Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 11, 2022

FinalTuesday, Oct 11, 2022· Crypto.com Arena

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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	1	3	4		VGK	16	15	20	51
LAK	1	0	2	3		LAK	7	16	7	30

: VGK 81LAK 56
: VGK 4.64LAK 3.46
PP goals: VGK 1LAK 0
Hits: VGK 25LAK 23
Blocks: VGK 13LAK 22
PIM: VGK 6LAK 10
: VGK 51%LAK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at LAK. Gabriel Vilardi (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 51 shots and stopped 47 (.922), +25 against a season average of 26.3; the loss.

Points
Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:15.Vilardi
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:20.Karlsson
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:44.Pietrangelo
Points
Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:33.Stephenson
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 51 shots and stopped 47 (.922), +25 against a season average of 26.3; the loss.Quick
Usage
Sean Durzi (LAK) played 22:58, +3:14 up on his 19:44 season average over 71 games.Durzi
Usage
Ben Hutton (VGK) played 11:02, −5:08 down on his 16:10 season average over 30 games.Hutton
Usage
Blake Lizotte (LAK) played 9:41, −3:18 down on his 12:59 season average over 80 games.Lizotte

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 137 of 137 attempts · LAK 56 · VGK 81

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 40% of the game, LAK 21%.

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
	83	52
	4.05	3.34
	3.87	3.27
	25	14
	7	0
	17	11
	−0.023	+0.023
	40%	21%

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

L1Kolesar – Roy – Cotter
10:5553% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Howden
10:0557% CF
L3Kessel – Smith – Eichel
9:0373% CF
L4Karlsson – Marchessault – Amadio
8:2061% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:3862% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
14:1757% CF
D3Hutton – Whitecloud
9:0757% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
3:2583% CF
PP2Kessel – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
2:35100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:42
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:59
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
2:49
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:26

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
13:0340% CF
L2Vilardi – Iafallo – Byfield
9:5652% CF
L3Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe
9:4331% CF
L4Grundstrom – Lizotte – Kaliyev
6:0440% CF
D1Roy – Durzi
15:5741% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
14:5252% CF
D3Edler – Walker
10:4331% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Arvidsson
2:2867% CF
PP2Danault – Moore – Vilardi – Durzi – Kaliyev
1:47100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
2:29
PK2FDanault – Moore
1:58
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:25
PK2DRoy – Durzi
1:57

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:36
LAKGabriel Vilardi (Quinton Byfield, Alex Iafallo)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Karlsson, Marchessault, Hutton, Amadio, WhitecloudLAK: Edler, Vilardi, Iafallo, Walker, Byfield
VGK 0 – 1 LAK

2nd period

1:41
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, McNabb, Karlsson, MarchessaultLAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Roy, Iafallo, Durzi
VGK 1 – 1 LAK

3rd period

1:27
VGKJack Eichel (Chandler Stephenson, Reilly Smith)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Smith, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, EichelLAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Roy, Anderson
VGK 2 – 1 LAK
4:02
LAKAdrian Kempe (Anze Kopitar, Sean Durzi)wrist0.31 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Howden, WhitecloudLAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Roy, Durzi
VGK 2 – 2 LAK
7:17
VGKWilliam KarlssonPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Nicolas Roy)tip-in0.06 xG
VGK: Kessel, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Marchessault, RoyLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson
VGK 3 – 2 LAK
12:58
LAKArthur Kaliyev (Trevor Moore, Gabriel Vilardi)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Kessel, McNabb, Stephenson, Eichel, WhitecloudLAK: Danault, Moore, Vilardi, Durzi, Kaliyev
VGK 3 – 3 LAK
19:34
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson, Alex Pietrangelo)snap0.09 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, HowdenLAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Roy, Moore, Durzi
VGK 4 – 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
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.35	2	1	0	16:10	—	—	56	75
Paul Cotter L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	53	65
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	12:06	—	—	50	69
Mark Stone R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.45	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	63	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	57	38
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.21	2	0	0	12:32	—	—	57	35
Jack Eichel C	L3	1	0	1	0	7	0.43	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	72	59
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	+1	6	0.59	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	77	64
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	4	13:56	—	—	66	54
William Karlsson C	L4	1	1	2	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	63	57
Jonathan Marchessault R	L4	1	0	1	0	7	0.55	5	0	0	15:07	—	—	57	59
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	9:46	—	—	58	59
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.64	3	1	0	22:44	—	—	62	49
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	3	0	20:14	—	—	60	47
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	22:11	—	—	66	68
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	1	0	21:41	—	—	58	62
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.12	2	2	2	16:17	—	—	61	56
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	11:02	—	—	60	52

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	3.46	59:48

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	1	2	19:49	—	—	42	49
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.32	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	42	49
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.47	0	2	2	17:33	—	—	41	50
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	43	37
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.37	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	54	56
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	48	43
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.36	2	2	0	18:48	—	—	31	45
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.50	2	1	0	17:47	—	—	27	41
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	2	15:24	—	—	29	47
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	33	33
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	43	59
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:14	—	—	36	28
Sean Durzi D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	3	5	0	22:58	—	—	41	55
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	7	3	0	21:12	—	—	35	48
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	2	0	25:03	—	—	50	54
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	2	19:26	—	—	45	42
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	2	2	14:17	—	—	27	32
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	0	12:52	—	—	28	26

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	51	47	4	.922	4.05	59:12

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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.