Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 7, 2023

FinalSaturday, Jan 7, 2023· T-Mobile Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	1	2	2	5		LAK	8	11	4	23
VGK	0	0	1	1		VGK	9	4	7	20

: LAK 42VGK 47
: LAK 2.72VGK 1.83
PP goals: LAK 0VGK 0
Hits: LAK 23VGK 44
Blocks: LAK 13VGK 10
PIM: LAK 6VGK 2
: LAK 60%VGK 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings rout Vegas Golden Knights 5–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–1 at VGK. Kevin Fiala (LAK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. LAK scored 5 goals on 2.72 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:01.Fiala
Points
Gabriel Vilardi had 3 assists (3 points) in 13:50.Vilardi
Points
Blake Lizotte had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:55.Lizotte
Luck
LAK scored 5 goals on 2.72 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Marchessault–Eichel skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Marchessault Eichel
Usage
Blake Lizotte (LAK) played 15:55, +3:01 up on his 12:54 season average over 80 games.Lizotte
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Stephenson and Eichel) went scoreless in 3:04 of 5v4 time with 4 attempts.Pietrangelo Smith Stone Stephenson Eichel
Cats
Brendan Lemieux (LAK) threw 7 hits, a night for hits leagues.Lemieux

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 89 of 89 attempts · VGK 47 · LAK 42

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 20%.

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
	40	41
	1.76	1.20
	1.70	1.17
	2	5
	2	6
	18	23
	+0.119	−0.119
	27%	20%

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 – Kempe – Byfield
13:0919% CF
L2Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo
11:3975% CF
L3Fiala – Vilardi – Lizotte
10:2935% CF
L4Lemieux – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari
6:4367% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
18:5360% CF
D2Roy – Durzi
15:1541% CF
D3Edler – Walker
13:2342% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
1:1350% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Durzi – Byfield
0:38100% CF
PK1FDanault – Kupari
1:43
PK2FKempe – Lizotte
0:39
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:36
PK2DEdler – Roy
1:44

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
10:1557% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
9:0836% CF
L3Smith – Marchessault – Eichel
5:5171% CF
L4Kessel – Karlsson – Cotter
3:3033% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
14:5355% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
14:2969% CF
D3Martinez – Pachal
12:0436% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Eichel
3:0467% CF
PP2Kessel – Martinez – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
0:59100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Roy
1:01
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:55
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:01
PK2DMartinez – Hague
0:55

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:02
LAKKevin Fiala (Blake Lizotte, Gabriel Vilardi)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Edler, Fiala, Vilardi, Walker, LizotteVGK: McNabb, Smith, Marchessault, Eichel, Korczak
LAK 1 – 0 VGK

2nd period

9:27
LAKMatt RoySH (Rasmus Kupari, Anze Kopitar)snap0.05 xG
LAK: Roy, Anderson, Kupari, LizotteVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Eichel
LAK 2 – 0 VGK
16:26
LAKKevin Fiala (Sean Durzi, Gabriel Vilardi)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Fiala, Roy, Vilardi, Durzi, LizotteVGK: Martinez, Marchessault, Eichel, Cotter, Pachal
LAK 3 – 0 VGK

3rd period

5:45
LAKViktor Arvidsson (Sean Walker, Phillip Danault)deflected0.00 xG
LAK: Edler, Danault, Arvidsson, Iafallo, WalkerVGK: Kessel, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Korczak
LAK 4 – 0 VGK
17:42
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Nicolas Roy, Phil Kessel)snap0.08 xG
LAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Anderson-Dolan, Anderson, WalkerVGK: Kessel, Martinez, Karlsson, Marchessault, Carrier, Roy
LAK 4 – 1 VGK
18:33
LAKKevin FialaEN (Blake Lizotte, Gabriel Vilardi)backhand0.93 xG
LAK: Fiala, Roy, Vilardi, Durzi, LizotteVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Eichel
LAK 5 – 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	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	32	29
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:28	—	—	35	52
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	2	2	0	14:37	—	—	28	38
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	72	84
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	80	82
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	72	82
Kevin Fiala L	L3	3	0	3	+3	6	1.22	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	42	48
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	2	2	+4	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	42	63
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	3	3	+3	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:50	—	—	37	59
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:05	—	—	44	38
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:42	—	—	75	84
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	7	0	0	7:33	—	—	75	88
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	25:06	—	—	62	90
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	2	0	0	24:11	—	—	59	90
Matt Roy D	D2	1	0	1	+3	2	0.13	1	2	0	19:16	—	—	47	77
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	47	66
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:48	—	—	41	38
Sean Walker D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	4	15:01	—	—	44	41

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.83	59:41

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	4	1	0	15:52	—	—	33	19
William Carrier L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	55	38
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	11:29	—	—	44	26
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	42	9
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:12	—	—	42	8
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	44	33
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	0	0	-4	2	0.19	2	0	2	18:34	—	—	57	58
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	62	69
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-4	5	0.38	4	0	0	16:04	—	—	69	75
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	0	0	15:16	—	—	40	26
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	64	73
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.23	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	58	56
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	0	2	0	23:57	—	—	52	24
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:25	—	—	53	39
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	5	0	0	18:16	—	—	57	50
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	4	0	0	17:28	—	—	70	70
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	16:56	—	—	38	31
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:05	—	—	26	22

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	19	16	3	.842	1.57	40:00
Adin Hill	—	3	2	1	.667	0.22	17:41

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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.