Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksApr 9, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 9, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	1	0	1	2		LAK	13	11	10	34
SJS	3	0	2	5		SJS	11	8	10	29

: LAK 62SJS 47
: LAK 3.95SJS 3.25
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 0
Hits: LAK 18SJS 23
Blocks: LAK 11SJS 15
PIM: LAK 23SJS 23
: LAK 58%SJS 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2 at home. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. LAK scored 2 goals on 3.95 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Brent Burns had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:13.Burns
Points
Evander Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:17.Kane
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 3.95 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
SJS scored 5 goals on 3.25 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Brendan Lemieux (LAK) played 5:51, −4:22 down on his 10:13 season average over 48 games.Lemieux
PP1
LAK's PP1 (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) went scoreless in 3:07 of 5v4 time with 8 attempts.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo

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 109 of 109 attempts · SJS 47 · LAK 62

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 31% of the game, SJS 23%.

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
	55	46
	3.52	2.55
	3.25	2.46
	17	17
	7	11
	10	23
	+0.034	−0.034
	31%	23%

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
12:1653% CF
L2Carter – Athanasiou – Lizotte
9:3847% CF
L3Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
9:1545% CF
L4Kempe – Lemieux – Wagner
4:36100% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:3350% CF
D2Wolanin – Walker
11:4852% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
3:0789% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Moore – Anderson-Dolan – Walker
2:12100% CF
PK1FMoore – Lizotte
1:44
PK2FKempe – Anderson-Dolan
1:10
PK1DAnderson – Walker
1:29
PK2DDoughty – Clague
1:17

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Balcers
12:4661% CF
L2Couture – Kane – Labanc
11:1560% CF
L3Donato – Gambrell – Leonard
7:4642% CF
L4Marleau – Sorensen – Viel
5:4020% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
15:5943% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
14:4152% CF
D3Jaros – Simek
10:4123% CF

PP1Marleau – Burns – Couture – Kane – Labanc
2:3750% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hertl – Donato – Meier – Balcers
2:1050% CF
PK1FCouture – Kane
2:43
PK2FHertl – Gambrell
1:21
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:16
PK2DKarlsson – Knyzhov
2:03

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:27
LAKAlex Iafallo (Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar)wrist0.18 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Wolanin, Iafallo, WalkerSJS: Marleau, Burns, Sorensen, Viel, Ferraro
LAK 1 – 0 SJS
8:01
SJSKevin Labanc (Brent Burns, Mario Ferraro)wrist0.12 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, Ferraro
LAK 1 – 1 SJS
13:50
SJSPatrick Marleau (Brent Burns, Marcus Sorensen)deflected0.26 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Wagner, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Marleau, Burns, Sorensen, Viel, Ferraro
LAK 1 – 2 SJS
17:17
SJSRudolfs Balcers (Timo Meier, Erik Karlsson)backhand0.07 xG
LAK: Wolanin, Grundstrom, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, WalkerSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Balcers, Knyzhov
LAK 1 – 3 SJS

3rd period

1:02
LAKJaret Anderson-Dolanwrist0.02 xG
LAK: Doughty, Wolanin, Grundstrom, Moore, Anderson-DolanSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Gambrell, Knyzhov
LAK 2 – 3 SJS
17:00
SJSDylan GambrellSH (Evander Kane, Brent Burns)slap0.16 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, IafalloSJS: Burns, Kane, Gambrell, Ferraro
LAK 2 – 4 SJS
18:41
SJSTomas HertlEN (Evander Kane, Logan Couture)wrist0.52 xG
LAK: Doughty, Athanasiou, Wagner, Wolanin, Grundstrom, LizotteSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Hertl, Ferraro
LAK 2 – 5 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	1	1	-2	2	0.20	0	1	0	20:09	—	—	42	39
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.69	0	0	2	19:41	—	—	50	52
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	59	60
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.85	1	2	0	17:02	—	—	50	58
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.38	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	61	67
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	10	15:04	—	—	41	40
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	38	36
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	48	53
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	3	0	0	12:33	—	—	50	58
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	71	74
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.47	5	0	0	7:56	—	—	92	71
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	5:51	—	—	83	95
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.11	1	2	2	28:25	—	—	50	54
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	2	21:59	—	—	54	52
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	60	75
Christian Wolanin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	1	0	15:24	—	—	59	76
Kale Clague D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	65	70
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	7	11:50	—	—	48	45

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.74	59:11

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.64	0	1	2	19:14	—	—	54	61
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.58	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	52	60
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.42	4	1	0	16:15	—	—	61	69
Evander Kane L	L2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.13	1	1	0	20:17	—	—	56	72
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.15	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	56	72
Kevin Labanc R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.44	3	1	0	15:59	—	—	60	75
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	16:39	—	—	39	14
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	43	21
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	36	14
Patrick Marleau C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.26	1	1	0	11:31	—	—	29	37
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	1	1	10	9:19	—	—	13	19
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	7	8:32	—	—	38	40
Brent Burns D	D1	0	3	3	+3	1	0.07	1	2	2	24:13	—	—	41	37
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.00	3	4	0	23:00	—	—	50	46
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	60	50
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	18:04	—	—	47	30
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:05	—	—	20	50
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:44	—	—	31	56

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.95	60:00

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.