Los Angeles Kings vs. Arizona CoyotesMay 5, 2021

FinalWednesday, May 5, 2021· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	0	2	4		LAK	8	4	10	22
ARI	2	0	0	2		ARI	13	11	6	30

: LAK 51ARI 58
: LAK 3.37ARI 2.39
PP goals: LAK 0ARI 1
Hits: LAK 22ARI 30
Blocks: LAK 15ARI 10
PIM: LAK 10ARI 4
: LAK 44%ARI 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Sean Walker (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. ARI's first power-play unit (Goligoski, Brassard, Bunting, Garland and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:05 together.

Points
Sean Walker had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.Walker
Points
Gabriel Vilardi had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:29.Vilardi
Points
Conor Garland had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:52.Garland
PP1
ARI's first power-play unit (Goligoski, Brassard, Bunting, Garland and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:05 together.Goligoski Brassard Bunting Garland Chychrun
New line
New look for ARI: Brassard–Kessel–Keller skated 9:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Kessel Keller
New line
New look for ARI: Larsson–Bunting–Garland skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Larsson Bunting Garland
New line
New look for ARI: Hayden–Hunt–Pederson skated 8:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Hunt Pederson
Usage
Jaret Anderson-Dolan (LAK) played 9:43, −3:54 down on his 13:37 season average over 33 games.Anderson-Dolan

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · ARI 58 · LAK 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 21% of the game, ARI 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	53	56
	2.59	2.34
	2.46	2.28
	14	17
	13	6
	17	13
	−0.011	+0.011
	21%	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 – Kempe
12:1445% CF
L2Athanasiou – Moore – Byfield
11:1347% CF
L3Vilardi – Andersson – Iafallo
10:0864% CF
L4Lemieux – Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan
7:3431% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:3359% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
15:2725% CF
D3Maatta – Walker
12:2360% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
1:04100% CF
PP2Athanasiou – Moore – Vilardi – Walker – Byfield
0:43
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:24
PK2FKempe – Moore
1:51
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:54
PK2DRoy – Bjornfot
1:29

Current LAK line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Brassard – Kessel – Keller
9:5738% CF
L2Larsson – Bunting – Garland
9:1060% CF
L3Hayden – Hunt – Pederson
8:2855% CF
L4Dvorak – Fischer – Crouse
7:2638% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
16:3457% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin
14:3750% CF
D3Hjalmarsson – Oesterle
10:5729% CF

PP1Goligoski – Brassard – Bunting – Garland – Chychrun
3:05100% CF
PP2Kessel – Ekman-Larsson – Dvorak – Fischer – Keller
2:51100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Fischer
1:03
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
1:03
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Chychrun
0:19

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:19
ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson (Conor Garland, Michael Bunting)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Roy, Vilardi, Andersson, Iafallo, BjornfotARI: Ekman-Larsson, Larsson, Bunting, Garland, Lyubushkin
LAK 0 – 1 ARI
4:29
LAKGabriel Vilardi (Alex Iafallo, Sean Walker)slap0.10 xG
LAK: Maatta, Vilardi, Andersson, Iafallo, WalkerARI: Hjalmarsson, Brassard, Kessel, Oesterle, Bunting
LAK 1 – 1 ARI
13:03
LAKJaret Anderson-Dolan (Andreas Athanasiou, Quinton Byfield)wrist0.11 xG
LAK: Doughty, Athanasiou, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, AndersonARI: Hjalmarsson, Hayden, Oesterle, Hunt, Pederson
LAK 2 – 1 ARI
17:44
ARIJakob ChychrunPP (Conor Garland, Alex Goligoski)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloARI: Goligoski, Brassard, Bunting, Garland, Chychrun
LAK 2 – 2 ARI

3rd period

4:42
LAKGabriel Vilardi (Lias Andersson, Sean Walker)wrist0.18 xG
LAK: Maatta, Vilardi, Andersson, Iafallo, WalkerARI: Hjalmarsson, Larsson, Oesterle, Bunting, Garland
LAK 3 – 2 ARI
19:23
LAKSean WalkerEN (Anze Kopitar)wrist0.21 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Maatta, Kempe, WalkerARI: Kessel, Ekman-Larsson, Dvorak, Bunting, Garland, Chychrun
LAK 4 – 2 ARI

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	+1	1	0.60	1	0	0	21:20	—	—	44	44
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	1	1	2	18:27	—	—	47	39
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.30	2	1	2	17:41	—	—	44	41
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	1	0	17:35	—	—	57	70
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	0	0	2	14:14	—	—	60	66
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	13:08	—	—	50	62
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	56	75
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	2	0	2	+1	2	0.42	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	62	82
Lias Andersson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	2	1	0	12:22	—	—	57	74
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	0	3	0	9:43	—	—	39	32
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:20	—	—	35	21
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	8:07	—	—	31	17
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	1	0	23:19	—	—	59	53
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	3	1	0	22:09	—	—	58	64
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	19:52	—	—	32	39
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	19:04	—	—	27	33
Sean Walker D	D3	1	2	3	+3	2	0.65	0	0	2	17:56	—	—	57	72
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.19	0	2	0	15:37	—	—	61	63

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.39	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.34	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	46	58
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	41	50
Derick Brassard C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.19	2	0	0	17:20	—	—	42	52
Conor Garland R	L2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	64	50
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	55	45
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	65	53
Dryden Hunt L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	0	0	10:30	—	—	52	39
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	4	10:05	—	—	54	41
Lane Pederson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	4	0	0	10:04	—	—	58	49
Christian Dvorak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:08	—	—	46	41
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	0	15:30	—	—	37	16
Lawson Crouse L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	1	0	9:22	—	—	58	66
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.29	1	1	0	25:13	—	—	56	56
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	1	3	0	23:57	—	—	64	72
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.09	3	0	0	22:20	—	—	52	48
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	17:21	—	—	55	54
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.17	1	2	0	15:16	—	—	43	33
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:40	—	—	33	27

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.36	59:21

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.