Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 12, 2021

FinalFriday, Mar 12, 2021· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	7	6	5	18
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	17	16	13	46

: LAK 35COL 80
: LAK 1.16COL 3.83
PP goals: LAK 0COL 0
Hits: LAK 14COL 5
Blocks: LAK 23COL 9
PIM: LAK 9COL 11
: LAK 51%COL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0 at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +14 against a season average of 31.3; the loss.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:57.Rantanen
Goalie
Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +14 against a season average of 31.3; the loss.Petersen
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Moore–Lizotte skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Moore Lizotte
New line
New look for LAK: Brown–Kopitar–Kempe skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Kopitar Kempe
New line
New look for LAK: Amadio–Wagner–Luff skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Wagner Luff
Luck
COL scored 2 goals on 3.83 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jacob MacDonald (COL) played 20:46, +6:00 up on his 14:46 season average over 32 games.MacDonald
Usage
Joonas Donskoi (COL) played 10:53, −3:44 down on his 14:37 season average over 50 games.Donskoi

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 115 of 115 attempts · COL 80 · LAK 35

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 13% of the game, COL 59%.

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
	29	80
	1.06	2.85
	1.02	2.71
	5	16
	2	5
	7	14
	−0.003	+0.003
	13%	59%

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

L1Grundstrom – Moore – Lizotte
9:1517% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Kempe
9:1442% CF
L3Carter – Athanasiou – Vilardi
8:5436% CF
L4Amadio – Wagner – Luff
8:3125% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:1538% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
12:0729% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Moore
3:2664% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Roy – Grundstrom – Vilardi
1:19100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
1:43
PK2FCarter – Moore
1:04
PK1DRoy – Bjornfot
1:45
PK2DDoughty – Walker
1:07

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
14:5586% CF
L2Kadri – Saad – Burakovsky
11:5569% CF
L3Calvert – Bellemare – O'Connor
9:2867% CF
L4Donskoi – Nichushkin – Jost
6:2877% CF
D1Girard – MacDonald
13:1891% CF
D2Graves – Toews
11:0253% CF
D3Pateryn – Renouf
5:4886% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Girard
2:04100% CF
PP2Donskoi – Saad – Burakovsky – Nichushkin – Toews
1:36100% CF
PK1FNichushkin – Bellemare
1:10
PK2FJost – O'Connor
1:01
PK1DGraves – Toews
3:37
PK2DPateryn – Girard
1:44

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:18
COLMikko Rantanen (Ryan Graves, Devon Toews)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Carter, Athanasiou, Roy, Vilardi, BjornfotCOL: Landeskog, Graves, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen
LAK 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

18:37
COLNathan MacKinnonEN (Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.89 xG
LAK: Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Athanasiou, KempeCOL: Landeskog, Graves, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen
LAK 0 – 2 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	11	10
Carl Grundstrom R	L1	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:08	—	—	17	8
Blake Lizotte C	L1	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	13:04	—	—	14	13
Anze Kopitar C	L2	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	36	35
Adrian Kempe R	L2	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	33	32
Dustin Brown R	L2	-1	4	0.09	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	39	32
Jeff Carter C	L3	-2	3	0.18	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	31	28
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:26	—	—	31	37
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	30	29
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0.14	0	2	0	12:32	—	—	20	27
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	2	0.13	3	0	0	11:47	—	—	20	26
Matt Luff R	L4	0	1	0.14	0	0	5	11:39	—	—	19	29
Drew Doughty D	D1	-1	1	0.03	2	3	0	27:32	—	—	33	28
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	19:09	—	—	37	31
Matt Roy D	D2	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	19:34	—	—	23	31
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:54	—	—	29	39
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	18:25	—	—	15	16
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	13:47	—	—	19	16

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	45	44	1	.978	2.94	59:48

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	1.08	1	0	0	19:21	—	—	82	79
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.57	1	1	0	18:55	—	—	87	96
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.30	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	83	83
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	7	0.32	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	71	82
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	67	71
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	64	69
Matt Calvert L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:25	—	—	65	59
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	0	0	2	13:20	—	—	69	96
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	63	59
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	77	48
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	2	11:01	—	—	65	38
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	79	65
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	0	2	0	25:43	—	—	88	94
Jacob MacDonald D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	20:46	—	—	82	93
Devon Toews D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.10	0	2	0	26:27	—	—	62	58
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:23	—	—	57	39
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	77	40
Dan Renouf D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	5	9:03	—	—	74	75

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	18	18	0	.1000	1.16	60:00

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.