Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksDec 23, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2017· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	9	11	8	28
SJS	0	1	1	2		SJS	9	12	10	31

: LAK 61SJS 62
: LAK 2.15SJS 2.69
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 1
Hits: LAK 35SJS 22
Blocks: LAK 16SJS 21
PIM: LAK 16SJS 12
: LAK 45%SJS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:13 together.

PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:13 together.Thornton Burns Pavelski Hertl Labanc
Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 2.15 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Ward–Boedker–Sorensen skated 7:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ward Boedker Sorensen
Usage
Oscar Fantenberg (LAK) played 7:44, −6:47 down on his 14:31 season average over 26 games.Fantenberg
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Joakim Ryan (SJS) played 10:13, −6:39 down on his 16:52 season average over 61 games.Ryan
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Alec Martinez (LAK) played 27:22, +4:34 up on his 22:48 season average over 76 games.Martinez
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Drew Doughty (LAK) played 31:10, +4:23 up on his 26:47 season average over 81 games.Doughty
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Brenden Dillon (SJS) played 20:32, +3:15 up on his 17:17 season average over 80 games.Dillon

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · SJS 62 · LAK 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 21% of the game, SJS 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	49	54
	1.35	1.92
	1.28	1.84
	6	4
	5	1
	12	18
	−0.021	+0.022
	21%	34%

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

L1Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
9:4138% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
6:2244% CF
L3Mitchell – Andreoff – Brodzinski
5:3357% CF
L4Gaborik – Lewis – Shore
3:0963% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
12:0754% CF
D2Muzzin – Martinez
4:4350% CF

PP1Gaborik – Muzzin – Pearson – Kempe – Fantenberg
1:2075% CF
PP2Brown – Kopitar – Martinez – Doughty – Toffoli
0:46100% CF
PK1FLewis – Shore
2:26
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
1:39
PK1DMuzzin – Martinez
2:46
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
2:34

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Donskoi – Tierney – Meier
10:1175% CF
L2Thornton – Pavelski – Hansen
8:4360% CF
L3Ward – Boedker – Sorensen
7:2750% CF
L4Hertl – Karlsson – Labanc
6:3727% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
13:4847% CF
D2Vlasic – Braun
12:3156% CF
D3DeMelo – Ryan
9:0343% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Hertl – Labanc
3:13100% CF
PP2Boedker – Donskoi – DeMelo – Tierney – Meier
0:51100% CF
PK1FHertl – Karlsson
1:00
PK2FHansen – Sorensen
0:39
PK1DBurns – Dillon
1:00
PK2DVlasic – Braun
0:25

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:01
SJSMarcus Sorensen (Mikkel Boedker, Dylan DeMelo)backhand0.07 xG
LAK: Mitchell, Martinez, Andreoff, Brodzinski, FantenbergSJS: Ward, Boedker, Sorensen, DeMelo, Ryan
LAK 0 – 1 SJS

3rd period

7:35
SJSTomas HertlPP (Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns)deflected0.12 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, ForbortSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Hertl, Labanc
LAK 0 – 2 SJS

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	2	0.19	1	2	4	17:49	—	—	25	32
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	4	0.17	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	41	40
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	1	0.33	2	0	0	15:34	—	—	29	34
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	40	28
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	1	0.15	2	1	0	17:34	—	—	59	63
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:36	—	—	56	56
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	-1	1	0.00	2	0	4	8:20	—	—	47	22
Torrey Mitchell C	L3	-1	0	0.09	2	3	0	8:20	—	—	53	47
Andy Andreoff C	L3	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:30	—	—	50	22
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	71	79
Marian Gaborik R	L4	0	2	0.28	0	0	2	13:59	—	—	46	51
Nicholas Shore C	L4	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	70	63
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	4	0.34	3	2	2	31:10	—	—	57	61
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	21:11	—	—	55	47
Alec Martinez D	D2	-1	3	0.24	2	2	0	27:22	—	—	43	37
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	1	0.02	3	4	2	19:57	—	—	50	42
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	2	0.03	5	1	0	12:55	—	—	46	37
Oscar Fantenberg D	—	-1	1	0.03	3	0	2	7:44	—	—	17	1

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.69	57:59

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	68	80
Chris Tierney C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	0	2	16:59	—	—	73	83
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.62	2	0	4	14:40	—	—	65	71
Joe Thornton C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	61	62
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	3	1	4	21:14	—	—	54	63
Jannik Hansen R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	53	71
Joel Ward R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	2	0	13:07	—	—	48	60
Mikkel Boedker L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	1	1	0	10:48	—	—	43	57
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	2	2	0	10:25	—	—	47	60
Tomas Hertl C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	3	0	17:59	—	—	30	9
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	29	9
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:59	—	—	23	13
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.25	5	3	0	26:11	—	—	54	61
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	4	3	0	20:32	—	—	50	58
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	2	22:15	—	—	60	57
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	21:08	—	—	59	57
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	13:31	—	—	44	55
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	10:13	—	—	44	66

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.15	59:24

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.