Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 22, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 22, 2018· Pepsi Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	3	2	2	7		LAK	15	13	7	35
COL	1	0	0	1		COL	9	11	10	30

: LAK 48COL 51
: LAK 2.41COL 2.66
PP goals: LAK 1COL 0
Hits: LAK 24COL 29
Blocks: LAK 11COL 3
PIM: LAK 6COL 4
: LAK 46%COL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings rout Colorado Avalanche 7–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 7–1 at COL. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 4G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:32 together.

Points
Anze Kopitar had 4 goals (4 points) on 7 shots in 20:31.Kopitar
Points
Tobias Rieder had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:45.Rieder
Points
Jake Muzzin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:26.Muzzin
Points
Dustin Brown had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:12.Brown
Points
Nate Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:25.Thompson
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:32 together.Carter Brown Kopitar Muzzin Doughty
Luck
LAK scored 7 goals on 2.41 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Comeau–Nieto–Kamenev skated 7:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Comeau Nieto Kamenev

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

← LAK attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · COL 51 · LAK 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
LAK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 40% of the game, COL 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

LAK

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	LAK	COL
	50	50
	2.45	2.46
	2.38	2.29
	11	12
	6	6
	16	2
	−0.041	+0.041
	40%	33%

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.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:0162% CF
L2Carter – Rieder – Pearson
10:5740% CF
L3Mitchell – Clifford – Amadio
9:5250% CF
L4Thompson – Toffoli – Kempe
9:3457% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
19:0351% CF
D2Phaneuf – Martinez
15:3144% CF
D3Muzzin – Folin
15:2147% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty
1:3267% CF
PP2Phaneuf – Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – Amadio
0:22
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
3:06
PK2FThompson – Mitchell
0:44
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
2:34
PK2DMuzzin – Martinez
2:10

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
14:0462% CF
L2Comeau – Nieto – Kamenev
7:0150% CF
L3Andrighetto – Compher – Jost
5:2811% CF
L4Wilson – Bourque – Kerfoot
3:0933% CF
D1Barrie – Zadorov
8:4942% CF
D2Johnson – Nemeth
6:1650% CF
D3Siemens – Girard
5:0880% CF

PP1Barrie – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Jost
3:0760% CF
PP2Wilson – Kerfoot – Andrighetto – Compher – Girard
1:38100% CF
PK1FComeau – Nieto
1:07
PK2FBourque – Compher
0:47
PK1DJohnson – Siemens
1:09
PK2DNemeth – Zadorov
0:00

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:33
COLMikko Rantanen (Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon)wrist0.24 xG
LAK: Phaneuf, Carter, Martinez, Rieder, PearsonCOL: Johnson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Zadorov, Rantanen
LAK 0 – 1 COL
4:28
LAKAnze Kopitar (Dustin Brown)wrist0.03 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort, IafalloCOL: Johnson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Zadorov, Rantanen
LAK 1 – 1 COL
7:54
LAKJake Muzzin (Tyler Toffoli, Nate Thompson)wrist0.03 xG
LAK: Thompson, Muzzin, Toffoli, Folin, KempeCOL: Barrie, Andrighetto, Compher, Zadorov, Jost
LAK 2 – 1 COL
19:44
LAKAnze KopitarPP (Dustin Brown, Jake Muzzin)wrist0.09 xG
LAK: Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, DoughtyCOL: Comeau, Johnson, Nemeth, Nieto
LAK 3 – 1 COL

2nd period

0:47
LAKTobias Rieder (Drew Doughty, Jonathan Quick)wrist0.15 xG
LAK: Carter, Doughty, Forbort, Rieder, PearsonCOL: Comeau, Johnson, Nemeth, Nieto, Kamenev
LAK 4 – 1 COL
12:27
LAKAnze Kopitar (Nate Thompson, Derek Forbort)backhand0.08 xG
LAK: Brown, Thompson, Kopitar, Martinez, DoughtyCOL: Barrie, Kerfoot, Andrighetto, Compher, Zadorov
LAK 5 – 1 COL

3rd period

3:28
LAKAnze Kopitarwrist0.03 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort, IafalloCOL: Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard
LAK 6 – 1 COL
9:31
LAKTobias Rieder (Jeff Carter, Christian Folin)wrist0.21 xG
LAK: Carter, Muzzin, Rieder, Pearson, FolinCOL: Siemens, Kerfoot, Andrighetto, Zadorov, Jost
LAK 7 – 1 COL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	4	0	4	+3	7	0.67	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	63	60
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	2	2	+3	5	0.24	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	65	61
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.13	1	1	0	14:00	—	—	61	58
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:42	—	—	37	34
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	1	0	15:06	—	—	39	34
Tobias Rieder L	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	0.40	3	0	0	13:45	—	—	36	33
Torrey Mitchell C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	44	72
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	50	76
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	2	0	2	10:50	—	—	50	76
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:25	—	—	56	49
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	56	48
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	53	44
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+4	1	0.06	2	2	2	23:54	—	—	53	54
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.08	2	2	0	23:29	—	—	54	54
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	19:23	—	—	46	35
Dion Phaneuf D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	16:49	—	—	44	31
Jake Muzzin D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	47	65
Christian Folin D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	3	1	0	17:10	—	—	52	68

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.66	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.18	2	0	0	20:56	—	—	62	69
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.51	0	0	0	20:23	—	—	59	66
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.54	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	57	63
Blake Comeau L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	3	0	0	17:09	—	—	71	65
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	72	64
Vladislav Kamenev C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	41	33
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	45	28
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:11	—	—	25	27
Sven Andrighetto R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	2	0	0	13:29	—	—	28	30
Colin Wilson C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	25	6
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	47	45
Gabriel Bourque L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	29	20
Tyson Barrie D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	1	0	0	22:36	—	—	32	31
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.08	15	0	2	21:55	—	—	59	68
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.01	1	2	0	20:46	—	—	49	47
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	1	2	18:45	—	—	47	59
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	52	41
Duncan Siemens D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	12:46	—	—	73	32

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	20	15	5	.750	1.25	32:27
Jonathan Bernier	—	15	13	2	.867	1.16	27:33

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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.