Los Angeles Kings vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 8, 2020

FinalSaturday, Feb 8, 2020· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	13	10	14	37
NJD	0	3	0	3		NJD	8	14	12	34

: LAK 73NJD 58
: LAK 3.60NJD 4.18
PP goals: LAK 0NJD 1
Hits: LAK 18NJD 22
Blocks: LAK 6NJD 18
PIM: LAK 8NJD 6
: LAK 58%NJD 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0 at home. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Simmonds, Palmieri, Coleman, Severson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:38 together.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:49.Palmieri
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Simmonds, Palmieri, Coleman, Severson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:38 together.Simmonds Palmieri Coleman Severson Hughes
New line
New look for LAK: Wagner–Moore–Lizotte skated 10:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Moore Lizotte
Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 3.60 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Lewis–Amadio–Grundstrom skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (86.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lewis Amadio Grundstrom
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +6 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood
Usage
Andy Greene (NJD) played 22:39, +3:09 up on his 19:30 season average over 62 games.Greene
Usage
Will Butcher (NJD) played 13:57, −4:02 down on his 17:59 season average over 55 games.Butcher

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · NJD 58 · LAK 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 26% of the game, NJD 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	66	53
	2.83	3.02
	2.69	2.89
	11	11
	5	2
	8	7
	+0.050	−0.050
	26%	33%

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

L1Wagner – Moore – Lizotte
10:5958% CF
L2Lewis – Amadio – Grundstrom
8:1387% CF
L3Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
7:5127% CF
L4Carter – Toffoli – Kempe
5:1843% CF
D1Doughty – Ryan
16:1362% CF
D2Martinez – Walker
14:3739% CF
D3Hutton – Roy
13:3768% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli – Kempe – Iafallo
3:2988% CF
PP2Carter – Brown – Martinez – Amadio – Lizotte
1:17100% CF
PK1FCarter – Toffoli
2:22
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
2:09
PK1DDoughty – Ryan
2:27
PK2DHutton – Roy
2:05

Current LAK line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
10:5756% CF
L2Simmonds – Wood – Zacha
8:4658% CF
L3Palmieri – Bratt – Hughes
8:4242% CF
L4Hayden – Rooney – Anderson
7:2836% CF
D1Greene – Subban
14:4141% CF
D2Carrick – Butcher
11:5236% CF
D3Severson – Mueller
11:0665% CF

PP1Simmonds – Palmieri – Coleman – Severson – Hughes
3:3883% CF
PP2Subban – Gusev – Wood – Zacha – Bratt
2:4375% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
3:08
PK2FZacha – Rooney
2:44
PK1DGreene – Severson
3:01
PK2DSubban – Mueller
0:30

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:38
NJDNikita Gusev (Damon Severson)slap0.08 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Hutton, Roy, IafalloNJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Severson, Gusev
LAK 0 – 1 NJD
7:35
NJDBlake ColemanPP (Wayne Simmonds, Kyle Palmieri)snap0.05 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Martinez, Iafallo, WalkerNJD: Simmonds, Palmieri, Coleman, Severson, Hughes
LAK 0 – 2 NJD
10:43
NJDKyle Palmieri (Jack Hughes, Andy Greene)tip-in0.10 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Iafallo, WalkerNJD: Greene, Subban, Palmieri, Bratt, Hughes
LAK 0 – 3 NJD

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Blake Lizotte C	L1	0	3	0.14	1	1	2	16:45	—	—	55	48
Austin Wagner L	L1	0	3	0.16	2	0	0	12:55	—	—	55	47
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0.17	2	0	0	12:36	—	—	60	53
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	4	0.30	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	82	87
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	3	0.15	1	0	2	10:23	—	—	83	87
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	1	0.24	2	0	4	9:56	—	—	80	81
Anze Kopitar C	L3	-2	3	0.48	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	40	41
Alex Iafallo L	L3	-2	1	0.24	1	1	0	18:24	—	—	42	46
Dustin Brown R	L3	-2	4	0.35	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	38	33
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	62	44
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	48	26
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	52	31
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	3	0.35	2	0	0	23:36	—	—	62	66
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	5	0.59	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	62	66
Alec Martinez D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:21	—	—	38	24
Sean Walker D	D2	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	38	24
Matt Roy D	D3	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	16:43	—	—	66	61
Ben Hutton D	D3	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	66	61

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	4.18	59:30

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Blake Coleman L	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.66	2	0	0	18:54	—	—	55	61
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	55	62
Nikita Gusev L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.52	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	59	64
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.59	4	1	0	18:05	—	—	41	48
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.83	3	0	0	16:46	—	—	43	50
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	2	1	2	15:51	—	—	52	56
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.40	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	41	47
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	41	48
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.34	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	36	43
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	10:21	—	—	36	34
Joey Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	10:19	—	—	29	36
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:42	—	—	31	36
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	1	2	24:28	—	—	44	36
Andy Greene D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	0	6	0	22:39	—	—	41	34
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	5	0	13:57	—	—	31	56
Connor Carrick D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:55	—	—	40	66
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	1	2	22:12	—	—	52	54
Mirco Mueller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:54	—	—	61	68

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	37	37	0	.1000	3.60	59:36

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.