Los Angeles Kings vs. St. Louis BluesOct 31, 2022

FinalMonday, Oct 31, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	1	4	0	5		LAK	7	16	7	30
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	8	8	12	28

: LAK 58STL 50
: LAK 3.63STL 3.33
PP goals: LAK 1STL 0
Hits: LAK 17STL 33
Blocks: LAK 12STL 9
PIM: LAK 8STL 6
: LAK 49%STL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at STL. Kevin Fiala (LAK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. STL scored 1 goal on 3.33 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Kevin Fiala had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:04.Fiala
Points
Carl Grundstrom had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:51.Grundstrom
Points
Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:19.Vilardi
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 3.33 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Barbashev–Brown–Neighbours skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barbashev Brown Neighbours
Usage
Carl Grundstrom (LAK) played 14:51, +4:10 up on his 10:41 season average over 56 games.Grundstrom
Usage
Drew Doughty (LAK) played 22:57, −3:19 down on his 26:16 season average over 80 games.Doughty
Usage
Ivan Barbashev (STL) played 13:10, −3:38 down on his 16:48 season average over 81 games.Barbashev

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 108 of 108 attempts · STL 50 · LAK 58

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 36% of the game, STL 27%.

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
	56	41
	2.48	2.32
	2.36	2.28
	11	10
	2	4
	25	8
	−0.035	+0.035
	36%	27%

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 – Vilardi
11:3350% CF
L2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
8:4360% CF
L3Fiala – Grundstrom – Kupari
7:4467% CF
L4Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
7:3658% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
15:2675% CF
D2Roy – Durzi
14:4855% CF
D3Edler – Walker
10:3943% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
3:37100% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore – Durzi – Kaliyev
1:55100% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
2:37
PK2FGrundstrom – Lizotte
2:26
PK1DEdler – Walker
3:28
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:52

Current LAK line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Schenn – Kyrou
6:1560% CF
L2Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
5:1133% CF
L3Barbashev – Brown – Neighbours
4:4344% CF
L4Pitlick – Acciari – Toropchenko
4:1022% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
12:0452% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
11:2529% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Rosen
7:5147% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Thomas
4:41100% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Neighbours
2:52100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Toropchenko
2:10
PK2FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
2:02
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
3:23
PK2DFaulk – Rosen
0:59

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:12
LAKGabriel Vilardi (Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe)tip-in0.10 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Roy, Vilardi, DurziSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Krug, Parayko, Kyrou
LAK 1 – 0 STL

2nd period

3:44
LAKCarl Grundstrom (Rasmus Kupari, Kevin Fiala)tip-in0.06 xG
LAK: Doughty, Fiala, Grundstrom, Anderson, KupariSTL: Bortuzzo, Pitlick, Acciari, Rosen, Toropchenko
LAK 2 – 0 STL
5:06
LAKAnze Kopitar (Gabriel Vilardi, Drew Doughty)tip-in0.09 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, VilardiSTL: Leddy, Parayko, Brown, Kyrou, Neighbours
LAK 3 – 0 STL
7:39
LAKArthur KaliyevPP (Trevor Moore, Viktor Arvidsson)wrist0.52 xG
LAK: Edler, Arvidsson, Moore, Durzi, KaliyevSTL: Bortuzzo, Acciari, Thomas, Rosen
LAK 4 – 0 STL
9:59
LAKCarl Grundstrom (Kevin Fiala, Matt Roy)snap0.03 xG
LAK: Edler, Fiala, Grundstrom, Walker, KupariSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Krug, Kyrou, Thomas
LAK 5 – 0 STL
10:42
STLAlexey Toropchenko (Ivan Barbashev, Noel Acciari)other0.10 xG
LAK: Edler, Lemieux, Walker, Lizotte, KaliyevSTL: Faulk, Krug, Barbashev, Acciari, Toropchenko
LAK 5 – 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	1	0	1	+2	3	0.30	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	55	49
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.15	0	1	2	18:40	—	—	57	47
Gabriel Vilardi C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.47	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	57	47
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	58	52
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.69	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	67	81
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	57	60
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	3	3	+3	3	0.26	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	65	71
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0.23	3	0	2	14:51	—	—	54	70
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	71	86
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	14:47	—	—	50	30
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	5	1	0	12:13	—	—	50	30
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.54	0	0	2	11:59	—	—	64	38
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	3	0	22:57	—	—	74	71
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.18	4	2	0	19:08	—	—	73	75
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.17	1	1	2	20:39	—	—	54	47
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	50	44
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	44	33
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:41	—	—	39	23

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.33	59:42

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	0	1	0	19:00	—	—	56	63
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.21	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	45	49
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	6	0	2	18:11	—	—	44	27
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	4	0	0	19:36	—	—	40	56
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	0	0	0	19:14	—	—	42	43
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	1	0	0	19:07	—	—	48	74
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	5	0	0	13:10	—	—	47	55
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	11:56	—	—	47	39
Logan Brown C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	9:43	—	—	44	35
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:12	—	—	25	40
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	5	0	0	12:09	—	—	31	37
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:52	—	—	20	23
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.16	1	2	0	22:34	—	—	52	68
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	0	1	0	22:09	—	—	46	44
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	2	2	24:57	—	—	39	45
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	29	38
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	2	13:49	—	—	40	38
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	41	44

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	19	14	5	.737	2.54	29:59
Thomas Greiss	—	11	11	0	.1000	1.09	29:28

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.