Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 5, 2021

FinalFriday, Feb 5, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	2	2		LAK	10	12	7	29
VGK	3	2	0	5		VGK	9	15	12	36

: LAK 53VGK 57
: LAK 1.47VGK 3.68
PP goals: LAK 1VGK 1
Hits: LAK 30VGK 21
Blocks: LAK 15VGK 18
PIM: LAK 8VGK 4
: LAK 46%VGK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2 at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:36 together.

Points
Nicolas Hague had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:41.Hague
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:23.Karlsson
Points
Max Pacioretty had 3 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:15.Pacioretty
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Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:57.Brown
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:50.Marchessault
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Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:56.Stone
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:36 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:21 together.Pacioretty Stone Karlsson Theodore Glass

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 110 of 110 attempts · VGK 57 · 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 16% of the game, VGK 49%.

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
	54	50
	1.34	3.08
	1.32	3.03
	6	8
	4	4
	17	10
	−0.039	+0.039
	16%	49%

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
11:5768% CF
L2Carter – Amadio – Wagner
8:4640% CF
L3Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
7:5250% CF
L4Frk – Kempe – Vilardi
6:3433% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
18:4165% CF
D2Maatta – Strand
16:0143% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
1:36100% CF
PP2Carter – Frk – Amadio – Clague – Vilardi
0:33100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:54
PK2FKempe – Vilardi
0:28
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:52
PK2DMaatta – Strand
0:15

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:1058% CF
L2Tuch – Roy – Glass
10:5321% CF
L3Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
10:4174% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
10:130% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
18:0148% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
15:1453% CF
D3Holden – Coghlan
11:4938% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Glass
3:21100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Tuch
1:40100% CF
PK1FNosek – Roy
1:36
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:33
PK1DMartinez – Theodore
1:27
PK2DHolden – Hague
0:33

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:50
VGKNicolas Hague (Max Pacioretty, Mark Stone)wrist0.11 xG
LAK: Carter, Doughty, Amadio, Wagner, AndersonVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Hague, Whitecloud
LAK 0 – 1 VGK
9:32
VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore)wrist0.15 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Grundstrom, Clague, Moore, Anderson-DolanVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
LAK 0 – 2 VGK
10:40
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson, Nicolas Hague)backhand0.07 xG
LAK: Carter, Doughty, Amadio, Wagner, AndersonVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, Whitecloud
LAK 0 – 3 VGK

2nd period

1:35
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Nicolas Hague)wrist0.10 xG
LAK: Frk, MacDermid, Wagner, Clague, VilardiVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, Whitecloud
LAK 0 – 4 VGK
7:03
VGKCody GlassPP (William Karlsson, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Carter, Doughty, Moore, AndersonVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore, Glass
LAK 0 – 5 VGK

3rd period

7:47
LAKAustin Wagner (Dustin Brown, Olli Maatta)backhand0.17 xG
LAK: Brown, Maatta, Wagner, Vilardi, StrandVGK: Reaves, Carrier, Nosek, Hague, Whitecloud
LAK 1 – 5 VGK
13:33
LAKDustin BrownPP (Anze Kopitar, Adrian Kempe)wrist0.04 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, IafalloVGK: Theodore, Nosek, Roy, Hague
LAK 2 – 5 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
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	20:24	—	—	73	48
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	68	45
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	4	0	2	16:57	—	—	71	54
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	3	0	14:47	—	—	48	26
Austin Wagner L	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.31	4	0	0	14:11	—	—	41	29
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	46	28
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:25	—	—	53	24
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	0	4	12:40	—	—	60	34
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	1	0	11:39	—	—	38	10
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	43	18
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	32	20
Martin Frk R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	33	12
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	1	0	26:49	—	—	62	27
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	2	2	0	22:44	—	—	57	37
Austin Strand D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:27	—	—	44	31
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	5	3	0	17:25	—	—	48	27
Kale Clague D	—	0	0	0	-2	4	0.11	1	1	0	17:40	—	—	52	31
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:50	—	—	43	30

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen	—	26	25	1	.962	2.16	38:56
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	10	6	4	.600	1.53	21:04

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.41	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	57	73
William Karlsson C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.66	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	50	65
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.19	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	55	71
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	24	34
Cody Glass C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.48	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	35	72
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	21	18
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	3	3	+2	7	0.55	1	1	0	17:15	—	—	74	93
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.09	0	0	2	16:47	—	—	69	85
Mark Stone R	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.53	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	74	95
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:14	—	—	8	0
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:02	—	—	14	0
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	8	0
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	2	21:54	—	—	42	71
Nicolas Hague D	D1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.12	3	4	0	20:41	—	—	50	77
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.38	1	4	0	22:29	—	—	54	71
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	0	0	0	21:40	—	—	54	68
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	3	4	0	14:34	—	—	44	68
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	36	48

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	1.47	59:49

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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.