Los Angeles Kings vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 10, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 10, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	0	2	4		LAK	16	7	12	35
MTL	0	0	2	2		MTL	5	10	7	22

: LAK 60MTL 58
: LAK 3.61MTL 1.91
PP goals: LAK 0MTL 0
Hits: LAK 15MTL 24
Blocks: LAK 21MTL 11
PIM: LAK 6MTL 8
: LAK 61%MTL 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at MTL. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 6:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 6:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Suzuki Caufield
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New look for MTL: Hoffman–Dach–Slafkovský skated 5:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Dach Slafkovský
Usage
Kaiden Guhle (MTL) played 24:20, +3:54 up on his 20:26 season average over 43 games.Guhle
Usage
Christian Dvorak (MTL) played 20:26, +3:38 up on his 16:48 season average over 63 games.Dvorak
Usage
Rem Pitlick (MTL) played 6:49, −6:14 down on his 13:03 season average over 45 games.Pitlick
Usage
Alex Iafallo (LAK) played 11:46, −4:37 down on his 16:23 season average over 58 games.Iafallo
Usage
Johnathan Kovacevic (MTL) played 14:20, −3:08 down on his 17:28 season average over 76 games.Kovacevic
PP1
LAK's PP1 (Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe and Vilardi) went scoreless in 4:43 of 5v4 time with 9 attempts.Kopitar Doughty Fiala Kempe Vilardi

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · MTL 58 · LAK 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 44% of the game, MTL 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	52	48
	2.53	1.11
	2.44	1.08
	13	6
	5	4
	14	23
	+0.116	−0.115
	44%	30%

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 – Arvidsson – Moore
11:2862% CF
L2Kopitar – Fiala – Kaliyev
10:0741% CF
L3Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo
8:0435% CF
L4Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Lizotte
6:5660% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:1652% CF
D2Roy – Durzi
13:3450% CF
D3Edler – Walker
10:5453% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
4:43100% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore – Durzi – Kaliyev
2:5788% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
1:35
PK2FKopitar – Kempe
1:14
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:50
PK2DRoy – Durzi
1:52

Current LAK line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
6:5721% CF
L2Evans – Pitlick – Pezzetta
5:4733% CF
L3Dadonov – Armia – Dvorak
5:0736% CF
L4Hoffman – Dach – Slafkovský
5:0150% CF
D1Edmundson – Guhle
17:0054% CF
D2Wideman – Xhekaj
12:3329% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
10:2447% CF

PP1Dadonov – Hoffman – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
2:53100% CF
PP2Wideman – Armia – Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský
2:46100% CF
PK1FArmia – Dvorak
3:46
PK2FAnderson – Evans
1:41
PK1DEdmundson – Guhle
4:28
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
2:52

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:34
LAKAnze Kopitar (Kevin Fiala)snap0.16 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Roy, Durzi, KaliyevMTL: Dadonov, Edmundson, Armia, Dvorak, Guhle
LAK 1 – 0 MTL
9:53
LAKViktor Arvidsson (Phillip Danault, Mikey Anderson)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, AndersonMTL: Wideman, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield, Xhekaj
LAK 2 – 0 MTL

3rd period

9:12
LAKAlexander Edler (Blake Lizotte)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Edler, Grundstrom, Anderson-Dolan, Walker, LizotteMTL: Edmundson, Armia, Pitlick, Pezzetta, Guhle
LAK 3 – 0 MTL
11:41
MTLMike Hoffman (Kaiden Guhle, Evgenii Dadonov)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Walker, KaliyevMTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Edmundson, Dvorak, Guhle
LAK 3 – 1 MTL
17:32
MTLCole Caufield (Jordan Harris, Christian Dvorak)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Edler, Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, WalkerMTL: Wideman, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Guhle
LAK 3 – 2 MTL
19:23
LAKAdrian KempeENbackhand0.23 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, IafalloMTL: Hoffman, Anderson, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield
LAK 4 – 2 MTL

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	3	0.32	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	64	73
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	65	79
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.57	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	62	73
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.52	0	3	2	19:38	—	—	44	51
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	19:12	—	—	48	51
Arthur Kaliyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	44	50
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.34	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	35	59
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	37	59
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	1	1	0	11:46	—	—	35	61
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	63	91
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	1	0	9:41	—	—	65	91
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	1	0	0	8:34	—	—	63	89
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	4	0	26:34	—	—	50	69
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	2	1	0	22:15	—	—	53	75
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	3	0	19:42	—	—	50	55
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	2	0	17:17	—	—	52	55
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	58	84
Alexander Edler D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	2	3	2	12:51	—	—	48	84

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.91	59:59

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	1	2	21:36	—	—	37	25
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.40	1	0	0	19:50	—	—	37	25
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	0	0	17:34	—	—	46	12
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	53	14
Michael Pezzetta L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	7:06	—	—	29	2
Rem Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	6:49	—	—	44	11
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	57	47
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	45	20
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.32	1	0	2	14:31	—	—	62	49
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	0	0	18:25	—	—	48	45
Mike Hoffman C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	64	53
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	2	11:08	—	—	56	30
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	3	0	24:20	—	—	56	51
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	3	0	22:27	—	—	54	48
Chris Wideman D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	33	9
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	0	0	15:37	—	—	39	23
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	3	1	0	16:14	—	—	50	22
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	14:20	—	—	47	8

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.38	58:50

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.