Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton OilersApr 25, 2023

FinalPlayoffsTuesday, Apr 25, 2023· Rogers Place

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Edmonton OilersEDM

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	0	1	3		LAK	12	7	9	28
EDM	3	2	1	6		EDM	13	8	6	27

: LAK 53EDM 45
: LAK 2.01EDM 3.66
PP goals: LAK 0EDM 2
Hits: LAK 43EDM 48
Blocks: LAK 8EDM 16
PIM: LAK 16EDM 12
: LAK 44%EDM 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 6–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 6–3 at home. Nick Bjugstad (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 0A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:55 together.

Points
Nick Bjugstad had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:41.Bjugstad
Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:45.Kempe
Points
Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:47.McDavid
Points
Darnell Nurse had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:02.Nurse
Points
Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:54.Ekholm
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:55 together.Hyman Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid Bouchard
Usage
Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 16:03, −7:52 down on his 23:55 season average over 5 games.Kopitar
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Iafallo skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Kempe Iafallo

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · EDM 45 · LAK 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 25% of the game, EDM 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

EDM

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	EDM
	60	41
	2.21	2.99
	2.06	2.76
	8	11
	1	7
	16	20
	−0.061	+0.061
	25%	41%

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
13:0380% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo
8:4765% CF
L3Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan – Kupari
5:1783% CF
L4Fiala – Vilardi – Byfield
4:2950% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
20:4854% CF
D2Walker – Durzi
13:4970% CF
D3Gavrikov – Roy
13:4555% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Arvidsson
1:16
PP2Danault – Moore – Vilardi – Iafallo – Durzi
0:26
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:59
PK2FGrundstrom – Kupari
0:38
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
3:07
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:33

Current LAK line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Kane – Draisaitl – McDavid
12:2152% CF
L2Foegele – Ryan – McLeod
11:3257% CF
L3Bjugstad – Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins
10:0733% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
13:4258% CF
D2Ceci – Nurse
11:4824% CF
D3Kulak – Desharnais
11:3759% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
3:5580% CF
PP2Kane – Ekholm – Nurse – Foegele – McLeod
1:44100% CF
PK1FYamamoto – McLeod
0:34
PK2FBjugstad – Nugent-Hopkins
0:21
PK1DEkholm – Desharnais
0:57
PK2DCeci – Kulak
0:34

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:08
EDMEvander KanePP (Darnell Nurse, Mattias Ekholm)snap0.17 xG
LAK: Kempe, Gavrikov, Roy, KupariEDM: Kane, Ekholm, Nurse, Foegele, McLeod
LAK 0 – 1 EDM
10:40
EDMLeon Draisaitl (Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, ByfieldEDM: Kane, Ekholm, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
LAK 0 – 2 EDM
13:12
LAKAlex Iafallo (Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar)wrist0.02 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Gavrikov, Roy, IafalloEDM: Kane, Draisaitl, McDavid, Desharnais, Bouchard
LAK 1 – 2 EDM
14:12
EDMBrett Kulak (Ryan McLeod, Warren Foegele)snap0.24 xG
LAK: Fiala, Vilardi, Walker, Durzi, ByfieldEDM: Kulak, Foegele, Ryan, Desharnais, McLeod
LAK 1 – 3 EDM
17:35
LAKAdrian Kempe (Carl Grundstrom, Drew Doughty)wrist0.03 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Grundstrom, AndersonEDM: Ceci, Nurse, McDavid, Yamamoto, Kostin
LAK 2 – 3 EDM

2nd period

11:49
EDMNick Bjugstad (Cody Ceci, Darnell Nurse)tip-in0.11 xG
LAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Gavrikov, Roy, MooreEDM: Bjugstad, Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Ceci, Nurse
LAK 2 – 4 EDM
15:47
EDMZach HymanPP (Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid)deflected0.15 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Gavrikov, Roy, IafalloEDM: Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
LAK 2 – 5 EDM

3rd period

4:26
EDMNick Bjugstad (Ryan Nugent-Hopkins)backhand0.02 xG
LAK: Doughty, Fiala, Grundstrom, Anderson, VilardiEDM: Bjugstad, Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Ceci, Nurse
LAK 2 – 6 EDM
6:33
LAKQuinton Byfield (Gabriel Vilardi, Kevin Fiala)snap0.17 xG
LAK: Fiala, Gavrikov, Roy, Vilardi, ByfieldEDM: Kane, Ekholm, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard
LAK 3 – 6 EDM

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	-1	2	0.17	3	0	10	17:00	—	—	82	77
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.35	3	0	0	16:59	—	—	82	77
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	80	68
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	4	0	0	16:03	—	—	52	39
Alex Iafallo L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	3	0	0	14:51	—	—	60	41
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.32	6	1	0	14:45	—	—	56	46
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	2	0	2	12:55	—	—	58	42
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	4	0	0	12:30	—	—	57	50
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:34	—	—	54	32
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	46	29
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	14:29	—	—	39	25
Quinton Byfield R	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:47	—	—	24	13
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	25:24	—	—	56	34
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:52	—	—	54	24
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	16:31	—	—	70	42
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	1	1	2	15:57	—	—	71	45
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	58	52
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:07	—	—	57	56

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	2.94	31:49
Pheonix Copley	—	8	6	2	.750	0.72	28:11

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.57	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	47	63
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	2	2	-2	4	0.54	1	0	0	19:47	—	—	54	61
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.32	6	0	0	17:48	—	—	46	51
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	4	0	0	17:13	—	—	50	83
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	10	15:51	—	—	44	77
Derek Ryan C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	42	67
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.61	1	0	0	18:53	—	—	32	39
Zach Hyman L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.21	6	2	0	17:03	—	—	35	37
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.17	6	0	0	16:41	—	—	28	23
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.07	4	0	0	19:00	—	—	54	56
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	2	2	0	0	0.08	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	58	66
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.01	5	5	2	21:02	—	—	29	59
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	5	0	18:32	—	—	20	34
Brett Kulak D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	0	2	0	17:12	—	—	50	80
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:35	—	—	50	64
Kailer Yamamoto R	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	33	73
Klim Kostin C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	5	0	0	10:17	—	—	33	80
Philip Broberg D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:14	—	—	29	45

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.01	59:21

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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.