Los Angeles Kings vs. St. Louis BluesOct 25, 2021

FinalMonday, Oct 25, 2021· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	7	12	15	34
STL	0	0	3	3		STL	18	3	14	35

: LAK 50STL 56
: LAK 2.43STL 3.35
PP goals: LAK 0STL 0
Hits: LAK 14STL 21
Blocks: LAK 13STL 7
PIM: LAK 4STL 6
: LAK 42%STL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0 at home. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Sean Walker (LAK) played 5:56, −14:56 down on his 20:52 season average over 5 games.

Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:21.Tarasenko
Usage
Sean Walker (LAK) played 5:56, −14:56 down on his 20:52 season average over 5 games.Walker
New line
New look for LAK: Danault–Iafallo–Kaliyev skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Iafallo Kaliyev
Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 2.43 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matt Roy (LAK) played 28:45, +7:53 up on his 20:52 season average over 66 games.Roy
New line
New look for LAK: Kempe–Grundstrom–Vilardi skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kempe Grundstrom Vilardi
New line
New look for LAK: Tkachev–Moore–Kupari skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tkachev Moore Kupari
Usage
Adrian Kempe (LAK) played 11:39, −7:01 down on his 18:40 season average over 77 games.Kempe

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 106 of 106 attempts · STL 56 · LAK 50

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 29% of the game, STL 41%.

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
	41	55
	1.83	2.79
	1.77	2.56
	11	6
	7	7
	11	7
	−0.044	+0.045
	29%	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

L1Brown – Kopitar – Arvidsson
13:3468% CF
L2Danault – Iafallo – Kaliyev
10:2246% CF
L3Tkachev – Moore – Kupari
8:3725% CF
L4Kempe – Grundstrom – Vilardi
6:4125% CF
D1Roy – Bjornfot
16:0258% CF
D2Anderson – Strand
10:4738% CF
D3Edler – Walker
5:5038% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Arvidsson – Roy – Iafallo
3:1588% CF
PP2Edler – Kempe – Tkachev – Vilardi – Kaliyev
2:04100% CF
PK1FMoore – Kupari
1:16
PK2FDanault – Iafallo
1:04
PK1DRoy – Bjornfot
1:07
PK2DEdler – Anderson
0:32

Current LAK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Tarasenko – Barbashev – Thomas
10:5271% CF
L2Schenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou
9:4443% CF
L3Perron – O'Reilly – Kostin
6:1960% CF
L4Neal – Bozak – Neighbours
6:0683% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
12:1268% CF
D2Scandella – Parayko
12:0839% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
9:4064% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
2:23100% CF
PP2Faulk – Parayko – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
1:22100% CF
PK1FBozak – Barbashev
2:21
PK2FO'Reilly – Thomas
1:30
PK1DScandella – Parayko
3:25
PK2DBortuzzo – Faulk
1:42

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

3:08
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Torey Krug, Robert Thomas)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Kempe, Grundstrom, Anderson, Vilardi, StrandSTL: Tarasenko, Krug, Parayko, Barbashev, Thomas
LAK 0 – 1 STL
15:31
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.16 xG
LAK: Edler, Kempe, Grundstrom, Anderson, VilardiSTL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Barbashev, Thomas
LAK 0 – 2 STL
18:45
STLDavid PerronEN (Ryan O'Reilly, Marco Scandella)wrist0.46 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Danault, Kempe, Arvidsson, IafalloSTL: Perron, Scandella, O'Reilly, Schenn, Parayko
LAK 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	-1	2	0.13	1	0	2	20:26	—	—	64	67
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	-1	6	0.25	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	61	50
Dustin Brown R	L1	-1	5	0.29	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	65	55
Alex Iafallo L	L2	-1	2	0.30	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	40	50
Phillip Danault C	L2	-1	4	0.28	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	40	50
Arthur Kaliyev R	L2	0	4	0.23	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	41	60
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:03	—	—	21	43
Vladimir Tkachev L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:35	—	—	28	48
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	17	35
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	25	14
Adrian Kempe R	L4	-3	2	0.26	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	26	15
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	-2	0	0.01	3	1	0	10:18	—	—	21	8
Matt Roy D	D1	0	4	0.15	2	1	0	28:45	—	—	46	40
Tobias Bjornfot D	D1	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	62	61
Mikey Anderson D	D2	-2	1	0.08	0	2	0	18:20	—	—	39	37
Austin Strand D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:10	—	—	40	42
Alexander Edler D	D3	-1	1	0.07	1	5	0	24:18	—	—	29	30
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:56	—	—	38	18

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	2.89	59:35

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.36	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	68	77
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:31	—	—	70	78
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.66	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	67	74
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	0	0	2	18:18	—	—	40	39
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	0	2	16:00	—	—	48	46
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	39	44
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	58	71
David Perron L	L3	1	0	1	+1	7	0.90	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	64	81
Klim Kostin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	7:54	—	—	62	61
James Neal L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	2	0	0	13:47	—	—	77	80
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	64	28
Jake Neighbours L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	7:55	—	—	60	33
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.15	1	0	0	23:47	—	—	69	69
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	4	0	0	21:52	—	—	61	57
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	2	3	0	25:34	—	—	50	64
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	2	1	0	21:16	—	—	41	47
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	58	54
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	0	0	11:10	—	—	75	62

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	2.43	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.