Los Angeles Kings vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 18, 2021

FinalSaturday, Dec 18, 2021· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	13	13	7	33
CAR	2	2	1	5		CAR	11	10	12	33

: LAK 54CAR 60
: LAK 3.38CAR 3.59
PP goals: LAK 0CAR 2
Hits: LAK 23CAR 17
Blocks: LAK 11CAR 8
PIM: LAK 8CAR 4
: LAK 42%CAR 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Los Angeles Kings 5–1 at home. Jesper Fast (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Noesen, Teravainen, DeAngelo and Kotkaniemi) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:03 together.

Points
Jesper Fast had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:57.Fast
Points
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:38.Kotkaniemi
Points
Brady Skjei had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:41.Skjei
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Noesen, Teravainen, DeAngelo and Kotkaniemi) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:03 together.Trocheck Noesen Teravainen DeAngelo Kotkaniemi
Usage
Martin Necas (CAR) played 3:04, −13:18 down on his 16:22 season average over 77 games.Necas
Usage
Josh Leivo (CAR) played 16:34, +8:34 up on his 8:00 season average over 6 games.Leivo
New line
New look for CAR: Stepan–Leivo–Drury skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stepan Leivo Drury
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 3.38 expected goals (54 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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · CAR 60 · LAK 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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, CAR 43%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	59	59
	3.47	3.27
	3.13	3.02
	16	19
	5	5
	26	16
	−0.120	+0.120
	34%	43%

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 – Kempe
9:4485% CF
L2Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
9:2559% CF
L3Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo
8:1126% CF
L4Grundstrom – Moore – Kupari
6:3122% CF
D1Maatta – Roy
16:3431% CF
D2Durzi – Bjornfot
14:4369% CF
D3Wolanin – Anderson
11:2655% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Durzi
2:5850% CF
PP2Brown – Danault – Wolanin – Grundstrom – Kaliyev
1:32100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:45
PK2FDanault – Kempe
1:32
PK1DMaatta – Roy
3:02
PK2DDurzi – Bjornfot
1:54

Current LAK line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Fast – Teravainen – Kotkaniemi
8:1167% CF
L2Stepan – Leivo – Drury
8:0650% CF
L3Niederreiter – Trocheck – Noesen
6:4475% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
13:0862% CF
D2Smith – Bear
12:2543% CF
D3Slavin – DeAngelo
10:2435% CF

PP1Trocheck – Noesen – Teravainen – DeAngelo – Kotkaniemi
5:03100% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Fast – Slavin – Bear – Poturalski
1:5933% CF
PK1FFast – Trocheck
2:11
PK2FStepan – Drury
0:59
PK1DSlavin – Bear
1:35
PK2DSmith – Pesce
0:49

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:37
CARJesperi Kotkaniemi (Brady Skjei, Jesper Fast)wrist0.24 xG
LAK: Danault, Maatta, Arvidsson, Roy, IafalloCAR: Fast, Skjei, Teravainen, Pesce, Kotkaniemi
LAK 0 – 1 CAR
1:36
CARJesper FastPP (Jaccob Slavin, Andrew Poturalski)deflected0.12 xG
LAK: Danault, Maatta, Kempe, RoyCAR: Niederreiter, Fast, Slavin, Bear, Poturalski
LAK 0 – 2 CAR

2nd period

2:38
CARBrett Pesce (Josh Leivo, Brady Skjei)snap0.02 xG
LAK: Arvidsson, Wolanin, Moore, Anderson, LizotteCAR: Stepan, Leivo, Skjei, Pesce, Drury
LAK 0 – 3 CAR
9:36
CARTeuvo TeravainenPP (Tony DeAngelo, Jesperi Kotkaniemi)snap0.09 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Anderson, Iafallo, BjornfotCAR: Trocheck, Noesen, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Kotkaniemi
LAK 0 – 4 CAR
15:33
LAKBlake Lizotte (Tobias Bjornfot)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Lemieux, Durzi, Lizotte, Kaliyev, BjornfotCAR: Smith, Fast, Bear, Poturalski, Smith
LAK 1 – 4 CAR

3rd period

14:29
CARJack Drury (Derek Stepan, Brendan Smith)wrist0.17 xG
LAK: Grundstrom, Moore, Durzi, Kupari, BjornfotCAR: Smith, Stepan, Leivo, Skjei, Drury
LAK 1 – 5 CAR

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	0	0	0	0	0.32	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	91	98
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.64	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	87	96
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	71	87
Blake Lizotte C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.84	1	0	2	16:45	—	—	52	55
Brendan Lemieux L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	7	0	0	16:29	—	—	55	57
Arthur Kaliyev R	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.26	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	57	58
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	33	34
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	3	1	2	13:29	—	—	35	32
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	1	2	13:05	—	—	39	35
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	32	22
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	21	6
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	3	0	0	12:02	—	—	38	24
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	37	33
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	5	0	20:47	—	—	31	30
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	2	22:10	—	—	63	62
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:23	—	—	72	70
Christian Wolanin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	63	76
Mikey Anderson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	15:37	—	—	50	56

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	3.59	59:56

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Teuvo Teravainen C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	59	63
Jesper Fast R	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	52	49
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.24	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	52	52
Josh Leivo L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	46	58
Derek Stepan C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	50	58
Jack Drury C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.41	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	50	52
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	2	2	0	20:35	—	—	58	52
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	59	63
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.44	4	0	0	16:02	—	—	63	48
Brett Pesce D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.09	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	64	59
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	2	2	+3	5	0.39	0	1	4	19:41	—	—	57	55
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	3	0	18:15	—	—	49	52
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	17:26	—	—	47	44
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	22:04	—	—	44	44
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:03	—	—	31	25
Andrew Poturalski C	—	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	37	35
C.J. Smith L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	1	0	0	9:22	—	—	35	29
Martin Necas C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:04	—	—	0	0

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.38	59:58

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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.