Los Angeles Kings vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 15, 2018

FinalThursday, Feb 15, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	14	13	8	35
PIT	0	1	2	3		PIT	12	12	15	39

: LAK 59PIT 68
: LAK 3.46PIT 5.53
PP goals: LAK 1PIT 1
Hits: LAK 46PIT 17
Blocks: LAK 19PIT 12
PIM: LAK 8PIT 6
: LAK 48%PIT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.2; the loss.

Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.2; the loss.Quick
Luck
PIT scored 3 goals on 5.53 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 3.46 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +6 against a season average of 29.0; the win.Murray
New line
New look for LAK: Mitchell–Clifford–Brodzinski skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mitchell Clifford Brodzinski
Usage
Olli Maatta (PIT) played 15:28, −3:20 down on his 18:48 season average over 81 games.Maatta
Usage
Torrey Mitchell (LAK) played 15:59, +4:40 up on his 11:19 season average over 59 games.Mitchell
Luck
Sidney Crosby (PIT) generated 1.14 xG on 5 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Crosby

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · PIT 68 · LAK 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 32% of the game, PIT 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	52	67
	1.87	3.78
	1.79	3.63
	12	13
	5	2
	13	7
	+0.002	−0.002
	32%	39%

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 – Iafallo
12:3253% CF
L2Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
9:2648% CF
L3Mitchell – Clifford – Brodzinski
6:3740% CF
L4Thompson – Andreoff – Amadio
3:530% CF
D1Phaneuf – Martinez
16:3037% CF
D2Muzzin – Doughty
15:1552% CF
D3Forbort – Folin
12:5445% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty – Toffoli
2:05100% CF
PP2Phaneuf – Martinez – Pearson – Brodzinski – Kempe
1:0750% CF
PK1FThompson – Mitchell
1:48
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
1:37
PK1DMuzzin – Doughty
2:56
PK2DForbort – Folin
2:46

Current LAK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Sheary – Aston-Reese
10:0760% CF
L2Kessel – Sheahan – Guentzel
9:0131% CF
L3Malkin – Hagelin – Rust
7:5853% CF
L4Reaves – Rowney – Simon
3:0575% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:5159% CF
D2Cole – Oleksiak
12:2276% CF
D3Schultz – Maatta
11:1748% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Kessel – Schultz – Guentzel
5:2571% CF
PP2Letang – Maatta – Sheary – Simon – Aston-Reese
1:44100% CF
PK1FRust – Rowney
2:30
PK2FHagelin – Sheahan
1:40
PK1DCole – Oleksiak
2:34
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:36

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:06
PITRyan Reaveswrist0.03 xG
LAK: Phaneuf, Mitchell, Martinez, Andreoff, AmadioPIT: Malkin, Letang, Reaves, Maatta, Simon
LAK 0 – 1 PIT
7:22
LAKDion PhaneufPP (Adrian Kempe, Alec Martinez)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Phaneuf, Martinez, Pearson, Kempe, AmadioPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Rowney
LAK 1 – 1 PIT

3rd period

5:24
PITKris LetangPP (Olli Maatta, Conor Sheary)slap0.05 xG
LAK: Thompson, Forbort, Folin, IafalloPIT: Letang, Maatta, Sheary, Simon, Aston-Reese
LAK 1 – 2 PIT
19:35
PITEvgeni MalkinEN (Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust)wrist0.89 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Doughty, Toffoli, IafalloPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust
LAK 1 – 3 PIT

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	-1	5	0.27	3	2	2	23:25	—	—	48	46
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	5	1	2	22:11	—	—	45	40
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	3	0	0	16:38	—	—	50	39
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	3	0	0	16:32	—	—	52	25
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.68	3	0	0	15:52	—	—	43	18
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	52	25
Torrey Mitchell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	0	0	15:59	—	—	32	36
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	1	0	0	10:45	—	—	41	38
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	9:55	—	—	53	26
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:41	—	—	21	40
Andy Andreoff C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	1	0	0	7:17	—	—	33	43
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	1	0	0	6:50	—	—	25	30
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	1	2	4	21:34	—	—	36	30
Dion Phaneuf D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.20	3	3	0	18:56	—	—	39	30
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	4	5	0	23:59	—	—	50	44
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	4	3	0	22:00	—	—	49	31
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:15	—	—	43	45
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	1	0	16:45	—	—	42	27

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	38	36	2	.947	3.77	58:38

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	1.14	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	61	63
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	65	57
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	3	1	0	14:18	—	—	61	59
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	46	57
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	35	54
Riley Sheahan C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	39	68
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	0	1	+2	5	1.79	0	1	2	20:29	—	—	63	70
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	1	1	0	17:18	—	—	61	81
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	2	0	0	16:28	—	—	60	72
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:00	—	—	67	75
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	3	0	2	7:07	—	—	60	73
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	6:37	—	—	67	63
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.06	0	2	0	23:47	—	—	61	71
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	1	1	0	21:57	—	—	58	74
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	2	17:42	—	—	61	72
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	16:04	—	—	61	81
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	2	0	19:05	—	—	48	55
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	2	0	0	15:28	—	—	48	38

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.46	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.