Los Angeles Kings vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 14, 2019

Final / SOSaturday, Dec 14, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
LAK	2	0	2	0	0	4		LAK	15	12	15	0	42
PIT	0	2	2	0	1	5		PIT	10	5	6	6	27

: LAK 70PIT 43
: LAK 4.36PIT 2.40
PP goals: LAK 0PIT 1
Hits: LAK 32PIT 40
Blocks: LAK 10PIT 16
PIM: LAK 15PIT 13
: LAK 49%PIT 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Los Angeles Kings 5–4 (SO)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Los Angeles Kings 5–4 in a shootout at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +12 against a season average of 29.8; the win.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 23:52.Rust
Points
Jake Guentzel had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:52.Guentzel
Points
Kris Letang had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 27:41.Letang
Points
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:08.Toffoli
Points
Sean Walker had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:53.Walker
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +12 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Jarry
Usage
Jared McCann (PIT) played 22:48, +7:41 up on his 15:07 season average over 65 games.McCann
New line
New look for PIT: Rust–Guentzel–McCann skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rust Guentzel McCann

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 113 of 113 attempts · PIT 43 · LAK 70

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 45% of the game, PIT 16%.

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
	60	38
	3.46	1.99
	3.24	1.86
	8	4
	6	1
	15	10
	−0.021	+0.021
	45%	16%

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
14:0564% CF
L2Carter – Lewis – Clifford
9:3763% CF
L3Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte
8:0575% CF
L4Toffoli – Amadio – Luff
5:3038% CF
D1Doughty – Ryan
15:4467% CF
D2Hutton – Roy
12:2450% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:52
PP2Carter – Doughty – Toffoli – Amadio – Lizotte
1:20
PK1FCarter – Toffoli
1:42
PK2FKempe – Lizotte
1:25
PK1DDoughty – Ryan
1:47
PK2DHutton – Roy
1:37

Current LAK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Galchenyuk – Blueger – Tanev
10:3033% CF
L2Rust – Guentzel – McCann
7:1838% CF
L3Noesen – Blandisi – Lafferty
5:5650% CF
L4Simon – Aston-Reese – Kahun
4:260% CF
D1Letang – Marino
15:1429% CF
D2Johnson – Schultz
15:0441% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
9:1727% CF

PP1Letang – Rust – Galchenyuk – Guentzel – McCann
4:03
PP2Letang – Schultz – Simon – Aston-Reese – Kahun
1:04
PK1FRust – Blueger
0:54
PK2FGuentzel – Tanev
0:30
PK1DJohnson – Letang
1:36
PK2DPettersson – Marino
1:26

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:08
LAKAustin Wagner (Adrian Kempe, Blake Lizotte)snap0.18 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Kempe, Wagner, Walker, LizottePIT: Letang, Noesen, Blueger, Blandisi, Marino
LAK 1 – 0 PIT
18:00
LAKTyler Toffoli (Sean Walker, Matt Luff)backhand0.13 xG
LAK: Doughty, Toffoli, Amadio, Luff, WalkerPIT: Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Marino, Aston-Reese
LAK 2 – 0 PIT

2nd period

3:31
PITBryan RustPP (Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang)snap0.06 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Hutton, Iafallo, WalkerPIT: Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCann, Pettersson
LAK 2 – 1 PIT
17:36
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Kopitar, MacDermid, RoyPIT: Letang, Schultz, Rust, Guentzel, McCann
LAK 2 – 2 PIT

3rd period

9:26
PITTeddy Blueger (Bryan Rust, Kris Letang)tip-in0.02 xG
LAK: Carter, Lewis, Clifford, Hutton, RoyPIT: Letang, Rust, Galchenyuk, Blueger, Marino
LAK 2 – 3 PIT
11:58
PITJack Johnson (Jared McCann, Jake Guentzel)backhand0.16 xG
LAK: Kempe, Roy, Walker, LizottePIT: Johnson, Schultz, Guentzel, McCann
LAK 2 – 4 PIT
15:00
LAKKyle Clifford (Jeff Carter, Drew Doughty)snap0.23 xG
LAK: Carter, Lewis, Doughty, Clifford, HuttonPIT: Letang, Galchenyuk, Marino, Simon, Kahun
LAK 3 – 4 PIT
16:23
LAKMichael Amadio (Sean Walker, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.43 xG
LAK: Clifford, Toffoli, MacDermid, Amadio, WalkerPIT: Ruhwedel, Pettersson, Simon, Aston-Reese, Kahun
LAK 4 – 4 PIT

Decided in the shootout: LAK 4 – 5 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	2	0.56	2	0	0	24:09	—	—	65	66
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	3	0	0	21:23	—	—	68	67
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	20:59	—	—	71	79
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	2	0	0	17:59	—	—	62	57
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	4	0	0	12:07	—	—	63	59
Kyle Clifford L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	4	0	2	12:01	—	—	67	75
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	0	0	5	16:26	—	—	64	45
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	0	6	0.37	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	53	33
Austin Wagner L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.64	2	1	2	12:24	—	—	58	49
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	1	1	2	+2	4	0.41	0	0	2	15:08	—	—	70	94
Michael Amadio R	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.43	1	0	0	9:33	—	—	67	93
Matt Luff R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:00	—	—	44	67
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.10	2	2	0	29:57	—	—	65	60
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	2	2	20:06	—	—	71	76
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	4	1	0	20:24	—	—	46	38
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	47	57
Sean Walker D	—	0	2	2	+1	2	0.27	2	0	0	19:53	—	—	69	75
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:10	—	—	58	73

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	O	27	23	4	.852	2.40	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Teddy Blueger C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.05	3	1	0	19:06	—	—	44	46
Brandon Tanev L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	8	2	0	17:07	—	—	38	26
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	1	0	2	14:40	—	—	45	30
Bryan Rust R	L2	2	1	3	+1	6	0.89	0	1	0	23:52	—	—	41	55
Jared McCann L	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.27	3	0	0	22:48	—	—	48	67
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	3	3	+1	1	0.12	3	3	0	20:52	—	—	48	59
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	3	0	0	8:58	—	—	46	30
Joseph Blandisi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:25	—	—	36	30
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	0	5	7:56	—	—	33	27
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	35	18
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	2	1	2	13:55	—	—	23	2
Dominik Kahun C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	25	1
Kris Letang D	D1	0	3	3	-1	2	0.08	3	2	0	27:41	—	—	42	46
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	23:44	—	—	31	13
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	2	0	23:16	—	—	50	59
Jack Johnson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	5	2	2	19:35	—	—	38	48
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:28	—	—	21	2
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:31	—	—	20	1

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	42	38	4	.905	4.36	65:00

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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.