Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksMar 22, 2021

FinalMonday, Mar 22, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	14	13	15	42
SJS	1	0	1	2		SJS	11	8	4	23

: LAK 69SJS 46
: LAK 2.68SJS 1.86
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 0
Hits: LAK 8SJS 25
Blocks: LAK 12SJS 16
PIM: LAK 9SJS 15
: LAK 43%SJS 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 at home. Matt Roy (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Martin Jones (SJS) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +13 against a season average of 28.8; the win.

Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +13 against a season average of 28.8; the win.Jones
New line
New look for SJS: Gabriel–Donato–Leonard skated 5:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gabriel Donato Leonard
New line
New look for SJS: Sorensen–Balcers–Gambrell skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Balcers Gambrell
Usage
Ryan Donato (SJS) played 8:23, −4:18 down on his 12:41 season average over 49 games.Donato
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 2.68 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
John Leonard (SJS) played 8:12, −3:07 down on his 11:19 season average over 43 games.Leonard
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) played 18:40, +3:48 up on his 14:52 season average over 46 games.Athanasiou
Usage
Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 24:23, +3:16 up on his 21:07 season average over 55 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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · SJS 46 · LAK 69

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 26% of the game, SJS 20%.

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
	58	47
	1.78	2.06
	1.74	1.98
	4	11
	5	5
	14	17
	−0.089	+0.089
	26%	20%

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

L1Carter – Athanasiou – Kempe
11:1543% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
9:3874% CF
L3Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
6:4567% CF
L4Wagner – Vilardi – Lizotte
5:2278% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
14:5657% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
12:3150% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
5:2683% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Walker
2:5950% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:39
PK2FMoore – Lizotte
0:48
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:25
PK2DRoy – Bjornfot
0:59

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
11:3340% CF
L2Marleau – Hertl – Meier
10:0740% CF
L3Sorensen – Balcers – Gambrell
9:0943% CF
L4Gabriel – Donato – Leonard
5:0267% CF
D1Karlsson – Knyzhov
17:0957% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
14:0724% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
10:3353% CF

PP1Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Donato – Labanc
2:0767% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Couture – Meier – Leonard
1:210% CF
PK1FSorensen – Gambrell
3:49
PK2FCouture – Kane
2:52
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
5:10
PK2DVlasic – Simek
2:58

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:22
SJSLogan Couture (Kevin Labanc, Evander Kane)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Athanasiou, MacDermid, Kempe, Moore, WalkerSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Labanc, Knyzhov
LAK 0 – 1 SJS

2nd period

17:31
LAKMatt Roy (Austin Wagner, Gabriel Vilardi)slap0.03 xG
LAK: Wagner, Roy, Vilardi, Lizotte, BjornfotSJS: Vlasic, Sorensen, Hertl, Gambrell, Simek
LAK 1 – 1 SJS

3rd period

3:48
SJSRyan Donato (John Leonard, Nikolai Knyzhov)wrap-around0.06 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Wagner, Anderson-Dolan, Walker, LizotteSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Gabriel, Donato, Leonard
LAK 1 – 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
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	39	27
Jeff Carter C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.36	0	1	2	19:18	—	—	52	51
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	46	47
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	24:23	—	—	70	73
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.71	0	1	0	21:15	—	—	70	73
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	70	71
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:13	—	—	44	31
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	2	0	11:33	—	—	43	13
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	9:01	—	—	67	58
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	62	49
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	63	25
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	9:07	—	—	53	21
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	29:04	—	—	53	57
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	18:31	—	—	60	50
Matt Roy D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	53	38
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	55	20
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	3	2	16:49	—	—	55	66
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	5	10:29	—	—	54	57

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	1.86	58:05

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	1	0	21:15	—	—	41	37
Logan Couture C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	41	40
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.40	2	1	0	16:09	—	—	43	42
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	3	0	19:42	—	—	44	51
Patrick Marleau C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	46	56
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	14:40	—	—	42	44
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	17:06	—	—	38	22
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	40	10
Rudolfs Balcers L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	42	25
Ryan Donato C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	3	0	0	8:23	—	—	67	91
John Leonard L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.56	1	1	0	8:12	—	—	53	89
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	4	0	5	6:26	—	—	53	87
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.08	0	0	2	21:27	—	—	55	63
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	0	4	18:12	—	—	56	54
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	24:19	—	—	26	24
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	0	22:02	—	—	26	31
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	2	0	15:58	—	—	48	62
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:52	—	—	53	79

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	42	41	1	.976	2.68	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.