Los Angeles Kings vs. Minnesota WildJan 26, 2021

FinalTuesday, Jan 26, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	12	4	5	21
MIN	0	0	1	1		MIN	6	13	14	33

: LAK 41MIN 60
: LAK 1.73MIN 3.17
PP goals: LAK 0MIN 0
Hits: LAK 8MIN 15
Blocks: LAK 18MIN 10
PIM: LAK 4MIN 6
: LAK 51%MIN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Minnesota Wild 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 at MIN. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. MIN scored 1 goal on 3.17 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 3.17 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Rask–Hartman–Sturm skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rask Hartman Sturm
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Zach Parise (MIN) played 20:46, +6:59 up on his 13:48 season average over 44 games.Parise
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Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 8:40, −6:32 down on his 15:12 season average over 50 games.Hartman
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Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 22:03, +5:15 up on his 16:48 season average over 49 games.Fiala
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Dustin Brown (LAK) played 13:26, −4:17 down on his 17:43 season average over 48 games.Brown
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Victor Rask (MIN) played 10:04, −4:28 down on his 14:32 season average over 53 games.Rask
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Marcus Johansson (MIN) played 12:57, −3:05 down on his 16:02 season average over 35 games.Johansson

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 101 of 101 attempts · MIN 60 · LAK 41

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 22% of the game, MIN 40%.

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
	36	48
	1.07	2.74
	1.04	2.51
	6	14
	2	6
	18	18
	−0.009	+0.009
	22%	40%

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 – Iafallo
11:2222% CF
L2Carter – Athanasiou – Lizotte
9:4644% CF
L3Brown – Vilardi – Andersson
8:3858% CF
L4Amadio – Grundstrom – Moore
7:2969% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:4435% CF
D2Roy – Clague
14:4145% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
3:08100% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Amadio – Vilardi – Walker
2:31100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:11
PK2FCarter – Lizotte
0:35
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:08
PK2DRoy – Clague
0:38

Current LAK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:3394% CF
L2Parise – Bjugstad – Fiala
9:2844% CF
L3Bonino – Johansson – Kaprizov
7:2931% CF
L4Rask – Hartman – Sturm
6:0357% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:1054% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:3065% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
12:3559% CF

PP1Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala – Kaprizov
4:24100% CF
PP2Bonino – Johansson – Brodin – Dumba – Eriksson Ek
1:15100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:02
PK2FHartman – Greenway
1:22
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:04
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:19

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:02
LAKKurtis MacDermid (Andreas Athanasiou, Jeff Carter)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Carter, Athanasiou, MacDermid, Walker, LizotteMIN: Rask, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Sturm
LAK 1 – 0 MIN

3rd period

1:09
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Marcus Foligno, Jordan Greenway)backhand0.23 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Moore, Anderson, IafalloMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
LAK 1 – 1 MIN
5:08
LAKCarl Grundstrom (Trevor Moore, Sean Walker)wrist0.09 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Amadio, Grundstrom, Moore, WalkerMIN: Bonino, Johansson, Brodin, Dumba, Kaprizov
LAK 2 – 1 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	-1	0	0.24	0	1	0	19:59	—	—	18	5
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	0	2	0	19:12	—	—	22	5
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	18:14	—	—	26	12
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	43	55
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	42	46
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	42	55
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	54	38
Dustin Brown R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	57	38
Lias Andersson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	54	49
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	2	0	14:09	—	—	61	71
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	2	0	0	12:38	—	—	59	45
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	11:54	—	—	50	23
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	2	23:32	—	—	36	19
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	21:02	—	—	36	18
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	18:01	—	—	45	30
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:29	—	—	46	31
Sean Walker D	—	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	1	2	0	19:21	—	—	50	56
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	1	0	1	+2	2	0.15	1	3	0	15:30	—	—	53	56

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.17	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.73	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	79	88
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	2	0	0	14:24	—	—	94	100
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	79	90
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.60	1	0	0	22:03	—	—	52	64
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.36	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	48	53
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	0	0	14:03	—	—	53	44
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	2	0	19:52	—	—	39	47
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	24	31
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:57	—	—	33	33
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:04	—	—	73	74
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:40	—	—	50	51
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	7:53	—	—	63	70
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	22:53	—	—	52	79
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	20:14	—	—	54	79
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	24:59	—	—	60	78
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	24:04	—	—	65	80
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	2	14:42	—	—	56	58
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	4	13:39	—	—	58	58

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	1.49	58:10

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.