Los Angeles Kings vs. Nashville PredatorsOct 19, 2021

FinalTuesday, Oct 19, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	7	10	9	26
NSH	0	0	2	2		NSH	13	10	8	31

: LAK 46NSH 62
: LAK 1.70NSH 4.51
PP goals: LAK 0NSH 1
Hits: LAK 16NSH 14
Blocks: LAK 18NSH 12
PIM: LAK 4NSH 4
: LAK 40%NSH 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:14 together.

PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:14 together.Josi Duchene Johansen Granlund Forsberg
Luck
NSH scored 2 goals on 4.51 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dustin Brown (LAK) played 20:14, +5:35 up on his 14:39 season average over 63 games.Brown
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Kupari–Lizotte skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Kupari Lizotte
New line
New look for LAK: Tkachev–Moore–Vilardi skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tkachev Moore Vilardi
New line
New look for NSH: Cousins–Grimaldi–Novak skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins Grimaldi Novak
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 22:18, −3:18 down on his 25:36 season average over 79 games.Josi
Usage
Matt Roy (LAK) played 16:16, −4:47 down on his 21:03 season average over 66 games.Roy

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · NSH 62 · LAK 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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, NSH 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	46	60
	1.56	2.92
	1.52	2.79
	5	8
	4	1
	13	14
	−0.042	+0.042
	25%	42%

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 – Arvidsson
13:2433% CF
L2Danault – Kempe – Iafallo
12:1252% CF
L3Tkachev – Moore – Vilardi
8:1221% CF
L4Grundstrom – Kupari – Lizotte
8:0646% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:1752% CF
D2Edler – Walker
14:5732% CF
D3Roy – Bjornfot
12:4435% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Arvidsson – Tkachev
2:06100% CF
PP2Danault – Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo – Walker
1:50100% CF
PK1FDanault – Kempe
1:10
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:58
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
0:58
PK2DEdler – Walker
0:38

Current LAK line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg
13:2467% CF
L2Granlund – Kunin – Tolvanen
8:3348% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
7:1767% CF
L4Cousins – Grimaldi – Novak
5:1650% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
17:2965% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
17:0156% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
11:2941% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
2:1488% CF
PP2Ekholm – Cousins – Novak – Kunin – Tolvanen
0:53100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Kunin
0:59
PK2FGrimaldi – Sissons
0:58
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
2:02
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
1:52

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:38
LAKAnze Kopitar (Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty)wrist0.04 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloNSH: Borowiecki, Granlund, Benning, Kunin, Tolvanen
LAK 1 – 0 NSH

3rd period

1:07
NSHMatt DuchenePP (Mikael Granlund, Roman Josi)wrist0.52 xG
LAK: Danault, Kempe, Roy, BjornfotNSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg
LAK 1 – 1 NSH
5:06
NSHTanner Jeannot (Colton Sissons, Alexandre Carrier)wrist0.17 xG
LAK: Brown, Edler, Kopitar, Arvidsson, WalkerNSH: Ekholm, Cousins, Sissons, Carrier, Jeannot
LAK 1 – 2 NSH

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	1	0	1	0	3	0.08	0	3	0	21:37	—	—	40	30
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	20:14	—	—	41	35
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	3	0	19:16	—	—	35	22
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	54	36
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.39	2	1	0	19:30	—	—	57	38
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	3	1	0	18:42	—	—	55	32
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	11:43	—	—	21	34
Vladimir Tkachev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:53	—	—	21	34
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:36	—	—	20	27
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	50	39
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	50	42
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	47	45
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	24:03	—	—	57	55
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	19:03	—	—	48	46
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	3	1	2	20:43	—	—	35	18
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:01	—	—	43	27
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	16:16	—	—	42	46
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	15:08	—	—	33	37

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	3.76	57:58

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.63	0	1	2	19:14	—	—	70	79
Matt Duchene C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.67	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	68	79
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	64	74
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	45	45
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	0	0	16:22	—	—	46	43
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	54	51
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.63	0	2	0	15:43	—	—	61	79
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	63	64
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	4	1	2	13:30	—	—	57	73
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	12:31	—	—	50	69
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:28	—	—	56	64
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	9:29	—	—	57	42
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	0	0	0	23:35	—	—	64	84
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	4	0	21:50	—	—	63	80
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	1	0	22:18	—	—	58	67
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	54	66
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	52	38
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	1	0	14:22	—	—	41	19

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.70	59:34

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.