Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksDec 22, 2018

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 22, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
LAK	1	0	1	1	3		LAK	15	6	7	3	31
SJS	0	0	2	0	2		SJS	8	13	10	0	31

: LAK 46SJS 76
: LAK 3.17SJS 2.85
PP goals: LAK 1SJS 0
Hits: LAK 37SJS 30
Blocks: LAK 29SJS 11
PIM: LAK 2SJS 2
: LAK 49%SJS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in overtime at SJS. Ilya Kovalchuk (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Radim Simek (SJS) played 6:34, −8:52 down on his 15:26 season average over 40 games.

Points
Ilya Kovalchuk had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 13:42.Kovalchuk
Points
Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:28.Iafallo
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:53.Karlsson
Usage
Radim Simek (SJS) played 6:34, −8:52 down on his 15:26 season average over 40 games.Simek
New line
New look for LAK: Kovalchuk–Thompson–Leipsic skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kovalchuk Thompson Leipsic
Usage
Erik Karlsson (SJS) played 27:53, +3:28 up on his 24:26 season average over 52 games.Karlsson
Usage
Austin Wagner (LAK) played 4:05, −4:56 down on his 9:01 season average over 61 games.Wagner
Usage
Derek Forbort (LAK) played 24:42, +4:00 up on his 20:42 season average over 80 games.Forbort

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 122 of 122 attempts · SJS 76 · LAK 46

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 22% of the game, SJS 37%.

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
	43	85
	1.80	2.78
	1.79	2.74
	13	11
	6	5
	22	35
	−0.008	+0.008
	22%	37%

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
14:3460% CF
L2Carter – Toffoli – Kempe
12:4340% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Thompson – Leipsic
8:3731% CF
L4Amadio – Wagner – Luff
3:4930% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
22:2332% CF
D2Muzzin – Walker
18:0440% CF
D3Fantenberg – Brickley
12:0126% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Muzzin – Leipsic – Kempe – Iafallo
0:56100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
0:54
PK2FThompson – Iafallo
0:30
PK1DMuzzin – Fantenberg
1:17
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
0:35

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
7:3064% CF
L2Couture – Hertl – Meier
7:1957% CF
L3Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
5:3967% CF
L4Goodrow – Karlsson – Radil
4:1875% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
15:0757% CF
D2Karlsson – Dillon
9:5268% CF
D3Burns – Simek
6:3350% CF

PP1Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
0:57100% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Vlasic – Kane – Meier
0:27
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
0:56
PK1DVlasic – Braun
0:56

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:28
LAKIlya KovalchukPP (Jake Muzzin, Alex Iafallo)slap0.51 xG
LAK: Kovalchuk, Muzzin, Leipsic, Kempe, IafalloSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Goodrow, Karlsson
LAK 1 – 0 SJS

3rd period

5:15
LAKAlex Iafallo (Dustin Brown, Nate Thompson)slap0.09 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Iafallo, WalkerSJS: Braun, Karlsson, Donskoi, Hertl, Labanc
LAK 2 – 0 SJS
10:18
SJSLukas Radil (Timo Meier, Erik Karlsson)tip-in0.10 xG
LAK: Muzzin, Leipsic, Amadio, Luff, WalkerSJS: Burns, Couture, Dillon, Meier, Radil
LAK 2 – 1 SJS
19:29
SJSJoe Pavelski (Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson)deflected0.10 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort, IafalloSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier
LAK 2 – 2 SJS

OT period

2:29
LAKIlya Kovalchuksnap0.24 xG
LAK: Kovalchuk, Doughty, KempeSJS: Vlasic, Kane, Donskoi
LAK 3 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	1	1	0	24:03	—	—	44	52
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	1	1	0	21:07	—	—	48	50
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.35	2	2	0	19:28	—	—	52	64
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.43	4	1	0	18:02	—	—	30	41
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	2	2	0	17:44	—	—	36	60
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	2	17:12	—	—	35	60
Nate Thompson C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	14:28	—	—	19	34
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	2	0	2	+1	6	1.26	1	1	0	13:42	—	—	27	42
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:18	—	—	27	40
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	4	0	10:57	—	—	22	3
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	9:48	—	—	22	3
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:05	—	—	30	4
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	4	0	27:10	—	—	30	31
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	24:42	—	—	32	31
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	3	3	0	22:29	—	—	39	33
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	18:34	—	—	42	39
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:00	—	—	24	55
Daniel Brickley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:38	—	—	27	60

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.85	62:29

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	4	0	0	20:51	—	—	69	88
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.28	3	0	0	20:35	—	—	77	95
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	2	1	0	14:52	—	—	61	59
Timo Meier R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.21	4	1	2	19:44	—	—	52	41
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	0	0	18:34	—	—	53	41
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	61	53
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	74	47
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	67	30
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	81	57
Lukas Radil C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	1	0	0	11:22	—	—	61	49
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	9:41	—	—	82	98
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	79	98
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	2	0	22:18	—	—	60	71
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	3	2	0	21:45	—	—	58	44
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	2	2	0	3	0.12	1	1	0	27:53	—	—	75	81
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	4	1	0	16:11	—	—	64	63
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.32	2	2	0	26:48	—	—	71	49
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	6:34	—	—	55	11

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	3.17	61:09

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.