Los Angeles Kings vs. New York RangersDec 15, 2017

FinalFriday, Dec 15, 2017· Madison Square Garden

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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New York RangersNYR

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	10	12	13	35
NYR	1	1	2	4		NYR	8	12	8	28

: LAK 73NYR 50
: LAK 2.30NYR 3.20
PP goals: LAK 0NYR 1
Hits: LAK 21NYR 23
Blocks: LAK 14NYR 25
PIM: LAK 6NYR 2
: LAK 47%NYR 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

New York Rangers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at home. Marian Gaborik (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYR: Nash–Zuccarello–Miller skated 12:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Marian Gaborik had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:56.Gaborik
Points
Jussi Jokinen had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:01.Jokinen
New line
New look for NYR: Nash–Zuccarello–Miller skated 12:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Zuccarello Miller
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +3 against a season average of 32.3; the win.Lundqvist
New line
New look for LAK: Gaborik–Jokinen–Mitchell skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaborik Jokinen Mitchell
Usage
Chris Kreider (NYR) played 12:30, −3:10 down on his 15:40 season average over 57 games.Kreider
Usage
Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 18:44, −3:24 down on his 22:08 season average over 81 games.Kopitar

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · NYR 50 · LAK 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 38% of the game, NYR 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	78	43
	2.47	1.67
	2.42	1.65
	11	7
	0	7
	17	25
	−0.047	+0.048
	38%	27%

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
12:1167% CF
L2Lewis – Clifford – Shore
11:0772% CF
L3Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
11:0368% CF
L4Gaborik – Jokinen – Mitchell
9:3476% CF
D1Muzzin – Doughty
17:0566% CF
D2Forbort – Folin
14:1868% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty – Toffoli
0:59100% CF
PP2Gaborik – Martinez – Pearson – Kempe – Iafallo
0:58
PK1FJokinen – Mitchell
1:39
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
1:11
PK1DMuzzin – Martinez
2:08
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
1:47

Current LAK line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Grabner – Hayes – Fast
13:3332% CF
L2Nash – Zuccarello – Miller
12:5937% CF
L3Carey – Vesey – Nieves
9:2031% CF
L4Desharnais – Kreider – Buchnevich
9:0339% CF
D1McDonagh – Holden
16:3639% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Skjei
15:0633% CF
D3Staal – Smith
13:4730% CF

PP1Nash – McDonagh – Miller – Skjei – Vesey
2:34100% CF
PP2Desharnais – Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zuccarello – Buchnevich
2:1089% CF
PK1FGrabner – Hayes
0:34
PK2FNash – Nieves
0:32
PK1DSmith – Holden
1:01
PK2DStaal – McDonagh
0:59

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:23
NYRChris KreiderPP (Kevin Shattenkirk, David Desharnais)tip-in0.02 xG
LAK: Muzzin, Martinez, Toffoli, PearsonNYR: Desharnais, Shattenkirk, Kreider, Zuccarello, Buchnevich
LAK 0 – 1 NYR

2nd period

3:46
LAKMarian Gaborik (Jussi Jokinen)snap0.01 xG
LAK: Gaborik, Jokinen, Mitchell, Muzzin, DoughtyNYR: Grabner, Shattenkirk, Holden, Zuccarello, Hayes
LAK 1 – 1 NYR
14:43
NYRKevin Hayes (Ryan McDonagh, Michael Grabner)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, MacDermid, IafalloNYR: Grabner, McDonagh, Holden, Hayes, Fast
LAK 1 – 2 NYR

3rd period

7:59
LAKTorrey Mitchell (Marian Gaborik, Jussi Jokinen)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Gaborik, Jokinen, Mitchell, Muzzin, DoughtyNYR: Carey, Shattenkirk, Skjei, Vesey, Nieves
LAK 2 – 2 NYR
16:33
NYRRick Nashwrist0.06 xG
LAK: Toffoli, Forbort, Pearson, Folin, KempeNYR: Nash, Staal, Smith, Zuccarello, Miller
LAK 2 – 3 NYR
19:06
NYRJ.T. MillerEN (Mats Zuccarello, Jimmy Vesey)wrist0.93 xG
LAK: Gaborik, Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Doughty, ToffoliNYR: Staal, McDonagh, Zuccarello, Miller, Vesey
LAK 2 – 4 NYR

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
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	3	0	0	18:56	—	—	61	47
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.08	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	64	53
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	56	45
Nicholas Shore C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	70	61
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	2	14:02	—	—	64	52
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:26	—	—	70	58
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.38	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	68	55
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:36	—	—	64	51
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:39	—	—	63	55
Marian Gaborik R	L4	1	1	2	+1	4	0.74	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	67	74
Torrey Mitchell C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.02	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	62	65
Jussi Jokinen L	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:01	—	—	62	76
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.18	1	2	0	24:02	—	—	67	67
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	21:28	—	—	66	69
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	1	1	0	22:55	—	—	65	66
Christian Folin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	18:12	—	—	70	70
Alec Martinez D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	3	0	20:39	—	—	59	33
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	2	0	11:46	—	—	58	30

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.27	58:57

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Hayes R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	32	46
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:49	—	—	36	45
Michael Grabner L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	2	2	0	15:44	—	—	31	40
Rick Nash L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.48	0	2	0	18:44	—	—	36	57
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.98	2	1	0	18:37	—	—	43	56
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.16	2	2	0	18:36	—	—	36	33
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	14:17	—	—	38	42
Boo Nieves C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	1	0	10:50	—	—	31	31
Paul Carey C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:33	—	—	31	31
David Desharnais C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	1	2	0	13:33	—	—	32	32
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	33	31
Chris Kreider L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	45	54
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	0	3	0	22:35	—	—	40	43
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:39	—	—	36	63
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	1	1	0	20:36	—	—	35	45
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.13	2	2	0	19:45	—	—	33	43
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.25	3	3	0	18:27	—	—	33	23
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:34	—	—	36	42

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.30	60:00

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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.