Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 1, 2019

FinalTuesday, Jan 1, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	8	4	5	17
VGK	0	0	2	2		VGK	9	18	21	48

: LAK 37VGK 88
: LAK 1.32VGK 5.77
PP goals: LAK 0VGK 0
Hits: LAK 25VGK 28
Blocks: LAK 22VGK 16
PIM: LAK 6VGK 4
: LAK 48%VGK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0 at home. Brandon Pirri (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jack Campbell (LAK) faced 47 shots and stopped 46 (.979), +20 against a season average of 27.3; the loss.

Points
Brandon Pirri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:19.Pirri
Goalie
Jack Campbell (LAK) faced 47 shots and stopped 46 (.979), +20 against a season average of 27.3; the loss.Campbell
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 5.77 expected goals (88 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) generated 1.00 xG on 10 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Marchessault
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) went scoreless in 3:39 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Smith Karlsson Marchessault Theodore Tuch
Shots
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led everyone with 7 shot on goals without scoring.Marchessault
Cats
Jake Muzzin (LAK) threw 6 hits and blocked 3 shots, a night for hits leagues.Muzzin

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 125 of 125 attempts · VGK 88 · LAK 37

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 5% of the game, VGK 72%.

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
	36	86
	1.46	4.65
	1.39	4.31
	6	18
	4	5
	6	26
	−0.016	+0.017
	5%	72%

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 – Iafallo
11:5653% CF
L2Kovalchuk – Carter – Toffoli
9:3938% CF
L3Leipsic – Kempe – Luff
6:336% CF
L4Thompson – Clifford – Wagner
5:4821% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
17:2136% CF
D2Muzzin – Walker
14:5724% CF
D3Phaneuf – Fantenberg
11:5129% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli
2:36100% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Muzzin – Leipsic – Kempe – Iafallo
1:240% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
3:13
PK2FThompson – Iafallo
1:15
PK1DMuzzin – Doughty
1:16
PK2DPhaneuf – Fantenberg
0:44

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:2269% CF
L2Stastny – Pirri – Tuch
9:1768% CF
L3Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
8:5669% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
4:5086% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
15:2983% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
15:0852% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
13:5878% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
3:39100% CF
PP2Stastny – Reaves – Pirri – Eakin – Schmidt
1:39100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
1:08
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:52
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:36
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:06

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

3:43
VGKBrandon Pirri (Cody Eakin, Ryan Reaves)wrist0.15 xG
LAK: Phaneuf, Brown, Kopitar, FantenbergVGK: Stastny, Reaves, Pirri, Eakin, Schmidt
LAK 0 – 1 VGK
19:27
VGKAlex TuchEN (Deryk Engelland, Brandon Pirri)wrist0.66 xG
LAK: Phaneuf, Carter, Kopitar, Muzzin, Doughty, ToffoliVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pirri, Merrill, Tuch
LAK 0 – 2 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
Anze Kopitar C	L1	-2	2	0.17	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	39	26
Dustin Brown R	L1	-1	1	0.18	2	0	0	19:50	—	—	42	32
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	48	36
Jeff Carter C	L2	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	35	27
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	-1	3	0.11	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	34	21
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L2	0	2	0.41	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	36	27
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:30	—	—	19	22
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	14:05	—	—	14	13
Matt Luff R	L3	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	11:39	—	—	16	15
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:46	—	—	23	14
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:18	—	—	18	16
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	2	0.14	4	1	0	7:46	—	—	32	29
Drew Doughty D	D1	-1	1	0.05	0	0	2	25:40	—	—	39	26
Derek Forbort D	D1	-1	0	0.00	0	4	2	21:11	—	—	32	20
Jake Muzzin D	D2	-1	0	0.00	6	3	0	20:30	—	—	25	26
Sean Walker D	D2	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:33	—	—	23	23
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:42	—	—	26	20
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	-2	2	0.09	2	2	0	15:47	—	—	31	26

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	L	47	46	1	.979	5.11	59:35

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	7	1.00	1	1	0	19:08	—	—	69	80
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	0	2	0	18:21	—	—	70	87
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	70	84
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.91	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	75	83
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	2	0	2	17:50	—	—	76	85
Brandon Pirri C	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.48	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	71	79
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.51	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	65	67
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	0	0	15:11	—	—	59	64
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.68	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	64	65
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	2	0	11:49	—	—	75	63
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	4	0	0	10:18	—	—	76	76
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	6	0	0	8:27	—	—	74	79
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	3	0	19:47	—	—	71	73
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	0	2	18:11	—	—	84	97
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	52	55
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	4	0	18:19	—	—	58	45
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	78	88
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	2	0	19:32	—	—	72	81

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	17	17	0	.1000	1.32	60:00

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.