Kempe
0:24
PK1DEdler – Walker
1:23
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
0:24

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:00
VGKShea Theodore (Keegan Kolesar, Brayden McNabb)slap0.01 xG
VGK: Dadonov, McNabb, Theodore, Kolesar, PatrickLAK: Tkachev, Roy, Vilardi, Kaliyev, Bjornfot
VGK 1 – 0 LAK
13:15
LAKDustin Brown (Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, HagueLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson, Anderson
VGK 1 – 1 LAK
19:17
LAKAnze KopitarPP (Vladimir Tkachev, Drew Doughty)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, WhitecloudLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson, Tkachev
VGK 1 – 2 LAK

2nd period

3:05
LAKPhillip Danault (Drew Doughty, Alex Iafallo)tip-in0.07 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, WhitecloudLAK: Doughty, Danault, Kempe, Anderson, Iafallo
VGK 1 – 3 LAK
10:13
LAKAnze Kopitar (Adrian Kempe, Alex Iafallo)wrist0.25 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, Iafallo
VGK 1 – 4 LAK

3rd period

1:47
LAKDrew DoughtyPP (Vladimir Tkachev, Anze Kopitar)slap0.06 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, WhitecloudLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson, Tkachev
VGK 1 – 5 LAK
15:06
LAKAnze Kopitar (Viktor Arvidsson, Dustin Brown)backhand0.17 xG
VGK: McNabb, Theodore, Kolesar, Patrick, KrebsLAK: Kopitar, Arvidsson, Roy, Kaliyev, Bjornfot
VGK 1 – 6 LAK
15:43
VGKChandler Stephenson (Evgenii Dadonov, Alec Martinez)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Dadonov, Pacioretty, Martinez, Stephenson, WhitecloudLAK: Doughty, Tkachev, Anderson, Vilardi, Kaliyev
VGK 2 – 6 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
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	44	56
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	2	0	0	15:00	—	—	38	46
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.25	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	38	46
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	17:38	—	—	28	24
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.13	2	3	0	17:04	—	—	27	24
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:52	—	—	22	12
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.14	8	0	5	17:42	—	—	43	39
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.28	2	1	0	17:32	—	—	53	50
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	1	0	17:27	—	—	57	53
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	32	29
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	2	11:17	—	—	13	16
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:30	—	—	19	20
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	20:15	—	—	29	21
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	5	0	18:30	—	—	30	19
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	2	0	22:40	—	—	33	29
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	2	20:38	—	—	21	21
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	5	6	0	19:04	—	—	53	63
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	4	1	0	18:12	—	—	46	52

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.38	40:00
Laurent Brossoit	—	16	14	2	.875	1.35	20:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	3	2	5	+3	7	0.77	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	71	86
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.58	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	70	84
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.28	4	0	0	16:10	—	—	71	87
Phillip Danault C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	59	50
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.39	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	75	69
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.02	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	74	63
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	0	0	14:51	—	—	75	70
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	73	69
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	0	5	11:14	—	—	78	83
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:10	—	—	37	24
Vladimir Tkachev L	L4	0	2	2	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	39	30
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	56	63
Drew Doughty D	D1	1	3	4	+2	2	0.08	1	0	0	23:49	—	—	67	71
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	1	2	0	22:54	—	—	70	77
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	3	1	0	19:38	—	—	78	75
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	1	0	18:54	—	—	74	67
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	0	2	0	16:56	—	—	51	52
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	2	2	16:37	—	—	51	52

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.91	59:43

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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.