Los Angeles Kings vs. Minnesota WildJan 15, 2019

Final / SOTuesday, Jan 15, 2019· Xcel Energy Center

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
LAK	0	1	1	0	0	2		LAK	8	12	11	2	33
MIN	0	1	1	0	1	3		MIN	14	14	9	5	42

: LAK 58MIN 62
: LAK 3.21MIN 4.97
PP goals: LAK 0MIN 0
Hits: LAK 14MIN 5
Blocks: LAK 10MIN 14
PIM: LAK 4MIN 2
: LAK 48%MIN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (SO)

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in a shootout at home. Jeff Carter (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +13 against a season average of 28.9; the overtime loss.

Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +13 against a season average of 28.9; the overtime loss.Quick
Luck
MIN scored 2 goals on 4.97 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Brown–Greenway skated 14:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Brown Greenway
Usage
Nino Niederreiter (MIN) played 9:31, −6:47 down on his 16:18 season average over 81 games.Niederreiter
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Niederreiter–Eriksson Ek skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Niederreiter Eriksson Ek
Usage
JT Brown (MIN) played 15:54, +6:51 up on his 9:03 season average over 55 games.Brown
Goalie
Alex Stalock (MIN) faced 33 shots and stopped 31 (.939), +8 against a season average of 25.0; the win.Stalock
Usage
Jared Spurgeon (MIN) played 28:12, +4:06 up on his 24:06 season average over 81 games.Spurgeon

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · MIN 62 · LAK 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 24% of the game, MIN 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	60	66
	3.59	4.80
	3.50	4.72
	10	18
	2	7
	6	17
	+0.018	−0.018
	24%	46%

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

L1Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar
15:4348% CF
L2Carter – Leipsic – Iafallo
12:3644% CF
L3Hagelin – Toffoli – Kempe
11:0353% CF
L4Thompson – Clifford – Luff
7:4433% CF
D1Muzzin – Martinez
16:0240% CF
D2Doughty – Forbort
11:0846% CF
D3Phaneuf – Fantenberg
5:2563% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty
1:15100% CF
PP2Muzzin – Toffoli – Leipsic – Kempe – Iafallo
0:45100% CF
PK1FCarter – Hagelin
0:49
PK2FThompson – Iafallo
0:43
PK1DMuzzin – Martinez
1:01
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
0:43

Current LAK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
15:1163% CF
L2Staal – Brown – Greenway
14:2244% CF
L3Parise – Coyle – Kunin
10:5347% CF
L4Foligno – Niederreiter – Eriksson Ek
7:4971% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
23:1661% CF
D2Pateryn – Brodin
21:5846% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
7:5762% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Granlund – Kunin
0:590% CF
PP2Koivu – Spurgeon – Zucker – Coyle – Niederreiter
0:38
PK1FParise – Coyle
0:41
PK2FKoivu – Granlund
0:39
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
1:15
PK2DPateryn – Brodin
0:41

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:16
MINNino Niederreiter (Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno)wrist0.06 xG
LAK: Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Kopitar, Forbort, LeipsicMIN: Pateryn, Foligno, Niederreiter, Brodin, Eriksson Ek
LAK 0 – 1 MIN
16:03
LAKIlya Kovalchuk (Dustin Brown, Dion Phaneuf)wrist0.34 xG
LAK: Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Brown, Kopitar, MuzzinMIN: Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Coyle, Kunin
LAK 1 – 1 MIN

3rd period

7:13
MINEric Staal (Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon)deflected0.07 xG
LAK: Hagelin, Doughty, Toffoli, Kempe, FantenbergMIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Brown, Greenway
LAK 1 – 2 MIN
17:30
LAKJeff Carter (Adrian Kempe, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.21 xG
LAK: Carter, Martinez, Doughty, Toffoli, KempeMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Coyle
LAK 2 – 2 MIN

Decided in the shootout: LAK 2 – 3 MIN.

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	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	23:01	—	—	48	43
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	19:55	—	—	47	32
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.93	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	50	42
Jeff Carter C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	1	1	0	19:40	—	—	47	39
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.52	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	49	57
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	42	35
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.61	0	0	2	17:16	—	—	61	76
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	59	76
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	53	70
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:26	—	—	39	4
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	8:45	—	—	31	3
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:38	—	—	31	3
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	24:09	—	—	48	46
Jake Muzzin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	0	2	0	23:33	—	—	45	48
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	1	2	29:13	—	—	50	34
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	48	30
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	3	0	16:17	—	—	43	24
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	55	83

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	O	42	40	2	.952	4.97	65:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	63	66
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	1.14	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	63	64
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.89	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	65	66
Eric Staal C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	47	45
JT Brown R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	1	0	15:54	—	—	47	41
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.47	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	46	44
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.68	0	1	0	19:25	—	—	41	46
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	33	38
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	56	63
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	11:17	—	—	56	73
Nino Niederreiter R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.20	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	67	81
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	9:13	—	—	67	81
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.17	0	1	0	30:07	—	—	56	60
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.55	0	1	0	28:12	—	—	61	60
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	26:40	—	—	40	38
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	22:44	—	—	46	39
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	4	0	9:19	—	—	57	96
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	62	96

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.21	65:00

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.