Los Angeles Kings vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 15, 2024

FinalFriday, Mar 15, 2024· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	4	1	0	5		LAK	15	17	5	37
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	12	5	11	28

: LAK 68CHI 55
: LAK 3.54CHI 1.95
PP goals: LAK 1CHI 0
Hits: LAK 9CHI 26
Blocks: LAK 19CHI 15
PIM: LAK 8CHI 6
: LAK 53%CHI 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–0

Los Angeles Kings beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–0 at CHI. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: Donato–Entwistle–Slaggert skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Anze Kopitar had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:34.Kopitar
Points
Alex Laferriere had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:24.Laferriere
Points
Jordan Spence had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:13.Spence
Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:00.Dubois
Points
Adrian Kempe had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:53.Kempe
Points
Quinton Byfield had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:55.Byfield
New line
New look for CHI: Donato–Entwistle–Slaggert skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Entwistle Slaggert
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 1.95 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · CHI 55 · LAK 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 42% of the game, CHI 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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	CHI
	64	46
	3.45	1.00
	3.15	0.99
	16	5
	1	6
	12	10
	+0.027	−0.027
	42%	41%

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 – Fiala – Moore
10:0959% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
8:4265% CF
L3Dubois – Turcotte – Laferriere
7:4769% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
12:1067% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
10:5961% CF
D3Englund – Spence
8:1180% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
2:3975% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Spence – Laferriere
0:30100% CF
PK1FLewis – Lizotte
3:32
PK2FDanault – Moore
2:09
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
3:44
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
2:47

Current LAK line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Donato – Entwistle – Slaggert
8:2937% CF
L2Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard
6:4629% CF
L3Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson
4:4170% CF
L4Johnson – Athanasiou – Raddysh
4:3833% CF
D1Zaitsev – Korchinski
13:1646% CF
D2Jones – Vlasic
13:0734% CF
D3Tinordi – Megna
10:2944% CF

PP1Foligno – Johnson – Jones – Kurashev – Bedard
5:3271% CF
PP2Athanasiou – Dickinson – Donato – Raddysh – Korchinski
1:34100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Dickinson
3:01
PK2FAnderson – Raddysh
0:29
PK1DJones – Vlasic
2:31
PK2DTinordi – Zaitsev
0:30

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:10
LAKPierre-Luc DuboisPP (Jordan Spence, Phillip Danault)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Danault, Dubois, Moore, Spence, LaferriereCHI: Blackwell, Dickinson, Jones, Vlasic
LAK 1 – 0 CHI
5:33
LAKAlex Laferriere (Matt Roy, Pierre-Luc Dubois)tip-in0.05 xG
LAK: Gavrikov, Roy, Dubois, Turcotte, LaferriereCHI: Johnson, Tinordi, Athanasiou, Raddysh, Zaitsev
LAK 2 – 0 CHI
8:03
LAKAnze Kopitar (Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Englund, Spence, ByfieldCHI: Foligno, Megna, Kurashev, Korchinski, Bedard
LAK 3 – 0 CHI
14:19
LAKAnze Kopitar (Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe)snap0.28 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, ByfieldCHI: Johnson, Athanasiou, Jones, Raddysh, Vlasic
LAK 4 – 0 CHI

2nd period

2:31
LAKJordan Spence (Alex Laferriere, Andreas Englund)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Englund, Dubois, Turcotte, Spence, LaferriereCHI: Johnson, Athanasiou, Jones, Raddysh, Vlasic
LAK 5 – 0 CHI

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	0	1	1	0	2	0.40	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	61	81
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.51	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	48	56
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	4	0	17:19	—	—	63	82
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.34	3	0	0	17:55	—	—	58	82
Anze Kopitar C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.33	0	1	2	16:34	—	—	59	82
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.20	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	62	82
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.41	2	0	2	16:00	—	—	63	72
Alex Laferriere R	L3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.34	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	66	83
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	67	72
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	6	0	21:53	—	—	61	94
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.15	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	67	92
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:15	—	—	54	77
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	1	0	17:44	—	—	55	76
Jordan Spence D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.06	0	1	2	14:13	—	—	58	64
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:07	—	—	65	75
Blake Lizotte C	—	0	0	0	0	4	0.02	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	41	68
Trevor Lewis C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	47	68
Jacob Moverare D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	8:53	—	—	41	61

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	1.95	59:33

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	4	0.26	6	0	0	15:08	—	—	33	5
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L1	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	39	25
Landon Slaggert L	L1	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	10:32	—	—	41	20
Connor Bedard C	L2	-1	3	0.27	1	1	0	22:47	—	—	36	25
Nick Foligno L	L2	-1	1	0.13	1	0	2	18:28	—	—	26	0
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	-1	2	0.17	0	1	0	17:39	—	—	45	29
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	2	0.21	4	1	0	15:33	—	—	50	37
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	1	0.05	2	2	0	14:24	—	—	53	39
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	63	72
Andreas Athanasiou C	L4	-3	2	0.28	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	32	18
Tyler Johnson C	L4	-3	2	0.16	2	2	0	14:27	—	—	47	21
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	-3	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	50	21
Kevin Korchinski D	D1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	38	7
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	-1	1	0.04	1	4	0	18:13	—	—	50	19
Seth Jones D	D2	-2	2	0.11	1	2	0	23:21	—	—	38	25
Alex Vlasic D	D2	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	19:57	—	—	42	30
Jaycob Megna D	D3	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	36	22
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	-1	4	0.02	3	0	2	14:30	—	—	48	33

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek	—	23	22	1	.957	2.55	45:41
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	0.99	14:19

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Pierre-Luc Dubois (LAK PP) 1st 3:10 · assists Jordan Spence, Phillip Danault · Rebound · 63.6 mph shot.

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 3:10 · LAK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 63.6 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Laferriere · 1st 5:33 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.4 mph
Distance: 48 ft

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Anze Kopitar · 1st 8:03 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 52.5 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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Anze Kopitar · 1st 14:19 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Jordan Spence · 2nd 2:31 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 39.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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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.