Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 6, 2023

FinalThursday, Apr 6, 2023· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	2	0	2		LAK	11	9	12	32
VGK	4	1	0	5		VGK	13	14	10	37

: LAK 61VGK 66
: LAK 1.91VGK 4.09
PP goals: LAK 1VGK 1
Hits: LAK 45VGK 20
Blocks: LAK 17VGK 16
PIM: LAK 14VGK 19
: LAK 50%VGK 50%

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. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Eichel, Roy and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:50 together.

Points
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:07.Stephenson
Points
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:28.Barbashev
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:31.Kessel
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Eichel, Roy and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:50 together.Pietrangelo Stephenson Eichel Roy Dorofeyev
New line
New look for LAK: MacEwen–Kupari–Lizotte skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MacEwen Kupari Lizotte
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Kaliyev skated 6:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Kempe Kaliyev
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Amadio skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Karlsson Amadio
Usage
Tobias Bjornfot (LAK) played 20:22, +6:46 up on his 13:36 season average over 9 games.Bjornfot

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 127 of 127 attempts · VGK 66 · LAK 61

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 15% of the game, VGK 40%.

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
	67	56
	1.63	3.67
	1.59	3.63
	8	11
	13	1
	17	16
	+0.000	+0.000
	15%	40%

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

L1Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
10:4855% CF
L2MacEwen – Kupari – Lizotte
6:0367% CF
L3Kopitar – Kempe – Kaliyev
6:0269% CF
L4Grundstrom – Iafallo – Byfield
3:2133% CF
D1Roy – Durzi
15:4065% CF
D2Doughty – Bjornfot
12:2652% CF
D3Gavrikov – Walker
8:5743% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Arvidsson – Iafallo
0:29100% CF
PK1FGrundstrom – Lizotte
1:44
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
1:42
PK1DGavrikov – Walker
1:38
PK2DRoy – Durzi
1:06

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Eichel – Dorofeyev
12:0542% CF
L2Kolesar – Roy – Howden
10:3448% CF
L3Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
10:1861% CF
L4Kessel – Stephenson – Barbashev
9:1834% CF
D1McNabb – Whitecloud
17:2236% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:2145% CF
D3Hutton – Hague
9:5163% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Eichel – Roy – Dorofeyev
3:5083% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Hutton – Barbashev
3:0488% CF
PK1FRoy – Howden
0:29
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:29

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:54
VGKPhil Kessel (Chandler Stephenson, Ivan Barbashev)wrap-around0.07 xG
LAK: Doughty, Gavrikov, Grundstrom, MacEwen, KupariVGK: Kessel, Stephenson, Hutton, Barbashev, Hague
LAK 0 – 1 VGK
3:56
VGKIvan Barbashev (Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.10 xG
LAK: Kempe, Roy, Durzi, Lizotte, ByfieldVGK: Kessel, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Barbashev
LAK 0 – 2 VGK
6:07
VGKChandler Stephenson (Phil Kessel, Zach Whitecloud)backhand0.75 xG
LAK: Roy, Grundstrom, MacEwen, Durzi, KupariVGK: Kessel, McNabb, Stephenson, Barbashev, Whitecloud
LAK 0 – 3 VGK
11:23
VGKNicolas RoyPP (Jack Eichel, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Gavrikov, KupariVGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Eichel, Roy, Dorofeyev
LAK 0 – 4 VGK

2nd period

1:02
VGKJonathan Marchessaultwrist0.11 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Gavrikov, KaliyevVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Eichel, Dorofeyev
LAK 0 – 5 VGK
11:24
LAKAnze KopitarPP (Adrian Kempe, Drew Doughty)wrist0.16 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Arvidsson, IafalloVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Roy, Howden
LAK 1 – 5 VGK
14:10
LAKVladislav GavrikovSHbackhand0.35 xG
LAK: Gavrikov, Iafallo, Walker, ByfieldVGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Eichel, Roy, Dorofeyev
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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	5	1	0	17:38	—	—	66	61
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	0	0	15:07	—	—	56	50
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	56	39
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	14:50	—	—	50	50
Rasmus Kupari C	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.31	2	0	0	12:35	—	—	60	29
Zack MacEwen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	2	0	10	8:40	—	—	64	35
Anze Kopitar C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.30	1	2	0	16:13	—	—	56	37
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:57	—	—	59	42
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	0	2	15:07	—	—	48	25
Alex Iafallo L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	27	13
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	7	2	0	14:02	—	—	50	16
Quinton Byfield R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	12:02	—	—	59	28
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	4	1	0	19:20	—	—	66	34
Sean Durzi D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	2	17:51	—	—	63	29
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.09	1	1	0	24:01	—	—	56	32
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:22	—	—	41	29
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.41	2	0	0	21:00	—	—	56	30
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	4	4	0	17:09	—	—	32	29

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley	—	22	22	0	.1000	1.92	38:58
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	15	10	5	.667	2.16	21:02

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	1	1	0	18:46	—	—	46	76
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	40	72
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.86	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	42	76
Nicolas Roy C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.43	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	52	58
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	13:58	—	—	50	55
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	0	12:59	—	—	48	53
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	63	93
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	65	93
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	11:57	—	—	57	83
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	1	2	3	+2	2	0.78	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	31	61
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	1	1	2	+3	1	0.10	0	1	2	15:28	—	—	36	63
Phil Kessel R	L4	1	1	2	+3	4	0.27	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	39	65
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:26	—	—	43	75
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	2	0	19:50	—	—	35	66
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.28	1	1	0	23:27	—	—	46	68
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	4	0	19:14	—	—	42	60
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	57	71
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	17	12:52	—	—	65	76

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	1.91	60:00

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.