Los Angeles Kings vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 24, 2021

FinalWednesday, Feb 24, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	2	0	2		LAK	5	9	6	20
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	11	9	16	36

: LAK 43STL 52
: LAK 2.43STL 2.55
PP goals: LAK 0STL 0
Hits: LAK 23STL 29
Blocks: LAK 8STL 10
PIM: LAK 8STL 2
: LAK 41%STL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at STL. Dustin Brown (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Blais skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Blais skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron O'Reilly Blais
Usage
Marco Scandella (STL) played 10:39, −9:30 down on his 20:09 season average over 48 games.Scandella
Usage
Olli Maatta (LAK) played 25:05, +8:52 up on his 16:13 season average over 40 games.Maatta
Goalie
Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 31.3; the win.Petersen
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) played 10:51, −4:11 down on his 15:02 season average over 46 games.Athanasiou
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 18:59, +3:58 up on his 15:01 season average over 27 games.Sundqvist
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.55 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 21:55, +3:26 up on his 18:29 season average over 55 games.Perron

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 95 of 95 attempts · STL 52 · LAK 43

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 21% of the game, STL 38%.

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
	50	30
	1.90	1.46
	1.85	1.45
	6	2
	6	5
	20	13
	−0.059	+0.059
	21%	38%

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
13:1372% CF
L2Carter – Kempe – Vilardi
9:5270% CF
L3Athanasiou – Amadio – Wagner
8:0250% CF
L4Grundstrom – Moore – Lizotte
7:4657% CF
D1Doughty – Maatta
17:3477% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
13:2045% CF

PP1Carter – Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Vilardi – Walker
0:27
PK1FCarter – Kempe
1:34
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
1:21
PK1DDoughty – Maatta
2:21
PK2DRoy – Bjornfot
1:46

Current LAK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Hoffman – Schenn – Kyrou
10:2850% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Blais
8:1222% CF
L3Clifford – MacEachern – de la Rose
7:0638% CF
L4Sundqvist – Sanford – Poganski
5:3440% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
14:5533% CF
D2Bortuzzo – Dunn
12:0850% CF
D3Scandella – Mikkola
7:3640% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Krug – Sundqvist
2:35100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Faulk – Sanford – Dunn – Kyrou
1:59100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – de la Rose
0:27
PK1DScandella – Faulk
0:27

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:24
LAKDustin Brown (Alex Iafallo)wrist0.00 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Maatta, IafalloSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, Blais
LAK 1 – 0 STL
16:08
LAKAndreas Athanasiou (Austin Wagner, Kurtis MacDermid)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Athanasiou, MacDermid, Amadio, Wagner, WalkerSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, Blais
LAK 2 – 0 STL

3rd period

18:14
STLOskar Sundqvist (Ryan O'Reilly, David Perron)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Roy, Grundstrom, Moore, LizotteSTL: Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Schenn, Krug, Sundqvist
LAK 2 – 1 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	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	21:45	—	—	68	70
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	68	68
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.18	4	0	4	18:01	—	—	67	66
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	67	52
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	58	42
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	73	72
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	0	0	2	10:51	—	—	56	70
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	4	0	0	9:30	—	—	50	53
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:15	—	—	50	60
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	63	44
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	0	0	11:08	—	—	67	39
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	10:56	—	—	63	44
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	26:11	—	—	77	69
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	2	2	0	25:05	—	—	73	71
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	2	0	22:07	—	—	42	27
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:37	—	—	46	25
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:09	—	—	68	65
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	71	70

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	2.55	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.34	5	1	0	23:55	—	—	38	49
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.45	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	44	57
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	52	63
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	28	21
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	-1	7	0.36	1	0	0	21:55	—	—	29	21
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	7	0	0	12:56	—	—	31	33
Jacob de la Rose L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	12:08	—	—	40	41
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	9:04	—	—	36	43
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	4	0	0	8:42	—	—	39	44
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	2	0	0	18:59	—	—	36	69
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	39	53
Austin Poganski R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:20	—	—	29	60
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	0	2	2	25:50	—	—	30	37
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	25:16	—	—	38	38
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	44	64
Robert Bortuzzo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	16:45	—	—	43	64
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	14:20	—	—	26	19
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:39	—	—	46	49

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	1.58	53:12

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.