Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 1, 2020

FinalSunday, Mar 1, 2020· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	2	0	4		LAK	9	7	1	17
VGK	0	1	0	1		VGK	6	18	19	43

: LAK 30VGK 88
: LAK 1.16VGK 5.22
PP goals: LAK 2VGK 1
Hits: LAK 19VGK 28
Blocks: LAK 24VGK 9
PIM: LAK 8VGK 6
: LAK 52%VGK 48%

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 2G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 1:14 together.

Points
Anze Kopitar had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:35.Kopitar
Points
Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:33.Iafallo
Points
Ben Hutton had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:03.Hutton
Points
Drew Doughty had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:49.Doughty
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 1:14 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Karlsson, Marchessault and Theodore) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:17 together.Stastny Pacioretty Karlsson Marchessault Theodore
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 5.22 expected goals (88 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 43 shots and stopped 42 (.977), +9 against a season average of 33.6; the win.Petersen

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 118 of 118 attempts · VGK 88 · LAK 30

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 6% 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
	23	84
	0.81	4.91
	0.80	4.53
	2	16
	2	4
	12	20
	−0.014	+0.014
	6%	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
13:2520% CF
L2Frk – Kempe – Lizotte
7:1630% CF
L3Lewis – Moore – Vilardi
5:4415% CF
L4Prokhorkin – Amadio – Wagner
5:3420% CF
D1Doughty – Hutton
16:4628% CF
D2Roy – Anderson
11:3330% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
1:14100% CF
PK1FLewis – Moore
1:38
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
1:08
PK1DRoy – Anderson
1:46
PK2DDoughty – Hutton
0:40

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
11:3579% CF
L2Pacioretty – Karlsson – Stephenson
8:1075% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
6:31100% CF
L4Pirri – Cousins – Roy
4:1467% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
13:3783% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
12:5188% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
8:2282% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
3:1789% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Cousins – Stephenson – Schmidt
2:28100% CF
PK1FStastny – Smith
1:04
PK2FKarlsson – Stephenson
0:10
PK1DHolden – McNabb
1:14

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:01
LAKAnze Kopitar (Alex Iafallo, Ben Hutton)wrist0.22 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Hutton, IafalloVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Karlsson, Stephenson, Whitecloud
LAK 1 – 0 VGK
7:39
LAKAnze KopitarPP (Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty)backhand0.02 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, IafalloVGK: Stastny, Holden, McNabb, Smith
LAK 2 – 0 VGK

2nd period

10:04
LAKTrevor Lewis (Trevor Moore, Ben Hutton)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Lewis, Doughty, Hutton, Moore, VilardiVGK: Stastny, Holden, Smith, Marchessault, Whitecloud
LAK 3 – 0 VGK
13:14
VGKShea TheodorePPslap0.04 xG
LAK: Doughty, Hutton, Kempe, LizotteVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
LAK 3 – 1 VGK
19:04
LAKAlex IafalloPP (Adrian Kempe, Drew Doughty)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, IafalloVGK: Holden, McNabb, Karlsson, Stephenson
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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	23:35	—	—	19	21
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	18	17
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.45	3	1	0	21:24	—	—	20	23
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	25	21
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	28	30
Martin Frk R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	2	9:41	—	—	33	35
Trevor Lewis C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	3	2	0	12:49	—	—	13	4
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:14	—	—	11	5
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	7:49	—	—	16	6
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:09	—	—	25	4
Nikolai Prokhorkin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	9:46	—	—	29	13
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	9:34	—	—	33	3
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.06	1	0	4	23:49	—	—	25	16
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.04	3	2	0	20:03	—	—	27	12
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	20:01	—	—	29	32
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	18:08	—	—	24	24
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	19:20	—	—	8	1
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	17:56	—	—	11	1

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	43	42	1	.977	5.22	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	-1	4	0.45	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	78	97
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	77	96
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	-1	3	0.49	2	0	0	19:27	—	—	74	83
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	76	72
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	-1	3	0.55	0	1	0	19:46	—	—	79	74
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	-1	3	0.39	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	77	58
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0.11	6	0	0	11:58	—	—	84	91
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	4	0.47	3	0	0	10:33	—	—	88	96
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	4	0.31	4	0	2	10:11	—	—	95	95
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.05	5	0	0	14:32	—	—	76	88
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.28	3	0	0	13:26	—	—	79	96
Brandon Pirri C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.32	0	1	0	10:14	—	—	63	91
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	1	0	5	0.35	0	1	0	26:55	—	—	82	89
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	1	2	21:12	—	—	77	78
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	0	2	22:58	—	—	76	90
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.60	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	86	97
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:48	—	—	79	79
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	2	0	11:42	—	—	73	78

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	1.16	57:20

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.