Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 29, 2022

Final / SOThursday, Dec 29, 2022· Ball Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
LAK	1	1	2	0	1	5		LAK	12	6	7	2	27
COL	0	4	0	0	0	4		COL	7	11	8	1	27

: LAK 50COL 58
: LAK 1.96COL 2.51
PP goals: LAK 2COL 1
Hits: LAK 24COL 25
Blocks: LAK 22COL 9
PIM: LAK 12COL 10
: LAK 53%COL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Colorado Avalanche 5–4 (SO)

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 5–4 in a shootout at COL. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Jacob MacDonald (COL) played 3:33, −8:38 down on his 12:11 season average over 57 games.

Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 27:51.Makar
Points
Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:45.Iafallo
Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:23.Rodrigues
Points
Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:43.Rantanen
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:03.Arvidsson
Usage
Jacob MacDonald (COL) played 3:33, −8:38 down on his 12:11 season average over 57 games.MacDonald
Luck
LAK scored 4 goals on 1.96 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (COL) played 22:23, +4:35 up on his 17:48 season average over 68 games.Rodrigues

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 108 of 108 attempts · COL 58 · LAK 50

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 37%.

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
	46	53
	0.99	2.12
	0.98	1.95
	1	10
	5	5
	10	23
	+0.008	−0.008
	13%	37%

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

L1Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo
10:5144% CF
L2Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe
7:3555% CF
L3Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Lizotte
5:0767% CF
L4Grundstrom – Kupari – Byfield
1:4433% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:2254% CF
D2Edler – Walker
13:0347% CF
D3Roy – Durzi
11:3844% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
2:19100% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Durzi – Byfield
2:02100% CF
PK1FKempe – Lizotte
1:59
PK2FDanault – Iafallo
1:09
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
3:06
PK2DEdler – Roy
2:37

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Compher – Lehkonen – Rantanen
10:4657% CF
L2Rodrigues – Malgin – Newhook
10:1940% CF
L3Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers
8:4235% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:4560% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
13:1740% CF
D3Hunt – Englund
7:1744% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – Rantanen – Rodrigues – Makar
5:0771% CF
PP2Toews – Malgin – Girard – Newhook – Meyers
1:47
PK1FCogliano – Compher
2:36
PK2FLehkonen – O'Connor
1:25
PK1DToews – Makar
2:48
PK2DJohnson – Girard
0:32

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:56
LAKGabriel Vilardi (Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Mikey Anderson)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Doughty, Anderson-Dolan, Anderson, Vilardi, LizotteCOL: Johnson, Rodrigues, Malgin, Girard, Newhook
LAK 1 – 0 COL

2nd period

4:36
COLJ.T. CompherPP (Mikko Rantanen, Evan Rodrigues)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Roy, Durzi, KupariCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues
LAK 1 – 1 COL
13:59
LAKPhillip DanaultPP (Viktor Arvidsson, Alex Iafallo)snap0.09 xG
LAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Iafallo, Durzi, ByfieldCOL: Cogliano, Rodrigues, Girard, Makar
LAK 2 – 1 COL
15:58
COLAndrew Cogliano (Cale Makar)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Edler, Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, WalkerCOL: Cogliano, Toews, Makar, O'Connor, Meyers
LAK 2 – 2 COL
16:43
COLCale Makarwrist0.03 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, AndersonCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
LAK 2 – 3 COL
18:47
COLEvan Rodrigues (Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar)snap0.16 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Arvidsson, WalkerCOL: Toews, Rantanen, Rodrigues, Makar
LAK 2 – 4 COL

3rd period

1:11
LAKAlex IafalloPP (Viktor Arvidsson, Sean Durzi)wrist0.15 xG
LAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Iafallo, Durzi, ByfieldCOL: Cogliano, Compher, Toews, Makar
LAK 3 – 4 COL
14:20
LAKSean Walker (Kevin Fiala, Blake Lizotte)wrist0.15 xG
LAK: Fiala, Roy, Vilardi, Walker, LizotteCOL: Cogliano, Johnson, Girard, O'Connor, Meyers
LAK 4 – 4 COL

Decided in the shootout: LAK 5 – 4 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
Phillip Danault C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	2	22:30	—	—	39	30
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.30	1	1	0	19:45	—	—	38	30
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.28	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	45	34
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	23:17	—	—	45	20
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.37	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	44	19
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.07	1	0	2	19:34	—	—	48	42
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.11	3	0	0	13:35	—	—	64	92
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	3	0	0	12:45	—	—	75	90
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:24	—	—	67	61
Quinton Byfield R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:59	—	—	36	22
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:47	—	—	21	18
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	4:32	—	—	67	52
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	2	0	27:01	—	—	52	33
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	2	3	0	20:55	—	—	49	24
Sean Walker D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.15	1	0	4	17:49	—	—	44	59
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	3	0	17:36	—	—	45	44
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	2	5	0	20:26	—	—	45	28
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	2	2	17:03	—	—	41	24

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	27	23	4	.852	2.51	65:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.16	2	0	2	25:43	—	—	62	84
J.T. Compher L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.53	0	2	0	25:01	—	—	58	86
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.57	1	0	0	24:59	—	—	58	81
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	22:23	—	—	52	47
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	50	62
Denis Malgin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	0	16:04	—	—	41	49
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	2	0	0	14:38	—	—	37	48
Ben Meyers C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:10	—	—	45	53
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	35	31
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.07	0	3	0	29:27	—	—	61	84
Cale Makar D	D1	1	2	3	+3	4	0.40	2	0	0	27:51	—	—	61	75
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	2	0	22:24	—	—	48	47
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	3	1	0	20:28	—	—	41	37
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:05	—	—	58	70
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	8:41	—	—	46	84
Charles Hudon L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	5:25	—	—	64	60
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	3:57	—	—	78	83
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	3:33	—	—	75	70

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	O	27	23	4	.852	1.96	64:51

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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.