Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 7, 2021

FinalSunday, Feb 7, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	1	0	3		LAK	12	10	10	32
VGK	3	0	1	4		VGK	13	10	10	33

: LAK 59VGK 55
: LAK 3.85VGK 2.88
PP goals: LAK 0VGK 1
Hits: LAK 27VGK 26
Blocks: LAK 13VGK 10
PIM: LAK 4VGK 8
: LAK 58%VGK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at home. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for LAK: Kempe–Vilardi–Andersson skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Chandler Stephenson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:47.Stephenson
Points
Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:41.Tuch
New line
New look for LAK: Kempe–Vilardi–Andersson skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kempe Vilardi Andersson
Usage
Kale Clague (LAK) played 20:55, +3:56 up on his 16:59 season average over 17 games.Clague
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 21:51, +4:07 up on his 17:44 season average over 50 games.Whitecloud
Luck
Jeff Carter (LAK) generated 1.38 xG on 9 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Carter
Usage
Michael Amadio (LAK) played 17:06, +4:44 up on his 12:22 season average over 24 games.Amadio
Usage
Jeff Carter (LAK) played 19:57, +3:27 up on his 16:30 season average over 53 games.Carter

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 114 of 114 attempts · VGK 55 · LAK 59

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 31% of the game, VGK 30%.

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
	47	55
	2.11	2.86
	1.74	2.64
	8	11
	5	7
	7	6
	+0.022	−0.022
	31%	30%

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
10:3252% CF
L2Carter – Amadio – Wagner
10:1043% CF
L3Kempe – Vilardi – Andersson
8:3664% CF
L4Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
7:1722% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
15:1857% CF
D2Maatta – Strand
10:5522% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
4:1589% CF
PP2Carter – Amadio – Grundstrom – Clague – Vilardi
3:40100% CF
PK1FCarter – Moore
1:33
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:30
PK1DMaatta – Clague
1:33
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
0:59

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:2158% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
8:5329% CF
L3Tuch – Roy – Glass
8:4282% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
7:5675% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
13:1746% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
13:1655% CF
D3Holden – Coghlan
10:2267% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson – Theodore – Glass
1:5950% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Marchessault – Stephenson – Tuch
1:39100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:28
PK2FNosek – Roy
2:27
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
5:04
PK2DHolden – Hague
1:54

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:36
LAKAnze Kopitar (Alex Iafallo, Mikey Anderson)snap0.11 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, MacDermid, Clague, IafalloVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Karlsson, Theodore
LAK 1 – 0 VGK
5:57
VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore)wrist0.03 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Maatta, Iafallo, StrandVGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
LAK 1 – 1 VGK
7:06
LAKAdrian Kempe (Gabriel Vilardi, Kale Clague)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Kempe, Clague, Vilardi, AnderssonVGK: Tuch, Roy, Hague, Glass, Whitecloud
LAK 2 – 1 VGK
7:32
VGKZach Whitecloud (Cody Glass, Alex Tuch)wrist0.09 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Kempe, Clague, Vilardi, AnderssonVGK: Tuch, Roy, Hague, Glass, Whitecloud
LAK 2 – 2 VGK
11:37
VGKChandler Stephenson (Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Maatta, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, Andersson, StrandVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Hague
LAK 2 – 3 VGK

2nd period

8:53
LAKJaret Anderson-Dolan (Trevor Moore, Austin Wagner)wrist0.19 xG
LAK: Wagner, Clague, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, StrandVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Coghlan
LAK 3 – 3 VGK

3rd period

1:38
VGKChandler StephensonPP (Alex Tuch, Alec Martinez)wrist0.09 xG
LAK: Carter, MacDermid, Clague, MooreVGK: Martinez, Smith, Marchessault, Stephenson, Tuch
LAK 3 – 4 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	1	1	0	3	0.23	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	57	62
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	2	2	0	18:33	—	—	50	46
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.40	4	1	0	17:43	—	—	52	51
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	7	1.38	3	0	0	19:57	—	—	48	48
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	47	51
Austin Wagner L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	5	0	0	13:03	—	—	41	38
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.42	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	58	31
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	78	81
Lias Andersson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	50	24
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	33	28
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	4	1	2	13:42	—	—	40	47
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	11:30	—	—	27	28
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	27:22	—	—	57	34
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	2	2	18:14	—	—	52	36
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	2	0	15:57	—	—	26	23
Austin Strand D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	14:15	—	—	31	43
Kale Clague D	—	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	47	51
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	52	38

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.88	58:28

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	48	57
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.58	1	1	0	16:29	—	—	54	66
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	1	0	2	16:23	—	—	54	53
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	37	40
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	2	0	2	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	15:47	—	—	35	46
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	2	1	0	15:10	—	—	36	36
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	55	41
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.24	2	2	0	14:41	—	—	58	85
Cody Glass C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	65	78
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	0	2	14:20	—	—	65	61
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	3	0	2	11:18	—	—	70	78
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	5	0	0	8:31	—	—	75	77
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	2	4	0	25:19	—	—	49	40
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	50	45
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	4	0	0	21:51	—	—	48	56
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	1	0	2	19:18	—	—	61	78
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:25	—	—	65	67
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	59	62

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.85	60:00

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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.