Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksJan 17, 2022

FinalMonday, Jan 17, 2022· SAP Center at San Jose

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

2

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San Jose SharksSJS

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	1	0	1	2		LAK	15	15	11	41
SJS	4	2	0	6		SJS	8	4	5	17

: LAK 75SJS 43
: LAK 3.26SJS 1.63
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 2
Hits: LAK 17SJS 19
Blocks: LAK 13SJS 20
PIM: LAK 11SJS 11
: LAK 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks rout Los Angeles Kings 6–2

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 6–2 at home. Timo Meier (SJS) led the scoring with 5G 0A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl and Meier) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:17 together.

Points
Timo Meier had 5 goals (5 points) on 6 shots in 18:14.Meier
Points
Tomas Hertl had 4 assists (4 points) in 18:03.Hertl
Points
Erik Karlsson had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:45.Karlsson
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl and Meier) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:17 together.Burns Couture Karlsson Hertl Meier
Luck
SJS scored 6 goals on 1.63 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
James Reimer (SJS) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +11 against a season average of 30.2; the win.Reimer
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Iafallo–Fagemo skated 11:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Iafallo Fagemo
New line
New look for SJS: Pederson–Viel–Weatherby skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pederson Viel Weatherby

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 118 of 118 attempts · SJS 43 · LAK 75

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 56% of the game, SJS 11%.

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
	80	44
	2.96	1.62
	2.83	1.59
	10	7
	7	5
	25	26
	+0.053	−0.052
	56%	11%

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 – Kupari – Turcotte
12:2065% CF
L2Kopitar – Iafallo – Fagemo
11:4363% CF
L3Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
10:1367% CF
L4Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
9:1160% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:1976% CF
D2Durzi – Bjornfot
15:1961% CF
D3Maatta – Roy
15:1557% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Arvidsson – Iafallo – Kaliyev
3:27100% CF
PP2Brown – Danault – Moore – Durzi – Fagemo
1:34100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:48
PK2FKupari – Turcotte
0:44
PK1DMaatta – Roy
1:57
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:10

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Dahlen – Gregor
10:4827% CF
L2Hertl – Meier – Balcers
10:2948% CF
L3Pederson – Viel – Weatherby
8:4221% CF
L4Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
7:4222% CF
D1Vlasic – Merkley
16:3524% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
15:0743% CF
D3Karlsson – Megna
12:1138% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier
2:17100% CF
PP2Bonino – Karlsson – Gregor – Merkley – Weatherby
0:27
PK1FCogliano – Couture
1:58
PK2FNieto – Hertl
1:15
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
4:19
PK2DKarlsson – Megna
1:41

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:02
SJSTimo MeierPP (Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.08 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, IafalloSJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier
LAK 0 – 1 SJS
15:56
SJSRudolfs Balcers (Tomas Hertl)slap0.19 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Maatta, Roy, Iafallo, FagemoSJS: Burns, Hertl, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
LAK 0 – 2 SJS
18:48
SJSTimo Meierwrist0.07 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, AndersonSJS: Burns, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Balcers
LAK 0 – 3 SJS
19:09
SJSTimo Meier (Tomas Hertl)backhand0.06 xG
LAK: Maatta, Lemieux, Roy, Lizotte, KaliyevSJS: Burns, Hertl, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
LAK 0 – 4 SJS
19:44
LAKAnze Kopitarwrist0.01 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Iafallo, Durzi, Fagemo, BjornfotSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Megna, Dahlen, Gregor
LAK 1 – 4 SJS

2nd period

1:24
SJSTimo MeierPP (Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Danault, Maatta, Roy, MooreSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Merkley
LAK 1 – 5 SJS
19:32
SJSTimo Meier (Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.09 xG
LAK: Brown, Doughty, Lemieux, Anderson, KupariSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Megna, Meier, Balcers
LAK 1 – 6 SJS

3rd period

10:35
LAKMikey Anderson (Drew Doughty, Viktor Arvidsson)tip-in0.08 xG
LAK: Doughty, Arvidsson, Moore, Anderson, LizotteSJS: Burns, Hertl, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
LAK 2 – 6 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
Alex Turcotte C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:39	—	—	65	49
Rasmus Kupari C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	3	0	0	16:08	—	—	65	54
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	65	53
Samuel Fagemo L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	18:23	—	—	65	64
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	64	70
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:27	—	—	63	69
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	1	0	4	15:50	—	—	69	75
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	69	73
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.45	0	0	5	12:15	—	—	67	74
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	2	14:16	—	—	62	65
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	61	60
Phillip Danault C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	1	0	12:28	—	—	59	54
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.10	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	76	66
Mikey Anderson D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.28	1	1	0	19:10	—	—	77	67
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	19:01	—	—	61	74
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	3	0	18:30	—	—	61	70
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	1	0	18:29	—	—	56	56
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.34	2	4	0	17:58	—	—	58	59

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	17	11	6	.647	1.63	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:58	—	—	32	21
Noah Gregor L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	2	15:40	—	—	31	21
Jonathan Dahlen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	2	0	14:40	—	—	30	9
Timo Meier R	L2	5	0	5	+3	6	0.50	0	1	0	18:14	—	—	50	48
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	4	4	+3	0	0.01	1	0	2	18:03	—	—	49	48
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	1	0	1	+3	3	0.42	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	54	55
Jasper Weatherby C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	18	17
Lane Pederson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	2	11:40	—	—	17	17
Jeffrey Viel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	5	10:31	—	—	25	29
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	14:06	—	—	30	30
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:24	—	—	22	23
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	0	0	12:20	—	—	30	36
Ryan Merkley D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	28	16
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	18:53	—	—	24	19
Brent Burns D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.05	0	2	0	23:49	—	—	43	46
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	3	2	0	21:58	—	—	43	45
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	3	3	+1	0	0.18	0	3	0	19:45	—	—	39	54
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	41	64

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	41	39	2	.951	3.26	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.