Los Angeles Kings vs. Washington CapitalsDec 19, 2021

FinalSunday, Dec 19, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Washington CapitalsWSH

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	2	3		LAK	5	9	10	24
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	14	11	10	35

: LAK 48WSH 68
: LAK 2.02WSH 2.12
PP goals: LAK 0WSH 0
Hits: LAK 34WSH 30
Blocks: LAK 24WSH 12
PIM: LAK 21WSH 17
: LAK 61%WSH 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at WSH. Matt Roy (LAK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for LAK: Arvidsson–Moore–Iafallo skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matt Roy had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:31.Roy
New line
New look for LAK: Arvidsson–Moore–Iafallo skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Arvidsson Moore Iafallo
New line
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Dowd–Leason skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Dowd Leason
Usage
Daniel Sprong (WSH) played 21:47, +8:56 up on his 12:51 season average over 62 games.Sprong
Usage
Alex Iafallo (LAK) played 23:40, +5:14 up on his 18:26 season average over 78 games.Iafallo
Goalie
Garret Sparks (LAK) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943); the win.Sparks
Usage
Joe Snively (WSH) played 6:53, −5:06 down on his 11:59 season average over 11 games.Snively
Usage
Lars Eller (WSH) played 23:27, +7:26 up on his 16:01 season average over 71 games.Eller

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)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · WSH 68 · LAK 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH 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 28% of the game, WSH 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

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	WSH
	38	54
	0.93	1.53
	0.91	1.48
	6	6
	6	2
	8	8
	+0.092	−0.091
	28%	39%

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 – Kempe
10:0050% CF
L2Arvidsson – Moore – Iafallo
8:2945% CF
L3Grundstrom – Andersson – Kupari
4:3760% CF
L4Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
3:1733% CF
D1Maatta – Roy
13:1750% CF
D2Durzi – Bjornfot
10:0448% CF
D3Wolanin – Anderson
7:2431% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Durzi
5:3189% CF
PP2Brown – Wolanin – Grundstrom – Andersson – Kaliyev
2:29100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
5:14
PK2FKempe – Moore
2:19
PK1DMaatta – Roy
3:52
PK2DDurzi – Bjornfot
3:40

Current LAK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Eller – Sprong
11:3763% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Leason
7:3131% CF
L3Malenstyn – Snively – McMichael
5:3460% CF
L4Sheary – Hathaway – Protas
4:2271% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
11:3166% CF
D2Schultz – van Riemsdyk
10:1947% CF
D3Orlov – Jensen
8:5444% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Orlov – Sprong
6:0879% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Sheary – Hathaway – Protas
5:1475% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
3:43
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:51
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:24
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
2:09

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:58
WSHConnor McMichael (Joe Snively)wrist0.18 xG
LAK: Lemieux, Durzi, Lizotte, Kaliyev, BjornfotWSH: Carlson, Malenstyn, Fehérváry, Snively, McMichael
LAK 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

13:47
WSHJustin Schultz (Conor Sheary, Garnet Hathaway)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Moore, Iafallo, Durzi, Lizotte, BjornfotWSH: Schultz, Jensen, Sheary, Hathaway, Protas
LAK 0 – 2 WSH
17:04
LAKBlake LizotteSH (Alex Iafallo, Anze Kopitar)snap0.25 xG
LAK: Maatta, Roy, Iafallo, LizotteWSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Orlov, Sprong
LAK 1 – 2 WSH

3rd period

2:50
LAKChristian Wolanin (Matt Roy)wrist0.29 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Wolanin, RoyWSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd
LAK 2 – 2 WSH
9:36
LAKAdrian Kempe (Matt Roy, Dustin Brown)tip-in0.06 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Maatta, Kempe, RoyWSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Sprong, Fehérváry
LAK 3 – 2 WSH

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	1	1	+2	2	0.13	2	3	0	24:32	—	—	50	68
Adrian Kempe R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.22	2	0	0	22:11	—	—	39	48
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	3	1	0	17:18	—	—	38	38
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.39	0	1	0	23:40	—	—	46	55
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	38	44
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	1	2	0	17:15	—	—	42	57
Lias Andersson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	4	10:17	—	—	47	27
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	50	52
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	9:05	—	—	50	36
Blake Lizotte C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	1	0	6	8:13	—	—	33	13
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	27	1
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	0	7	6:35	—	—	22	1
Matt Roy D	D1	0	2	2	+3	3	0.10	3	5	0	23:31	—	—	44	63
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	2	0	19:16	—	—	50	69
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	6	0	24:12	—	—	47	38
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	48	37
Mikey Anderson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	0	0	16:06	—	—	29	18
Christian Wolanin D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	3	1	2	13:50	—	—	28	15

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Garret Sparks(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.12	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.26	0	0	0	27:07	—	—	62	35
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	7	1	2	23:27	—	—	63	33
Daniel Sprong R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	21:47	—	—	64	33
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:17	—	—	45	40
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	39	40
Brett Leason R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	8:36	—	—	31	36
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	7	7:14	—	—	64	89
Joe Snively C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	6:53	—	—	64	88
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	5	0	0	6:18	—	—	58	86
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	1	0	2	15:29	—	—	64	70
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	5	1	0	14:33	—	—	70	77
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:45	—	—	68	81
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.08	0	1	0	25:33	—	—	68	71
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	2	0	19:31	—	—	68	73
Justin Schultz D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	2	17:37	—	—	52	50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	4	15:47	—	—	50	52
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	3	0	0	20:45	—	—	47	55
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	16:01	—	—	53	64

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.02	58:13

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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.