Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksOct 29, 2024

FinalTuesday, Oct 29, 2024· 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	8	18	2	28
SJS	0	1	3	4		SJS	8	5	8	21

: LAK 74SJS 48
: LAK 2.73SJS 3.48
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 0
Hits: LAK 15SJS 21
Blocks: LAK 11SJS 24
PIM: LAK 8SJS 8
: 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 4–2

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at home. Jake Walman (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for LAK: Danault–Moore–Thomas skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (77.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jake Walman had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:17.Walman
New line
New look for LAK: Danault–Moore–Thomas skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (77.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Moore Thomas
Usage
Brandt Clarke (LAK) played 22:50, +6:38 up on his 16:12 season average over 77 games.Clarke
New line
New look for SJS: Goodrow–Kunin–Smith skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Goodrow Kunin Smith
New line
New look for SJS: Grundstrom–Sturm–Cardwell skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Sturm Cardwell
Usage
Akil Thomas (LAK) played 13:06, +3:19 up on his 9:47 season average over 24 games.Thomas
Usage
Will Smith (SJS) played 11:46, −4:09 down on his 15:55 season average over 73 games.Smith
Usage
Cody Ceci (SJS) played 24:51, +3:41 up on his 21:10 season average over 84 games.Ceci

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 122 of 122 attempts · SJS 48 · LAK 74

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 35% 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
	65	42
	2.59	1.71
	2.44	1.64
	14	7
	5	1
	24	19
	+0.048	−0.048
	35%	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

L1Danault – Moore – Thomas
8:1277% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
6:4044% CF
L3Lewis – Jeannot – Lee
5:2960% CF
L4Foegele – Turcotte – Laferriere
5:0344% CF
D1Gavrikov – Anderson
13:5556% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
10:3660% CF
D3Jones – Spence
8:5857% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield – Laferriere – Clarke
4:1986% CF
PP2Danault – Foegele – Moore – Turcotte – Spence
3:21100% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
2:17
PK2FFoegele – Byfield
1:46
PK1DEdmundson – Anderson
1:56
PK2DJones – Spence
0:50

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Granlund – Eklund
9:1142% CF
L2Wennberg – Zetterlund – Gushchin
8:4838% CF
L3Goodrow – Kunin – Smith
6:0731% CF
L4Grundstrom – Sturm – Cardwell
5:3463% CF
D1Ceci – Walman
14:0945% CF
D2Ferraro – Rutta
12:2750% CF
D3Benning – Thompson
7:4714% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Wennberg – Thompson – Eklund
3:24100% CF
PP2Walman – Kunin – Zetterlund – Gushchin – Smith
1:3950% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Kunin
2:26
PK2FGranlund – Eklund
1:31
PK1DFerraro – Rutta
3:17
PK2DCeci – Walman
1:41

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:20
SJSJake Walman (Nico Sturm, Carl Grundstrom)slap0.08 xG
LAK: Lewis, Gavrikov, Jeannot, Anderson, LeeSJS: Ceci, Walman, Grundstrom, Sturm, Cardwell
LAK 0 – 1 SJS
3:18
LAKAkil Thomas (Brandt Clarke, Trevor Moore)wrist0.45 xG
LAK: Edmundson, Danault, Moore, Thomas, ClarkeSJS: Toffoli, Granlund, Ferraro, Rutta, Eklund
LAK 1 – 1 SJS

3rd period

6:25
SJSFabian Zetterlund (Alexander Wennberg, Jake Walman)wrist0.07 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Edmundson, Kempe, Gavrikov, LeeSJS: Ceci, Wennberg, Walman, Zetterlund, Gushchin
LAK 1 – 2 SJS
8:52
LAKAlex Laferriere (Warren Foegele)wrist0.22 xG
LAK: Edmundson, Foegele, Byfield, Laferriere, ClarkeSJS: Ceci, Wennberg, Rutta, Zetterlund, Gushchin
LAK 2 – 2 SJS
11:02
SJSTyler Toffoli (Jake Walman)backhand0.12 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Edmundson, Kempe, Jeannot, SpenceSJS: Toffoli, Granlund, Ceci, Walman, Eklund
LAK 2 – 3 SJS
19:22
SJSWilliam EklundEN (Luke Kunin, Mario Ferraro)wrist0.69 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Edmundson, Danault, Kempe, Moore, ClarkeSJS: Wennberg, Walman, Kunin, Rutta, Eklund
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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	74	96
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.13	0	1	0	17:43	—	—	73	96
Akil Thomas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.59	2	1	2	13:06	—	—	81	98
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.21	1	0	2	20:14	—	—	47	30
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	47	7
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.10	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	43	10
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	3	1	0	10:42	—	—	70	55
Andre Lee L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	0	2	10:33	—	—	62	61
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	9:57	—	—	67	80
Alex Laferriere R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	15:23	—	—	48	49
Warren Foegele L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	44	43
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	59	66
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	60	63
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	3	2	19:46	—	—	56	41
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.17	1	1	0	22:50	—	—	70	82
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	60	71
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	63	50
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	11:27	—	—	58	41

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	2.20	58:08

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	46	29
William Eklund L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	1.03	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	39	35
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.26	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	45	36
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.67	1	1	0	20:16	—	—	37	40
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	35	39
Danil Gushchin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	38	42
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	35	24
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.33	2	3	2	15:11	—	—	31	37
Will Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	23	22
Ethan Cardwell R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	11:57	—	—	47	57
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.19	2	1	0	10:52	—	—	57	91
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	2	0	0	8:31	—	—	44	47
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	6	0	24:51	—	—	34	48
Jake Walman D	D1	1	2	3	+4	1	0.07	0	0	4	21:17	—	—	46	80
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	6	6	0	22:44	—	—	51	36
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	47	29
Jack Thompson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	24	21
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	11:54	—	—	22	35

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.73	59:08

Goal anatomy

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

Akil Thomas (LAK) 2nd 3:18 · assists Brandt Clarke, Trevor Moore · Rebound · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 32.3 mph shot · 4.2 s from entry to goal.

Akil Thomas · 2nd 3:18 · LAK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: rebound

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Jake Walman · 2nd 2:20 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 81.7 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Fabian Zetterlund · 3rd 6:25 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 4
Shot: 68.3 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 s

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Alex Laferriere · 3rd 8:52 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Tyler Toffoli · 3rd 11:02 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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William Eklund · 3rd 19:22 · SJS EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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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.