Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksMar 24, 2021

FinalWednesday, Mar 24, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	13	16	15	44
SJS	0	2	2	4		SJS	6	12	10	28

: LAK 73SJS 54
: LAK 3.58SJS 4.21
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 0
Hits: LAK 28SJS 34
Blocks: LAK 12SJS 16
PIM: LAK 6SJS 4
: LAK 52%SJS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at home. Evander Kane (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Martin Jones (SJS) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +15 against a season average of 28.8; the win.

Points
Evander Kane had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:29.Kane
Points
Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) in 26:15.Burns
Points
Drew Doughty had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:29.Doughty
Goalie
Martin Jones (SJS) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +15 against a season average of 28.8; the win.Jones
New line
New look for SJS: Donato–Suomela–Leonard skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Suomela Leonard
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 3.58 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 26:10, +3:49 up on his 22:21 season average over 55 games.Ferraro
Usage
Dustin Brown (LAK) played 20:34, +3:00 up on his 17:34 season average over 48 games.Brown

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 127 of 127 attempts · SJS 54 · LAK 73

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 37% of the game, SJS 33%.

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
	72	50
	3.81	3.09
	3.58	2.98
	18	13
	7	6
	16	18
	+0.040	−0.040
	37%	33%

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
15:5771% CF
L2Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
6:4533% CF
L3Carter – Athanasiou – Kempe
6:1886% CF
L4Wagner – Vilardi – Lizotte
4:5673% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
18:0461% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
14:5176% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:06100% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Walker
0:54100% CF
PK1FMoore – Lizotte
2:08
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
1:42
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
3:06
PK2DRoy – Bjornfot
1:25

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
13:4443% CF
L2Marleau – Hertl – Meier
12:1355% CF
L3Sorensen – Balcers – Gambrell
11:0036% CF
L4Donato – Suomela – Leonard
5:5944% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
19:1941% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
12:4035% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
11:5647% CF

PP1Burns – Kane – Hertl – Labanc – Ferraro
2:0067% CF
PP2Marleau – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier – Ferraro
1:15100% CF
PK1FCouture – Kane
1:26
PK2FSorensen – Gambrell
0:33
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:18
PK2DVlasic – Simek
0:53

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:14
SJSRudolfs Balcers (Marcus Sorensen, Dylan Gambrell)slap0.13 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Grundstrom, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, WalkerSJS: Vlasic, Sorensen, Balcers, Gambrell, Simek
LAK 0 – 1 SJS
13:39
SJSEvander Kane (Brent Burns, Kevin Labanc)wrist0.12 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, Ferraro
LAK 0 – 2 SJS
19:47
LAKAlex Iafallo (Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty)tip-in0.05 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, Ferraro
LAK 1 – 2 SJS

3rd period

0:21
SJSEvander Kane (Mario Ferraro, Brent Burns)tip-in0.05 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, Ferraro
LAK 1 – 3 SJS
1:43
SJSTomas Hertl (Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Radim Simek)wrist0.10 xG
LAK: Athanasiou, MacDermid, Kempe, Vilardi, WalkerSJS: Marleau, Vlasic, Hertl, Meier, Simek
LAK 1 – 4 SJS
4:27
LAKAdrian Kempe (Drew Doughty, Gabriel Vilardi)wrist0.35 xG
LAK: Doughty, Athanasiou, Kempe, Anderson, VilardiSJS: Karlsson, Sorensen, Balcers, Gambrell, Knyzhov
LAK 2 – 4 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	-1	3	0.32	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	68	63
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.26	2	1	0	21:57	—	—	69	63
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	-1	7	0.75	2	0	0	20:34	—	—	70	65
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	0	15:57	—	—	46	47
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	2	1	2	14:10	—	—	46	48
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	9:29	—	—	24	22
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.51	1	1	0	15:01	—	—	48	59
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	4	0	2	14:01	—	—	59	63
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	57	67
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	11:42	—	—	61	52
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	11:07	—	—	67	38
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	4	0	0	8:13	—	—	73	42
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	2	2	0	3	0.14	2	0	0	27:29	—	—	61	61
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	3	0	24:08	—	—	61	64
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	21:28	—	—	68	65
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	18:46	—	—	72	77
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	43	19
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	2	2	10:42	—	—	38	12

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.43	58:59

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	1.10	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	43	46
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	43	46
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.88	3	1	2	18:02	—	—	39	45
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	2	1	0	20:12	—	—	44	48
Patrick Marleau C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	52	61
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.47	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	52	53
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:35	—	—	36	34
Rudolfs Balcers L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.55	5	1	0	14:48	—	—	35	32
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	1	0	2	13:35	—	—	35	33
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	3	1	0	8:50	—	—	33	51
Antti Suomela C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:00	—	—	54	80
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	7:51	—	—	29	49
Brent Burns D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.04	0	4	0	26:15	—	—	43	48
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	6	2	0	26:10	—	—	42	47
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	20:44	—	—	32	25
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	38	29
Radim Simek D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.08	5	0	0	16:01	—	—	43	62
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:19	—	—	47	60

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	44	42	2	.955	3.58	59:54

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.