Los Angeles Kings vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 17, 2024

Final / OTTuesday, Dec 17, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
LAK	1	1	0	0	2		LAK	10	10	11	0	31
PIT	0	1	1	1	3		PIT	10	12	8	1	31

: LAK 67PIT 55
: LAK 3.14PIT 2.82
PP goals: LAK 0PIT 0
Hits: LAK 15PIT 18
Blocks: LAK 14PIT 17
PIM: LAK 6PIT 6
: LAK 54%PIT 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime at home. Rickard Rakell (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Alex Turcotte (LAK) played 16:14, +4:34 up on his 11:40 season average over 67 games.

Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:44.Rakell
Points
Michael Bunting had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:56.Bunting
Points
Vladislav Gavrikov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:37.Gavrikov
Usage
Alex Turcotte (LAK) played 16:14, +4:34 up on his 11:40 season average over 67 games.Turcotte
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Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 27:02, +3:51 up on his 23:11 season average over 81 games.Karlsson
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Owen Pickering (PIT) played 20:25, +5:50 up on his 14:35 season average over 24 games.Pickering
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Tanner Jeannot (LAK) played 16:28, +5:32 up on his 10:56 season average over 66 games.Jeannot
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Akil Thomas (LAK) played 5:34, −4:32 down on his 10:06 season average over 24 games.Thomas

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 122 of 122 attempts · PIT 55 · LAK 67

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 30% of the game, PIT 31%.

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
	62	48
	2.58	2.24
	2.38	2.16
	12	10
	5	1
	18	17
	+0.065	−0.065
	30%	31%

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

L1Foegele – Jeannot – Byfield
11:3750% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Turcotte
11:1641% CF
L3Danault – Fiala – Laferriere
10:1886% CF
D1Gavrikov – Anderson
16:3850% CF
D2Moverare – Spence
8:2578% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
8:0454% CF

PP1Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield – Clarke
3:1986% CF
PP2Danault – Fiala – Turcotte – Spence – Laferriere
1:16100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
1:48
PK2FDanault – Foegele
1:08
PK1DGavrikov – Anderson
2:58
PK2DEdmundson – Spence
0:52

Current LAK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:4863% CF
L2Malkin – Bunting – Tomasino
9:3143% CF
L3Beauvillier – Glass – O'Connor
6:5443% CF
L4Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
6:3743% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
14:3462% CF
D2Letang – Pickering
10:1732% CF
D3Graves – Shea
8:3531% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
2:43100% CF
PP2Malkin – Karlsson – Rust – Glass – Tomasino
1:46100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
2:05
PK2FRust – Lizotte
1:40
PK1DGraves – Shea
2:01
PK2DLetang – Pickering
1:56

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	0	2	19:35	—	—	48	29
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	46	32
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	3	0	16:28	—	—	52	39
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	39	33
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	39	32
Alex Turcotte C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	44	46
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.71	0	0	0	21:12	—	—	82	81
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	1	0	19:28	—	—	87	97
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.69	5	0	2	17:42	—	—	71	84
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.22	0	1	0	24:37	—	—	40	32
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	2	0	23:19	—	—	48	35
Jordan Spence D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	1	2	15:13	—	—	79	79
Jacob Moverare D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.08	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	76	73
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:15	—	—	45	32
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	1	0	15:14	—	—	47	44
Kyle Burroughs D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:35	—	—	62	68
Akil Thomas C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:34	—	—	44	18
Samuel Helenius C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:20	—	—	40	71

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	2.82	61:28

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.51	0	2	0	20:03	—	—	66	66
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.53	3	1	2	19:44	—	—	61	69
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.24	1	1	0	19:13	—	—	60	68
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	19:30	—	—	32	31
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.29	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	42	39
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:10	—	—	41	41
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	2	13:11	—	—	38	63
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	12:05	—	—	35	52
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	9:04	—	—	33	52
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:09	—	—	25	13
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	25	2
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	50	28
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.14	0	1	2	27:02	—	—	53	51
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.14	1	0	0	22:13	—	—	54	62
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.29	1	3	0	21:49	—	—	42	43
Owen Pickering D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	1	0	20:25	—	—	32	26
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:04	—	—	26	36
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	12:50	—	—	40	69

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.14	61:34

Goal anatomy

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

Adrian Kempe (LAK) 1st 0:33 · assists Anze Kopitar, Vladislav Gavrikov · Deflection · 42.6 mph shot.

Adrian Kempe · 1st 0:33 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 42.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 6:22 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 5.1 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Turcotte · 2nd 11:38 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 71.0 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Matt Grzelcyk · 3rd 14:25 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 74.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s

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Rickard Rakell · OT 1:44 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 34.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s
Type: deflection

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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.

Los Angeles Kings vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 17, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Los Angeles Kings

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Los Angeles Kings

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Adrian Kempe · 1st 0:33 · LAK

Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 6:22 · PIT

Alex Turcotte · 2nd 11:38 · LAK

Matt Grzelcyk · 3rd 14:25 · PIT

Rickard Rakell · OT 1:44 · PIT