Edgehalla

Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 27, 2018

Final· T-Mobile Arena
Goals123TShots123T
LAK1214LAK1371030
VGK1001VGK13171242
LAK 47VGK 70
LAK 3.32VGK 2.31
PP goals
LAK 1VGK 0
Hits
LAK 33VGK 42
Blocks
LAK 18VGK 10
PIM
LAK 8VGK 10
LAK 41%VGK 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 at VGK. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:08 together.

  1. Points
    Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:46.Kopitar
  2. PP1
    LAK's first power-play unit (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:08 together.PhaneufCarterBrownKopitarDoughty
  3. Goalie
    Jack Campbell (LAK) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +13 against a season average of 29.0; the win.Campbell
  4. Usage
    Luca Sbisa (VGK) played 11:01, −8:48 down on his 19:49 season average over 29 games.Sbisa
  5. New line
    New look for VGK: Reaves–Carpenter–Nosek skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ReavesCarpenterNosek
  6. New line
    New look for VGK: Tatar–Eakin–Hyka skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.TatarEakinHyka
  7. Usage
    Alex Iafallo (LAK) played 11:08, −4:01 down on his 15:09 season average over 74 games.Iafallo
  8. Usage
    Torrey Mitchell (LAK) played 15:24, +4:04 up on his 11:20 season average over 59 games.Mitchell

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.

Shot map, LAK at VGK: 117 attempts, 72 on goal, 5 goals, 5.63 expected goals; best chance Dustin Brown at 0.47 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← LAK attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • LAK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · VGK 70 · LAK 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, LAK at VGK: expected goals 2.31 to 3.32 (LAK led the chances), shot attempts 70 to 47, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKLAKKCTKCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • LAK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKLAKcontrol2nd3rdKarlsson · 1st 5:27Clifford · 1st 8:36Toffoli · 2nd 6:56Kopitar · 2nd 19:30Carter · 3rd 18:02
  • VGK 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 27% of the game, VGK 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, LAK at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Maxime Lagace (59:59) for VGK and Jack Campbell (60:00) for LAK, 5 goals.

VGK
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
StatLAKVGK
3755
2.391.74
2.221.70
1011
55
2019
−0.108+0.108
27%48%

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

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 6:56
    LAK 2 – 1 VGK
  2. 19:30
    LAK 3 – 1 VGK

3rd period

  1. 18:02
    LAK 4 – 1 VGK

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jeff Carter CL1101+150.7921015:20——2917
Tyler Toffoli CL1101+130.2220014:54——3917
Tanner Pearson LL1000+100.0020014:41——3918
Anze Kopitar CL2112020.2200022:46——4267
Dustin Brown RL2000010.4720019:39——4170
Tobias Rieder LL2000030.1601012:39——3559
Torrey Mitchell CL3000+120.0753015:24——4270
Michael Amadio RL3000+110.253009:16——5368
Kyle Clifford LL3101+130.401007:39——5065
Nate Thompson CL4000010.3221214:41——3546
Adrian Kempe RL4000000.0010013:31——394
Alex Iafallo LL4011+100.0010011:08——4780
Drew Doughty DD1000020.1021225:50——2853
Derek Forbort DD1000+100.0008021:43——2856
Alec Martinez DD2000+210.0002222:04——3843
Dion Phaneuf DD2011+160.2520017:54——4842
Jake Muzzin DD3000-100.0511218:14——4665
Christian Folin DD3000000.0070014:37——5772
LAK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jack Campbell(start)W42411.9762.3160:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Reilly Smith RL1011020.0310018:59——4429
William Karlsson CL1101040.2710018:34——3828
Jonathan Marchessault RL1011010.0641016:41——3127
Alex Tuch RL2000-110.1430017:22——4112
Erik Haula LL2000-110.0101016:32——5032
David Perron LL2000-110.0810216:21——4528
Cody Eakin CL3000050.2910014:42——8252
Tomas Tatar LL3000040.3130012:38——9098
Tomas Hyka RL3000010.0011012:08——8295
Ryan Carpenter CL4000-130.1020011:36——6347
Tomas Nosek LL4000-140.2421010:34——6547
Ryan Reaves RL4000-120.275049:18——7366
Colin Miller DD1000-140.1981021:42——8073
Jon Merrill DD1000-110.0100018:09——7767
Nate Schmidt DD2000+130.1811223:16——6840
Brayden McNabb DD2000020.0721217:52——5720
Deryk Engelland DD3000-220.0421021:15——2822
Luca Sbisa DD3000-110.0052011:01——3023
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Maxime Lagace(start)L30264.8673.3259:59