Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 9, 2020

FinalThursday, Jan 9, 2020· T-Mobile Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	4	0	1	5		LAK	18	3	2	23
VGK	0	2	0	2		VGK	10	24	12	46

: LAK 46VGK 77
: LAK 2.25VGK 3.50
PP goals: LAK 1VGK 0
Hits: LAK 20VGK 32
Blocks: LAK 18VGK 13
PIM: LAK 2VGK 2
: LAK 42%VGK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at VGK. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Jack Campbell (LAK) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +17 against a season average of 29.3; the win.

Points
Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:18.Kempe
Points
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:02.Toffoli
Goalie
Jack Campbell (LAK) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +17 against a season average of 29.3; the win.Campbell
Luck
LAK scored 5 goals on 2.25 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Lewis–Clifford–Luff skated 8:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (17.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lewis Clifford Luff
New line
New look for VGK: Eakin–Nosek–Tuch skated 11:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Nosek Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Carrier–Roy skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Carrier Roy
Usage
Paul Stastny (VGK) played 21:09, +4:05 up on his 17:04 season average over 70 games.Stastny

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 123 of 123 attempts · VGK 77 · LAK 46

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 17% of the game, VGK 61%.

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
	52	83
	1.81	3.74
	1.75	3.60
	7	13
	1	5
	16	30
	−0.026	+0.026
	17%	61%

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 – Toffoli – Iafallo
12:1658% CF
L2Carter – Brown – Prokhorkin
12:1429% CF
L3Kempe – Amadio – Wagner
12:0948% CF
L4Lewis – Clifford – Luff
8:2818% CF
D1Martinez – Doughty
22:1939% CF
D2Hutton – Roy
17:3241% CF

PP1Martinez – Doughty – Kempe – Amadio – Wagner
0:01100% CF
PK1FCarter – Toffoli
0:55
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:11
PK1DHutton – Roy
0:55
PK2DMartinez – Walker
0:11

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
15:3663% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Stephenson
13:5864% CF
L3Eakin – Nosek – Tuch
11:4065% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Roy
7:3238% CF
D1Holden – Theodore
17:0556% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
15:1458% CF
D3Engelland – Hague
14:0269% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
1:36100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Stephenson – Schmidt – Hague
0:2450% CF
PK1FNosek – Roy
0:01
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
0:01

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:40
LAKAlec Martinezslap0.02 xG
LAK: Martinez, Doughty, Kempe, Amadio, WagnerVGK: Engelland, Reaves, Carrier, Roy, Hague
LAK 1 – 0 VGK
15:01
LAKBen Hutton (Tyler Toffoli, Alex Iafallo)slap0.03 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Toffoli, Hutton, Roy, IafalloVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Schmidt
LAK 2 – 0 VGK
18:44
LAKTyler Toffoli (Anze Kopitar)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Martinez, Doughty, Toffoli, IafalloVGK: Holden, Eakin, Theodore, Nosek, Tuch
LAK 3 – 0 VGK
19:56
LAKAdrian Kempe (Michael Amadio, Matt Roy)tip-in0.21 xG
LAK: Hutton, Kempe, Amadio, Wagner, RoyVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Hague
LAK 4 – 0 VGK

2nd period

14:38
VGKReilly Smithwrist0.03 xG
LAK: Carter, Brown, Martinez, Doughty, ProkhorkinVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Stephenson, Hague
LAK 4 – 1 VGK
15:34
VGKMax Pacioretty (Paul Stastny, Mark Stone)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Lewis, Clifford, MacDermid, Luff, WalkerVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Hague
LAK 4 – 2 VGK

3rd period

19:51
LAKAdrian KempePPwrist0.03 xG
LAK: Martinez, Doughty, Kempe, Amadio, WagnerVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Nosek, Roy
LAK 5 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	2	1	0	18:14	—	—	54	32
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.09	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	55	37
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	54	32
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	2	2	0	17:16	—	—	29	24
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	29	24
Nikolai Prokhorkin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	34	35
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.77	3	1	0	15:29	—	—	49	48
Adrian Kempe R	L3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.34	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	44	37
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	0	1	0	14:02	—	—	50	53
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	1	0	11:20	—	—	16	11
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	2	0	10:45	—	—	18	17
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:41	—	—	19	12
Alec Martinez D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	25:03	—	—	38	20
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	24:46	—	—	39	19
Ben Hutton D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.03	1	1	0	21:23	—	—	40	40
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:43	—	—	40	46
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	14:40	—	—	35	35
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:34	—	—	38	39

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	W	46	44	2	.957	3.50	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.46	2	0	0	22:30	—	—	62	63
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	-1	8	0.57	2	1	0	21:19	—	—	66	65
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	21:09	—	—	65	65
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.47	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	64	74
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	68	75
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	16:27	—	—	62	72
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	1	1	0	16:31	—	—	72	84
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	62	76
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	2	0	0	13:38	—	—	62	72
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	1	0	9:03	—	—	50	60
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	6	0	0	8:27	—	—	40	42
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	0	0	8:20	—	—	40	42
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.16	0	3	0	25:58	—	—	62	70
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	4	0	0	19:21	—	—	56	70
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	21:06	—	—	61	77
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	4	0	17:17	—	—	53	57
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	6	1	0	17:59	—	—	68	62
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	69	73

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	1.54	57:21

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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.