Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 30, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 30, 2017· Rogers Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	0	2	4		LAK	15	13	8	36
VAN	1	1	1	3		VAN	7	11	7	25

: LAK 64VAN 44
: LAK 2.71VAN 1.84
PP goals: LAK 1VAN 0
Hits: LAK 23VAN 19
Blocks: LAK 12VAN 19
PIM: LAK 2VAN 4
: LAK 55%VAN 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 at VAN. Tyler Toffoli (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +7 against a season average of 29.1; the loss.

Points
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:27.Toffoli
Points
Marian Gaborik had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:25.Gaborik
Points
Ben Hutton had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:26.Hutton
Points
Trevor Lewis had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:17.Lewis
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +7 against a season average of 29.1; the loss.Markstrom
Usage
Kevin Gravel (LAK) played 8:39, −5:45 down on his 14:24 season average over 15 games.Gravel
Usage
Nic Dowd (VAN) played 15:47, +5:21 up on his 10:26 season average over 55 games.Dowd
New line
New look for LAK: Jokinen–Mitchell–Iafallo skated 8:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jokinen Mitchell Iafallo

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · VAN 44 · LAK 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 38% of the game, VAN 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	70	46
	2.72	1.83
	2.67	1.74
	10	5
	6	4
	13	11
	+0.029	−0.029
	38%	17%

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

L1Gaborik – Toffoli – Kempe
13:3964% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Pearson
12:5664% CF
L3Lewis – Clifford – Shore
12:3157% CF
L4Jokinen – Mitchell – Iafallo
8:2853% CF
D1Muzzin – Doughty
17:4459% CF
D2Martinez – Forbort
11:3550% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Martinez – Doughty – Pearson
1:33100% CF
PP2Gaborik – Lewis – Muzzin – Doughty – Toffoli
0:34100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
0:51
PK2FLewis – Shore
0:38
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
1:09
PK2DMuzzin – Martinez
0:38

Current LAK line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Vanek – Gagner – Boeser
16:3824% CF
L2Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson
9:2045% CF
L3Dowd – Granlund – Virtanen
4:4188% CF
L4Chaput – Gaunce – Goldobin
2:4656% CF
D1Del Zotto – Pouliot
18:1639% CF
D2Edler – Stecher
15:4748% CF
D3Gudbranson – Hutton
15:4621% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Granlund – Boeser
0:51100% CF
PP2Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Pouliot – Goldobin
0:47100% CF
PK1FEriksson – Dowd
1:18
PK2FGranlund – Gaunce
0:47
PK1DEdler – Del Zotto
1:52
PK2DGudbranson – Stecher
0:28

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:31
VANTroy Stecherwrist0.09 xG
LAK: Jokinen, Mitchell, Martinez, MacDermid, IafalloVAN: Edler, Dowd, Granlund, Gaunce, Stecher
LAK 0 – 1 VAN
13:04
LAKTyler Toffoli (Marian Gaborik, Adrian Kempe)deflected0.09 xG
LAK: Gaborik, Doughty, Toffoli, Gravel, KempeVAN: Vanek, Gagner, Del Zotto, Pouliot, Boeser
LAK 1 – 1 VAN
14:04
LAKMarian GaborikPP (Trevor Lewis, Tyler Toffoli)deflected0.12 xG
LAK: Gaborik, Lewis, Muzzin, Doughty, ToffoliVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Del Zotto, Dowd
LAK 2 – 1 VAN

2nd period

17:31
VANNikolay Goldobin (Ben Hutton, Jacob Markstrom)backhand0.11 xG
LAK: Jokinen, Mitchell, Doughty, MacDermid, IafalloVAN: Edler, Chaput, Gaunce, Goldobin, Stecher
LAK 2 – 2 VAN

3rd period

0:41
VANNic Dowd (Markus Granlund, Ben Hutton)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Doughty, PearsonVAN: Edler, Del Zotto, Dowd, Granlund, Hutton
LAK 2 – 3 VAN
2:22
LAKKyle Clifford (Trevor Lewis, Kevin Gravel)wrist0.18 xG
LAK: Lewis, Martinez, Clifford, Shore, MacDermidVAN: Sedin, Eriksson, Gudbranson, Chaput, Hutton
LAK 3 – 3 VAN
6:49
LAKDrew Doughty (Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Muzzin, Doughty, Clifford, Toffoli, ShoreVAN: Edler, Chaput, Gaunce, Pouliot, Goldobin
LAK 4 – 3 VAN

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
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.35	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	66	61
Marian Gaborik R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	63	56
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	0	2	14:27	—	—	66	53
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	64	69
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	4	1	0	17:11	—	—	64	69
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	2	0	0	16:40	—	—	64	69
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.15	2	0	0	16:17	—	—	55	64
Nicholas Shore C	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.31	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	60	74
Kyle Clifford L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.31	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	61	72
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	50	38
Alex Iafallo L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	0	0	11:00	—	—	52	39
Jussi Jokinen L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	53	32
Drew Doughty D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	30:58	—	—	68	60
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	5	2	0	22:36	—	—	60	46
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	4	0	24:47	—	—	54	68
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	23:51	—	—	62	68
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	48	50
Kevin Gravel D	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	8:39	—	—	71	57

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	1.84	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	0	0	0	23:47	—	—	22	21
Sam Gagner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	21:18	—	—	28	31
Thomas Vanek L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	24	22
Daniel Sedin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	50	14
Henrik Sedin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	47	5
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	40	2
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.31	5	0	0	15:47	—	—	52	56
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	0	0	2	15:00	—	—	54	60
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	11:26	—	—	65	58
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	11:27	—	—	43	57
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	9:51	—	—	50	82
Michael Chaput C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	6:19	—	—	43	61
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	4	0	21:27	—	—	39	39
Michael Del Zotto D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:11	—	—	39	38
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	6	0	22:35	—	—	49	55
Troy Stecher D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.23	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	51	44
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	2	0	17:28	—	—	24	28
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	17:26	—	—	28	40

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	2.71	58:41

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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.