Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 9, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 9, 2023· Ball Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

5

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	0	3	5		LAK	6	15	10	31
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	10	9	11	30

: LAK 42COL 58
: LAK 3.67COL 2.73
PP goals: LAK 0COL 1
Hits: LAK 24COL 19
Blocks: LAK 14COL 6
PIM: LAK 6COL 8
: LAK 60%COL 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2 at COL. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. COL's first power-play unit (Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:24 together.

Points
Anze Kopitar had 3 assists (3 points) in 21:47.Kopitar
Points
Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:27.Kempe
Points
Phillip Danault had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:45.Danault
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:24 together.Compher Lehkonen MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
Usage
Kevin Fiala (LAK) played 9:57, −7:45 down on his 17:42 season average over 68 games.Fiala
New line
New look for LAK: Moore–MacEwen–Kupari skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Moore MacEwen Kupari
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (COL) played 13:21, −4:35 down on his 17:56 season average over 68 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Quinton Byfield (LAK) played 18:01, +4:02 up on his 13:59 season average over 52 games.Byfield

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 100 of 100 attempts · COL 58 · LAK 42

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 30% of the game, COL 34%.

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
	40	65
	2.70	2.94
	2.53	2.83
	7	12
	7	6
	17	16
	+0.058	−0.058
	30%	34%

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

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
11:5140% CF
L2Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte
10:3944% CF
L3Danault – Fiala – Arvidsson
6:5455% CF
L4Moore – MacEwen – Kupari
6:0030% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:3139% CF
D2Gavrikov – Roy
15:5026% CF
D3Walker – Spence
6:5386% CF

PP1Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Spence – Byfield
3:56100% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
3:13100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:28
PK2FKempe – Lizotte
0:48
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:45
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
1:52

Current LAK line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
9:1448% CF
L2Compher – Rantanen – Rodrigues
8:2992% CF
L3Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
7:3350% CF
L4Nieto – Malgin – Newhook
5:3338% CF
D1Girard – Byram
11:2336% CF
D2Toews – Makar
11:0358% CF
D3Johnson – Hunt
6:0871% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
3:2450% CF
PP2Nichushkin – Toews – Girard – Byram – Newhook
1:04100% CF
PK1FEller – Lehkonen
1:50
PK2FCompher – Nichushkin
1:47
PK1DToews – Makar
3:44
PK2DJohnson – Girard
1:56

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:37
LAKAdrian Kempe (Anze Kopitar, Matt Roy)snap0.15 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Gavrikov, Roy, ByfieldCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
LAK 1 – 0 COL
17:10
LAKGabriel Vilardi (Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, Vilardi, ByfieldCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Byram
LAK 2 – 0 COL

2nd period

14:59
COLEvan Rodrigues (Samuel Girard, Alex Newhook)tip-in0.11 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Arvidsson, Anderson, WalkerCOL: Nichushkin, Toews, Rodrigues, Girard, Newhook
LAK 2 – 1 COL

3rd period

0:24
LAKAdrian Kempe (Vladislav Gavrikov, Anze Kopitar)backhand0.28 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Gavrikov, Roy, ByfieldCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Makar
LAK 3 – 1 COL
4:24
COLNathan MacKinnonPP (Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
LAK 3 – 2 COL
4:39
LAKPhillip Danault (Jordan Spence, Kevin Fiala)tip-in0.10 xG
LAK: Danault, Fiala, Arvidsson, Walker, SpenceCOL: Cogliano, Eller, Girard, O'Connor, Byram
LAK 4 – 2 COL
17:25
LAKPhillip DanaultEN (Trevor Moore)snap0.61 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, AndersonCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
LAK 5 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	3	3	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:47	—	—	38	46
Adrian Kempe R	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.69	3	1	2	18:27	—	—	40	51
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	43	63
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	44	29
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	36	23
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	50	36
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	8	0.65	0	2	0	17:35	—	—	39	52
Phillip Danault C	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.88	1	0	2	16:45	—	—	30	47
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	9:57	—	—	58	74
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	0	1	0	13:31	—	—	25	45
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	29	67
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	7:23	—	—	27	55
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	0	0	24:59	—	—	41	45
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	23:37	—	—	40	46
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.39	1	2	0	22:26	—	—	26	51
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	5	4	0	19:11	—	—	27	50
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	67	44
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	9:46	—	—	60	45

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.73	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	-4	8	0.56	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	56	37
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.18	3	0	0	17:51	—	—	60	43
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-4	0	0.07	3	1	2	17:06	—	—	46	31
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	0	0	19:54	—	—	83	84
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	76	79
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.39	1	0	0	13:21	—	—	87	95
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	59	30
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	53	42
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:45	—	—	59	49
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:57	—	—	53	58
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	11:28	—	—	47	67
Denis Malgin C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	9:17	—	—	59	56
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:08	—	—	53	46
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	4	0	0	21:58	—	—	61	38
Cale Makar D	D2	0	1	1	-3	2	0.17	0	2	0	25:55	—	—	58	59
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	1	0	22:27	—	—	67	64
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	73	58
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	2	8:14	—	—	67	44

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	2.85	58:43

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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.