Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 31, 2021

FinalWednesday, Mar 31, 2021· 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	2	2	0	4		LAK	8	13	9	30
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	8	17	17	42

: LAK 55VGK 73
: LAK 3.52VGK 3.54
PP goals: LAK 0VGK 0
Hits: LAK 16VGK 18
Blocks: LAK 16VGK 15
PIM: LAK 8VGK 25
: LAK 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at VGK. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +11 against a season average of 31.3; the win.

Points
Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:07.Athanasiou
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:01.Theodore
Goalie
Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +11 against a season average of 31.3; the win.Petersen
New line
New look for LAK: Wagner–Andersson–Lizotte skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Andersson Lizotte
Usage
Tobias Bjornfot (LAK) played 10:41, −6:21 down on his 17:02 season average over 32 games.Bjornfot
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Nosek–Kolesar skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Nosek Kolesar
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) played 11:07, −3:55 down on his 15:02 season average over 46 games.Athanasiou
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 3.54 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 128 of 128 attempts · VGK 73 · LAK 55

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 27% of the game, VGK 33%.

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
	42	59
	3.11	2.91
	2.82	2.75
	14	13
	2	10
	7	8
	−0.008	+0.008
	27%	33%

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
10:217% CF
L2Wagner – Andersson – Lizotte
7:1053% CF
L3Carter – Moore – Vilardi
6:2538% CF
L4Athanasiou – Kempe – Anderson-Dolan
5:3162% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
15:4145% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
7:1327% CF
D3Walker – Strand
4:1057% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
7:09100% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Roy – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi
2:5850% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:51
PK2FKempe – Moore
1:43
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:23
PK2DRoy – Bjornfot
1:15

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
7:3767% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
7:0475% CF
L3Carrier – Nosek – Kolesar
6:2950% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
10:3570% CF
D2Pietrangelo – McNabb
10:0848% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
9:5161% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
4:07100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Martinez – Pietrangelo – Tuch – Roy
1:3450% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
4:06
PK2FNosek – Tuch
3:32
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
5:14
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
2:03

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:58
LAKAndreas Athanasiou (Sean Walker)backhand0.07 xG
LAK: Athanasiou, Kempe, Anderson-Dolan, Walker, StrandVGK: Carrier, Nosek, Kolesar, Hague, Whitecloud
LAK 1 – 0 VGK
17:23
LAKLias Andersson (Tobias Bjornfot)wrist0.60 xG
LAK: Wagner, Andersson, Strand, Lizotte, BjornfotVGK: Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Carrier
LAK 2 – 0 VGK

2nd period

9:41
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Shea Theodore)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Athanasiou, Kempe, Roy, Anderson-Dolan, BjornfotVGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
LAK 2 – 1 VGK
12:21
LAKJaret Anderson-Dolan (Andreas Athanasiou)wrist0.04 xG
LAK: Doughty, Athanasiou, Kempe, Anderson-Dolan, AndersonVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
LAK 3 – 1 VGK
16:12
LAKAlex Iafallo (Mikey Anderson, Anze Kopitar)wrist0.12 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, Iafallo, StrandVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Tuch
LAK 4 – 1 VGK

3rd period

3:36
VGKShea Theodore (Alex Tuch, Keegan Kolesar)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Athanasiou, Roy, Anderson-Dolan, Anderson, VilardiVGK: Karlsson, Theodore, Tuch, Kolesar, Hague
LAK 4 – 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	+1	2	0.08	1	1	0	24:34	—	—	21	19
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	21:34	—	—	12	15
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	5	1	0	20:55	—	—	23	5
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	4	12:28	—	—	54	74
Austin Wagner L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	2	1	0	11:01	—	—	42	60
Lias Andersson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.87	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	54	74
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	41	55
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	50	55
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.59	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	35	48
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	56	61
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	56	50
Andreas Athanasiou C	L4	1	1	2	0	2	0.09	1	0	2	11:07	—	—	47	42
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.28	1	2	2	30:10	—	—	40	54
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:37	—	—	48	60
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	4	0	21:50	—	—	23	13
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	10:41	—	—	38	56
Sean Walker D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	38	24
Austin Strand D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:10	—	—	65	72

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	3.54	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	62	60
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.12	3	0	0	18:44	—	—	70	67
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.34	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	63	60
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	22:48	—	—	58	56
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.37	0	2	2	18:33	—	—	65	70
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.40	1	0	15	14:13	—	—	44	37
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	62	44
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	0	9:41	—	—	40	16
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	8:24	—	—	67	41
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	2	0	22:40	—	—	61	36
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.57	0	1	0	22:01	—	—	64	45
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	7	0.24	0	4	2	22:49	—	—	46	41
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	2	0	19:18	—	—	52	42
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	2	4	15:17	—	—	67	83
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	14:39	—	—	65	83
Alex Tuch R	—	0	1	1	0	3	0.37	1	0	2	15:07	—	—	50	47
Nicolas Roy C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:52	—	—	67	66

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.52	58:12

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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.