Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 11, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	12	8	10	30
VGK	1	0	0	1		VGK	8	11	9	28

: LAK 53VGK 73
: LAK 1.22VGK 2.53
PP goals: LAK 0VGK 0
Hits: LAK 68VGK 59
Blocks: LAK 22VGK 13
PIM: LAK 6VGK 6
: LAK 44%VGK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 1–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 1–0 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK scored 1 goal on 2.53 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 2.53 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jon Merrill (VGK) played 12:43, −3:27 down on his 16:10 season average over 7 games.Merrill
Usage
Ryan Carpenter (VGK) played 10:47, −3:26 down on his 14:13 season average over 16 games.Carpenter
PP1
LAK's PP1 (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) went scoreless in 3:16 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Phaneuf Carter Brown Kopitar Doughty
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) went scoreless in 3:04 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Smith Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Tuch
Cats
William Carrier (VGK) threw 10 hits, a night for hits leagues.Carrier
Cats
Drew Doughty (LAK) blocked 6 shots in 28:02.Doughty

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · VGK 73 · LAK 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 20% of the game, VGK 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	LAK	VGK
	48	65
	0.74	1.59
	0.73	1.50
	7	6
	6	2
	10	14
	−0.009	+0.009
	20%	44%

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

L1Carter – Toffoli – Rieder
11:4237% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
8:1623% CF
L3Lewis – Pearson – Kempe
5:1150% CF
L4Thompson – Mitchell – Clifford
4:3957% CF
D1Doughty – Fantenberg
16:5661% CF
D2Martinez – Folin
12:0627% CF
D3Phaneuf – LaDue
8:3239% CF

PP1Phaneuf – Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty
3:1683% CF
PP2Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – LaDue – Kempe
2:2783% CF
PK1FThompson – Mitchell
2:28
PK2FCarter – Lewis
1:05
PK1DMartinez – Doughty
3:07
PK2DPhaneuf – Folin
1:35

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:3155% CF
L2Neal – Haula – Tuch
10:4546% CF
L3Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
7:3079% CF
L4Tatar – Eakin – Carpenter
6:5153% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
15:4255% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
14:5650% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
11:0657% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
3:04100% CF
PP2Neal – Tatar – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
2:36100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:13
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:23
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:35
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:13

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:23
VGKShea Theodore (Tomas Nosek)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Thompson, Mitchell, Martinez, Clifford, FolinVGK: Engelland, Theodore, Carrier, Bellemare, Nosek
LAK 0 – 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
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Carter C	L1	0	2	0.03	0	1	2	21:47	—	—	42	45
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	6	0.20	4	0	0	20:16	—	—	50	36
Tobias Rieder L	L1	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	14:14	—	—	35	30
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	2	0.13	3	3	0	21:17	—	—	42	37
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	2	0.24	6	1	2	19:21	—	—	45	37
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:18	—	—	19	14
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	46	32
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	1	0.12	7	1	2	13:02	—	—	39	21
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	2	0.04	7	0	0	12:55	—	—	42	25
Nate Thompson C	L4	-1	1	0.00	6	0	0	10:08	—	—	58	16
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:53	—	—	44	42
Kyle Clifford L	L4	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	7:17	—	—	50	18
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	3	0.13	2	6	0	28:02	—	—	60	45
Oscar Fantenberg D	D1	0	1	0.02	6	2	0	19:39	—	—	58	43
Alec Martinez D	D2	-1	1	0.10	7	1	0	23:11	—	—	23	14
Christian Folin D	D2	-1	1	0.00	5	3	0	16:10	—	—	21	4
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	3	0.07	2	1	0	18:29	—	—	36	32
Paul LaDue D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:15	—	—	28	26

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	28	27	1	.964	2.53	58:49

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	1	1	0	21:11	—	—	59	37
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	50	15
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	8	0	0	18:18	—	—	60	55
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	0	2	17:38	—	—	52	79
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	2	1	0	15:37	—	—	50	77
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	5	0	0	15:36	—	—	44	62
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.26	3	0	0	14:05	—	—	73	85
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	2	13:22	—	—	72	85
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	10	0	0	8:49	—	—	75	86
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	4	0	0	11:56	—	—	50	80
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	3	0	0	11:10	—	—	58	86
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	10:47	—	—	55	81
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	5	0	0	22:45	—	—	51	48
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.11	1	2	0	20:10	—	—	59	72
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	24:32	—	—	53	55
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	2	19:46	—	—	57	44
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	5	1	0	17:12	—	—	60	89
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	3	0	12:43	—	—	61	88

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	1.22	59:48

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.