Los Angeles Kings vs. St. Louis BluesOct 30, 2017

FinalMonday, Oct 30, 2017· Scottrade Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	2	0	2		LAK	12	7	9	28
STL	0	3	1	4		STL	6	14	10	30

: LAK 53STL 60
: LAK 2.72STL 3.21
PP goals: LAK 1STL 0
Hits: LAK 20STL 34
Blocks: LAK 14STL 15
PIM: LAK 4STL 8
: LAK 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at home. Jaden Schwartz (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Cammalleri, Brown, Kopitar, Martinez and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:36 together.

Points
Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:17.Schwartz
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:58.Tarasenko
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Cammalleri, Brown, Kopitar, Martinez and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:36 together.Cammalleri Brown Kopitar Martinez Doughty
Usage
Nic Dowd (LAK) played 5:03, −5:35 down on his 10:38 season average over 55 games.Dowd
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Brooks Laich (LAK) played 15:53, +5:07 up on his 10:46 season average over 11 games.Laich
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Christian Folin (LAK) played 12:17, −3:26 down on his 15:43 season average over 64 games.Folin
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Michael Cammalleri (LAK) played 17:05, +3:22 up on his 13:43 season average over 65 games.Cammalleri
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Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 18:27, +3:42 up on his 14:45 season average over 71 games.Bortuzzo

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · STL 60 · LAK 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 27% of the game, STL 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	46	60
	1.94	2.41
	1.93	2.32
	6	11
	5	2
	7	12
	+0.008	−0.008
	27%	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

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:3448% CF
L2Cammalleri – Laich – Lewis
11:2462% CF
L3Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
11:1350% CF
L4Dowd – Andreoff – Amadio
4:2433% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
14:3346% CF
D2Muzzin – Martinez
8:5039% CF

PP1Cammalleri – Brown – Kopitar – Martinez – Doughty
2:3686% CF
PP2Muzzin – Toffoli – Pearson – MacDermid – Kempe
1:31100% CF
PK1FLaich – Toffoli
0:59
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
0:31
PK1DMuzzin – Folin
0:43
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
0:32

Current LAK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
14:5248% CF
L2Steen – Stastny – Sobotka
13:5470% CF
L3Paajarvi – Bennett – Sundqvist
8:1267% CF
L4Upshall – Brodziak – Jaskin
7:4642% CF
D1Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
16:1567% CF
D2Edmundson – Parayko
15:3443% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
13:2250% CF

PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
2:20100% CF
PP2Stastny – Sobotka – Bennett – Parayko – Dunn
0:43100% CF
PK1FSteen – Stastny
1:21
PK2FPaajarvi – Sundqvist
0:48
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
2:04
PK2DBortuzzo – Parayko
1:37

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:25
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Jaden Schwartz)wrist0.04 xG
LAK: Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort, Pearson, KempeSTL: Bortuzzo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Dunn
LAK 0 – 1 STL
10:17
STLJaden Schwartz (Brayden Schenn, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.27 xG
LAK: Laich, Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort, PearsonSTL: Gunnarsson, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Dunn
LAK 0 – 2 STL
13:20
LAKTanner Pearson (Alec Martinez)backhand0.11 xG
LAK: Muzzin, Martinez, Toffoli, Pearson, KempeSTL: Upshall, Brodziak, Gunnarsson, Jaskin, Parayko
LAK 1 – 2 STL
16:19
STLCarl Gunnarsson (Scottie Upshall, Kyle Brodziak)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Lewis, Doughty, Forbort, Andreoff, AmadioSTL: Upshall, Brodziak, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Jaskin
LAK 1 – 3 STL
17:17
LAKDustin BrownPP (Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar)deflected0.17 xG
LAK: Cammalleri, Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, DoughtySTL: Upshall, Brodziak, Pietrangelo, Edmundson
LAK 2 – 3 STL

3rd period

18:55
STLVladimir SobotkaEN (Alex Pietrangelo, Alexander Steen)wrist0.69 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Toffoli, Forbort, PearsonSTL: Steen, Stastny, Sobotka, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo
LAK 2 – 4 STL

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	1	1	-1	3	0.33	0	2	0	22:13	—	—	39	73
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.84	3	1	0	19:33	—	—	44	82
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	42	78
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	0	0	18:24	—	—	46	25
Michael Cammalleri L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	52	29
Brooks Laich C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	2	0	15:53	—	—	52	30
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	42	29
Tanner Pearson L	L3	1	0	1	-2	6	0.60	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	39	25
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	39	31
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:30	—	—	38	7
Andy Andreoff C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	6:15	—	—	25	35
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:03	—	—	25	20
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.07	2	1	0	29:24	—	—	49	32
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.02	0	0	2	21:44	—	—	40	37
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:50	—	—	38	37
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	4	0	22:33	—	—	43	58
Christian Folin D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:17	—	—	43	67
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	2	11:30	—	—	47	26

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.52	58:37

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.46	1	0	0	20:17	—	—	50	54
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.28	3	1	0	19:21	—	—	50	54
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.49	3	1	0	18:58	—	—	52	53
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	71	55
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	67	51
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.84	4	0	0	18:40	—	—	74	58
Beau Bennett R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	73	62
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	10:06	—	—	70	62
Magnus Paajarvi L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	9:38	—	—	60	55
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	1	2	10:57	—	—	40	58
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	2	1	2	10:02	—	—	42	58
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	5	0	0	9:50	—	—	46	64
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.10	1	2	0	25:07	—	—	68	45
Carl Gunnarsson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	67	53
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	4	0	2	21:15	—	—	48	52
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	4	2	19:39	—	—	42	49
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	4	2	0	18:27	—	—	52	68
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	59	79

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.72	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.