Los Angeles Kings vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 15, 2024

FinalThursday, Feb 15, 2024· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	13	8	8	29
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	5	7	15	27

: LAK 69NJD 55
: LAK 3.33NJD 2.90
PP goals: LAK 1NJD 1
Hits: LAK 22NJD 20
Blocks: LAK 13NJD 21
PIM: LAK 12NJD 10
: LAK 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 at NJD. Quinton Byfield (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 6:02 together.

PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 6:02 together.Toffoli Bratt Hischier Hughes Hughes
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Fiala–Byfield skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Fiala Byfield
New line
New look for LAK: Danault–Arvidsson–Moore skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Arvidsson Moore
New line
New look for LAK: Kempe–Dubois–Laferriere skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kempe Dubois Laferriere
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 2.90 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Tyler Toffoli (NJD) played 21:13, +4:19 up on his 16:54 season average over 78 games.Toffoli
Usage
Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 12:41, −4:35 down on his 17:16 season average over 81 games.Mercer
Usage
Simon Nemec (NJD) played 15:29, −4:27 down on his 19:56 season average over 59 games.Nemec

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 124 of 124 attempts · NJD 55 · LAK 69

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 48% of the game, NJD 17%.

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
	58	41
	2.24	1.76
	2.14	1.72
	11	7
	2	0
	7	6
	+0.054	−0.053
	48%	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

L1Kopitar – Fiala – Byfield
8:0860% CF
L2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
7:2079% CF
L3Kempe – Dubois – Laferriere
6:1457% CF
L4Lewis – Anderson-Dolan – Turcotte
4:2867% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:0768% CF
D2Englund – Roy
9:0663% CF
D3Gavrikov – Clarke
8:4457% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Arvidsson
3:2567% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Byfield – Clarke
2:32100% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
3:36
PK2FKopitar – Kempe
1:47
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
5:48
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:50

Current LAK line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Lazar – Meier – Mercer
9:1219% CF
L2Haula – Toffoli – Hughes
8:5850% CF
L3Palat – Bratt – Hischier
8:2558% CF
L4Nosek – Bastian – Holtz
5:2627% CF
D1Marino – Hughes
11:1644% CF
D2Smith – Miller
8:5235% CF
D3Bahl – Nemec
8:3521% CF

PP1Toffoli – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
6:0293% CF
PP2Haula – Palat – Meier – Holtz – Nemec
1:340% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
2:03
PK2FHaula – Mercer
1:31
PK1DSmith – Marino
3:32
PK2DMiller – Bahl
2:35

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:07
LAKAnze KopitarSH (Adrian Kempe)backhand0.29 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, AndersonNJD: Toffoli, Lazar, Hughes, Hughes, Nemec
LAK 1 – 0 NJD
12:58
NJDTyler ToffoliPP (Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes)snap0.34 xG
LAK: Doughty, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, AndersonNJD: Toffoli, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, Hughes
LAK 1 – 1 NJD

3rd period

14:23
LAKQuinton ByfieldPP (Brandt Clarke, Pierre-Luc Dubois)wrist0.11 xG
LAK: Danault, Dubois, Moore, Byfield, ClarkeNJD: Miller, Nosek, Bastian, Bahl
LAK 2 – 1 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.55	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	48	28
Quinton Byfield R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.47	2	0	0	19:16	—	—	53	36
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	59	26
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	18:31	—	—	75	93
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.56	2	1	0	17:37	—	—	79	98
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.73	0	1	4	15:43	—	—	65	71
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.43	1	1	0	19:03	—	—	44	71
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	3	0	2	16:10	—	—	58	60
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	10:39	—	—	60	84
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:25	—	—	60	27
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	0	0	7:32	—	—	50	14
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	5:38	—	—	55	17
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	2	1	0	25:59	—	—	68	63
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	20:25	—	—	68	63
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	0	22:01	—	—	50	61
Andreas Englund D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	10:25	—	—	63	70
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	0	22:04	—	—	47	37
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.10	0	1	2	13:11	—	—	59	40

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.90	59:14

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	2	0	14:55	—	—	20	20
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	3	2	13:34	—	—	21	5
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	12:41	—	—	19	7
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.72	0	0	2	21:21	—	—	67	54
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.44	4	0	0	21:13	—	—	60	48
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	4	15:33	—	—	50	14
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.90	1	0	0	21:32	—	—	62	77
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	1	0	21:05	—	—	60	76
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	58	76
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	1	1	0	9:53	—	—	33	33
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:04	—	—	33	52
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:54	—	—	38	33
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	0	0	2	24:27	—	—	54	56
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	44	39
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	3	0	16:42	—	—	36	15
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	1	0	16:06	—	—	48	61
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:07	—	—	29	54
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	15:29	—	—	25	20

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nico Daws(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	3.33	58:04

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Quinton Byfield (LAK PP) 3rd 14:23 · assists Brandt Clarke, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Rebound · 23.1 mph shot.

Quinton Byfield · 3rd 14:23 · LAK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Anze Kopitar · 2nd 8:07 · LAK SH

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: rebound

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Tyler Toffoli · 2nd 12:58 · NJD PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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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.