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Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksDec 19, 2023

Final· SAP Center at San Jose
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LAK
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SJS
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Goals123TShots123T
LAK1214LAK12111639
SJS0011SJS54716
LAK 73SJS 45
LAK 4.32SJS 1.88
PP goals
LAK 1SJS 1
Hits
LAK 13SJS 8
Blocks
LAK 16SJS 15
PIM
LAK 6SJS 4
LAK 54%SJS 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at SJS. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +7 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.

  1. Points
    Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:12.Kopitar
  2. Points
    Kevin Fiala had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:33.Fiala
  3. Goalie
    Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +7 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.Kahkonen
  4. New line
    New look for SJS: Labanc–Studnicka–Zadina skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LabancStudnickaZadina
  5. Usage
    Jacob MacDonald (SJS) played 16:11, +4:17 up on his 11:54 season average over 33 games.MacDonald
  6. Usage
    Jacob Moverare (LAK) played 17:00, +6:50 up on his 10:10 season average over 23 games.Moverare
  7. Usage
    Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 16:12, −3:30 down on his 19:42 season average over 80 games.Kopitar
  8. Usage
    Justin Bailey (SJS) played 14:57, +3:44 up on his 11:13 season average over 58 games.Bailey

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.

Shot map, LAK at SJS: 118 attempts, 55 on goal, 5 goals, 6.20 expected goals; best chance Carl Grundstrom at 0.38 xG.

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 45 · LAK 73

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, LAK at SJS: expected goals 1.88 to 4.32 (LAK led the chances), shot attempts 45 to 73, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdSJSLAKKMLLMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • SJS
  • LAK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SJSLAKcontrol2nd3rdKopitar · 1st 17:48Moore · 2nd 4:07Laferriere · 2nd 5:17Lewis · 3rd 18:12MacDonald · 3rd 18:41
  • 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 60% of the game, SJS 17%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, LAK at SJS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Kaapo Kahkonen (59:01) for SJS and David Rittich (60:00) for LAK, 5 goals.

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
StatLAKSJS
7937
4.391.02
3.820.98
166
27
1812
+0.029−0.029
60%17%

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

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 17:48
    LAKAnze KopitarPP (Arthur Kaliyev, Kevin Fiala)wrist0.09 xG
    LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, KaliyevSJS: Hertl, Kunin, Ferraro, Okhotiuk
    LAK 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

  1. 4:07
    LAKTrevor Moore (Kevin Fiala, Phillip Danault)wrist0.06 xG
    LAK: Doughty, Danault, Fiala, Moore, AndersonSJS: Granlund, Burroughs, Duclair, Ferraro, Zetterlund
    LAK 2 – 0 SJS
  2. 5:17
    LAKAlex Laferriere (Jordan Spence, Anze Kopitar)tip-in0.07 xG
    LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Roy, Spence, LaferriereSJS: Vlasic, Burroughs, Bailey, Kunin, Eklund
    LAK 3 – 0 SJS

3rd period

  1. 18:12
    LAKTrevor LewisEN (Blake Lizotte)wrist0.29 xG
    LAK: Lewis, Roy, Moverare, LizotteSJS: Granlund, Hertl, Duclair, Zetterlund, Barabanov, Eklund
    LAK 4 – 0 SJS
  2. 18:41
    SJSJacob MacDonaldPP (Kevin Labanc, Filip Zadina)slap0.05 xG
    LAK: Englund, Grundstrom, Anderson, LaferriereSJS: Hoffman, Duclair, Labanc, MacDonald, Zadina
    LAK 4 – 1 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kevin Fiala LL1022+140.6000017:33——6876
Phillip Danault CL1011+100.0011217:14——7479
Trevor Moore LL1101+130.3501016:58——7684
Alex Laferriere RL2101+120.5130015:39——5874
Arthur Kaliyev RL2011030.1200214:08——6174
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL2000010.0511013:39——6179
Adrian Kempe RL3000+120.2400016:47——8687
Anze Kopitar CL3112+110.1000016:12——8691
Quinton Byfield RL3000030.0900013:40——8583
Blake Lizotte CL4011+100.0011012:23——5086
Trevor Lewis CL4101+130.5501012:03——4785
Carl Grundstrom RL4000050.7221011:28——6796
Drew Doughty DD1000+150.2221226:31——6969
Mikey Anderson DD1000+100.1201024:13——7583
Matt Roy DD2000+210.1603017:47——7381
Jacob Moverare DD2000+110.1702017:00——7692
Andreas Englund DD3000020.0221016:05——5075
Jordan Spence DD3011+130.3112015:12——5982
LAK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
David Rittich(start)W16151.9381.8860:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikael Granlund CL1000-210.0201020:03——2717
Fabian Zetterlund LL1000-200.1600018:53——1812
Anthony Duclair LL1000-220.2500017:25——178
Tomas Hertl CL2000-100.1302018:23——2017
Alexander Barabanov LL2000-120.3800017:13——3635
William Eklund LL2000-200.2102017:08——3349
Mike Hoffman CL3000010.1200015:50——4332
Luke Kunin CL3000-110.0220215:28——4025
Justin Bailey RL3000-100.0000014:57——2310
Kevin Labanc RL4011010.0600011:07——4822
Filip Zadina RL4011010.0500010:34——5315
Jack Studnicka CL4000000.0011010:17——338
Mario Ferraro DD1000-120.2900023:25——3126
Kyle Burroughs DD1000-200.0022221:35——3420
Henry Thrun DD2000000.0001018:27——247
Nikita Okhotiuk DD2000010.0413017:17——3650
Jacob MacDonald DD3101030.1402016:11——3916
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DD3000-110.0321013:31——267
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)L38353.9214.0359:01

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Trevor Lewis (LAK EN) 3rd 18:12 · assists Blake Lizotte · Cycle.

Trevor Moore · 2nd 4:07 · LAK

Play
rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
65.8 mph
Distance
36 ft
Entry to goal
1.7 s

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