Los Angeles Kings vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 18, 2024

FinalSunday, Feb 18, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	2	2		LAK	11	13	10	34
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	12	7	11	30

: LAK 72PIT 59
: LAK 3.75PIT 2.34
PP goals: LAK 0PIT 1
Hits: LAK 21PIT 34
Blocks: LAK 17PIT 16
PIM: LAK 10PIT 6
: LAK 39%PIT 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at PIT. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:51 together.

Points
Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:04.Kempe
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:51 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Rust Rakell
New line
New look for PIT: Eller–Puljujarvi–Phillips skated 4:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Puljujarvi Phillips
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 3.75 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) played 6:32, −5:22 down on his 11:54 season average over 50 games.Kaliyev
Usage
Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 27:26, +3:12 up on his 24:14 season average over 81 games.Karlsson
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 21:49, +5:22 up on his 16:27 season average over 69 games.Rakell
Usage
Alex Turcotte (LAK) played 4:52, −4:39 down on his 9:31 season average over 19 games.Turcotte

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 131 of 131 attempts · PIT 59 · LAK 72

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 37% of the game, PIT 20%.

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
	67	46
	2.24	1.20
	2.14	1.19
	11	6
	1	6
	18	20
	−0.084	+0.084
	37%	20%

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

L1Dubois – Byfield – Laferriere
9:0273% CF
L2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
6:0464% CF
L3Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe
4:2971% CF
L4Lewis – Turcotte – Kaliyev
3:2938% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
14:1264% CF
D2Gavrikov – Clarke
9:2374% CF
D3Englund – Roy
8:2653% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Arvidsson
2:5280% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Byfield – Clarke
2:35100% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
1:55
PK2FKopitar – Lewis
1:24
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
3:45
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
3:28

Current LAK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:4448% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – O'Connor
10:3337% CF
L3Carter – White – Harkins
4:0480% CF
L4Eller – Puljujarvi – Phillips
4:0214% CF
D1Karlsson – Graves
13:1638% CF
D2Letang – Pettersson
12:4435% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Ludvig
5:4813% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
4:5192% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Phillips
2:3475% CF
PK1FCarter – Eller
1:34
PK2FWhite – O'Connor
0:35
PK1DRuhwedel – Graves
2:06
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
1:43

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:43
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust)slap0.10 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Moore, AndersonPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell
LAK 0 – 1 PIT

3rd period

13:49
LAKAdrian Kempe (Drew Doughty, Viktor Arvidsson)slap0.02 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Kempe, Arvidsson, AndersonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Ludvig
LAK 1 – 1 PIT
16:50
LAKAdrian KempeSH (Anze Kopitar)snap0.21 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Gavrikov, RoyPIT: Carter, Letang, Eller, Smith, Phillips
LAK 2 – 1 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
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	72	56
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	3	1	4	14:15	—	—	67	55
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	2	1	4	11:50	—	—	64	67
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	1.12	2	0	2	20:31	—	—	47	62
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.58	1	1	0	18:56	—	—	59	86
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.14	0	2	0	16:04	—	—	63	85
Adrian Kempe R	L3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.39	3	1	0	21:04	—	—	54	59
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	62	71
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.30	1	0	0	16:42	—	—	66	80
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	2	0	10:45	—	—	44	39
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	6:32	—	—	50	42
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:52	—	—	50	60
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.10	1	1	0	25:19	—	—	65	68
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	5	0	23:27	—	—	55	64
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	20:33	—	—	67	78
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	13:25	—	—	72	78
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	49	54
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:14	—	—	50	47

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.34	59:52

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.29	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	44	23
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.38	1	3	0	21:49	—	—	44	23
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.19	4	1	2	21:23	—	—	43	29
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.67	0	2	0	22:06	—	—	34	44
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	18:14	—	—	39	42
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:10	—	—	38	49
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	58	56
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	9:33	—	—	64	76
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	5:11	—	—	86	100
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	25	11
Matthew Phillips R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	11:00	—	—	33	26
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	5:59	—	—	15	20
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	27:26	—	—	46	48
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6	1	0	19:03	—	—	44	38
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	3	2	24:54	—	—	35	19
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	1	0	20:29	—	—	46	27
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:54	—	—	20	18
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:30	—	—	27	47

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	3.27	57:22

Goal anatomy

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

Sidney Crosby (PIT PP) 1st 18:43 · assists Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust · Off the faceoff · 68.1 mph shot.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 18:43 · PIT PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.1 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Type: one-timer

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Adrian Kempe · 3rd 13:49 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 60.1 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Type: one-timer

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Adrian Kempe · 3rd 16:50 · LAK SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.