Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksApr 4, 2024

FinalThursday, Apr 4, 2024· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	0	0	2		LAK	12	4	11	27
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	8	5	3	16

: LAK 48SJS 36
: LAK 2.43SJS 1.63
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 0
Hits: LAK 10SJS 22
Blocks: LAK 9SJS 13
PIM: LAK 13SJS 15
: LAK 51%SJS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge San Jose Sharks 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 at SJS. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Klim Kostin (SJS) played 17:06, +6:19 up on his 10:47 season average over 51 games.

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Klim Kostin (SJS) played 17:06, +6:19 up on his 10:47 season average over 51 games.Kostin
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New look for SJS: Hoffman–Labanc–Sturm skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Labanc Sturm
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New look for SJS: Studnicka–Zadina–Bordeleau skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Studnicka Zadina Bordeleau
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Jacob Moverare (LAK) played 3:45, −6:59 down on his 10:44 season average over 23 games.Moverare
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Jordan Spence (LAK) played 9:54, −4:35 down on his 14:29 season average over 70 games.Spence
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Blake Lizotte (LAK) played 18:24, +6:41 up on his 11:43 season average over 61 games.Lizotte
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Mikael Granlund (SJS) played 24:22, +3:27 up on his 20:55 season average over 68 games.Granlund
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Adrian Kempe (LAK) played 21:57, +3:03 up on his 18:54 season average over 76 games.Kempe

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 84 of 84 attempts · SJS 36 · LAK 48

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 42% of the game, SJS 22%.

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
	46	29
	2.00	0.99
	1.96	0.98
	10	5
	6	2
	16	18
	−0.008	+0.008
	42%	22%

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

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
6:2657% CF
L2Lewis – Fiala – Lizotte
5:3763% CF
L3Arvidsson – Dubois – Moore
4:4960% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
13:3363% CF
D2Gavrikov – Roy
12:1757% CF
D3Englund – Spence
6:2060% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Arvidsson
5:26100% CF
PP2Gavrikov – Roy – Dubois – Moore – Byfield
1:11100% CF
PK1FLewis – Lizotte
2:17
PK2FKopitar – Kempe
1:26
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
3:05
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
2:16

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Granlund – Kostin – Zetterlund
9:4238% CF
L2Bailey – Kunin – Eklund
8:0131% CF
L3Studnicka – Zadina – Bordeleau
7:3350% CF
L4Hoffman – Labanc – Sturm
5:5522% CF
D1Burroughs – Ferraro
7:3050% CF
D2Addison – Thrun
7:0055% CF
D3Vlasic – Rutta
5:5625% CF

PP1Granlund – Zetterlund – Addison – Bordeleau – Eklund
3:30100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Bailey – Kostin – Zadina – Thrun
1:34100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Eklund
3:26
PK2FStudnicka – Sturm
2:34
PK1DFerraro – Rutta
6:05
PK2DBurroughs – Thrun
0:47

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:55
LAKAdrian Kempewrist0.16 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Roy, Anderson, ByfieldSJS: Granlund, Burroughs, Ferraro, Kostin, Zetterlund
LAK 1 – 0 SJS
11:13
LAKAkil Thomas (Jordan Spence, Pierre-Luc Dubois)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Dubois, Moore, Anderson, Thomas, SpenceSJS: Burroughs, Bailey, Kunin, Ferraro, Eklund
LAK 2 – 0 SJS

3rd period

18:08
SJSKlim Kostin (Mikael Granlund, William Eklund)wrist0.09 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, AndersonSJS: Granlund, Kostin, Zetterlund, Addison, Bordeleau, Eklund
LAK 2 – 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adrian Kempe R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.25	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	60	75
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	65	80
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	58	72
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.42	0	0	2	20:13	—	—	73	71
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	0	0	18:24	—	—	75	76
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.55	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	63	47
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	47	38
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	0	2	0	16:51	—	—	71	91
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	47	63
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	29:34	—	—	69	74
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	62	70
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	2	0	21:15	—	—	52	85
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	3	0	20:13	—	—	68	97
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	4	9:54	—	—	44	35
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	7	9:16	—	—	58	38
Alex Laferriere R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	58	30
Akil Thomas C	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	2	0	0	8:53	—	—	64	94
Jacob Moverare D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	3:45	—	—	80	84

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	16	15	1	.938	1.63	59:21

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	24:22	—	—	44	29
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	18:44	—	—	44	35
Klim Kostin C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	2	0	2	17:06	—	—	50	38
William Eklund L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	2	0	0	21:03	—	—	47	42
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	3	7	14:00	—	—	37	11
Justin Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	1	0	13:06	—	—	41	11
Thomas Bordeleau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.50	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	47	58
Jack Studnicka C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	43	67
Filip Zadina R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	43	36
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:31	—	—	21	11
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:31	—	—	18	9
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	7:55	—	—	18	9
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:33	—	—	30	36
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	3	1	0	15:42	—	—	46	49
Calen Addison D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	4	22:14	—	—	48	37
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:06	—	—	48	30
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:47	—	—	11	8
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	14:16	—	—	42	32

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.43	58:07

Goal anatomy

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

Adrian Kempe (LAK) 1st 10:55 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 51.1 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

Adrian Kempe · 1st 10:55 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Akil Thomas · 1st 11:13 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Klim Kostin · 3rd 18:08 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 37.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.