Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 28, 2023

FinalThursday, Dec 28, 2023· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	7	13	14	34
VGK	1	2	0	3		VGK	9	13	10	32

: LAK 95VGK 49
: LAK 2.28VGK 2.17
PP goals: LAK 0VGK 0
Hits: LAK 26VGK 24
Blocks: LAK 9VGK 34
PIM: LAK 0VGK 4
: LAK 56%VGK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Cotter skated 13:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (32.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:38.Kopitar
New line
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Cotter skated 13:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (32.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Marchessault Cotter
Usage
Ben Hutton (VGK) played 6:37, −9:53 down on his 16:30 season average over 40 games.Hutton
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 25:55, +6:39 up on his 19:16 season average over 81 games.McNabb
New line
New look for VGK: Stephenson–Amadio–Dorofeyev skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (17.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stephenson Amadio Dorofeyev
Usage
Nicolas Roy (VGK) played 9:44, −5:48 down on his 15:32 season average over 69 games.Roy
Usage
Paul Cotter (VGK) played 16:13, +3:32 up on his 12:41 season average over 75 games.Cotter
Usage
Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) played 16:42, +5:00 up on his 11:42 season average over 50 games.Kaliyev

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 144 of 144 attempts · VGK 49 · LAK 95

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 34% of the game, VGK 22%.

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
	95	56
	2.25	2.59
	2.16	2.51
	12	11
	10	11
	22	25
	+0.056	−0.056
	34%	22%

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 – Fiala – Moore
14:0061% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
12:5067% CF
L3Dubois – Kaliyev – Laferriere
12:3170% CF
L4Lewis – Grundstrom – Lizotte
7:3967% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
17:0764% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
14:2260% CF
D3Englund – Spence
8:2271% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
2:1960% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Kaliyev – Spence
1:18100% CF

Current LAK line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Cotter
13:4332% CF
L2Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
13:2641% CF
L3Stephenson – Amadio – Dorofeyev
10:0718% CF
L4Kolesar – Roy – Howden
7:0552% CF
D1McNabb – Whitecloud
13:2240% CF
D2Martinez – Hague
11:4528% CF
D3Pietrangelo – Hutton
5:0358% CF

PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:49
PK2FKarlsson – Eichel
1:33
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:07
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
1:45

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	20:22	—	—	57	34
Trevor Moore L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	1	1	19:22	—	—	60	38
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	3	1	18:18	—	—	63	40
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.23	0	1	19:38	—	—	60	47
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	2	0	19:09	—	—	62	48
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	17:56	—	—	61	48
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	3	0	16:42	—	—	63	47
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	4	0	15:55	—	—	65	57
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	13:39	—	—	70	64
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	10:16	—	—	68	50
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	9:00	—	—	64	44
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	8:09	—	—	70	78
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.12	0	0	20:29	—	—	63	39
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	0	3	18:36	—	—	60	39
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	2	27:11	—	—	60	57
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	4	0	17:12	—	—	62	55
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	17:14	—	—	66	49
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	0	12:54	—	—	68	44

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.17	57:58

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	1	2	18:02	—	—	38	69
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.43	0	1	0	16:48	—	—	37	72
Paul Cotter L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	4	1	0	16:13	—	—	40	72
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	2	1	0	20:45	—	—	38	54
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.24	2	1	0	18:32	—	—	44	59
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	43	58
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	1	0	14:48	—	—	16	25
Michael Amadio R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	24	35
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	11:32	—	—	19	34
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	1	1	2	11:26	—	—	48	56
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:44	—	—	59	68
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	2	0	8:50	—	—	46	55
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	4	5	0	25:55	—	—	37	42
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	5	0	20:44	—	—	45	55
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	6	0	21:01	—	—	28	42
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	2	0	20:24	—	—	34	59
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.08	0	0	0	25:27	—	—	39	59
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	6:37	—	—	53	90

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.28	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jack Eichel (VGK) 1st 7:38 · assists Ivan Barbashev, Mark Stone · Cycle · 47.5 mph shot.

Jack Eichel · 1st 7:38 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 47.5 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Michael Amadio · 2nd 2:27 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Anze Kopitar · 2nd 13:07 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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William Karlsson · 2nd 14:42 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Trevor Moore · 3rd 18:01 · LAK

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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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.

Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 28, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Los Angeles Kings

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Los Angeles Kings

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Jack Eichel · 1st 7:38 · VGK

Michael Amadio · 2nd 2:27 · VGK

Anze Kopitar · 2nd 13:07 · LAK

William Karlsson · 2nd 14:42 · VGK

Trevor Moore · 3rd 18:01 · LAK