Los Angeles Kings vs. Minnesota WildJan 28, 2021

FinalThursday, Jan 28, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	2	1	3		LAK	6	15	14	35
MIN	3	1	1	5		MIN	10	12	6	28

: LAK 68MIN 43
: LAK 2.75MIN 2.36
PP goals: LAK 2MIN 0
Hits: LAK 9MIN 10
Blocks: LAK 7MIN 22
PIM: LAK 15MIN 32
: LAK 55%MIN 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 5–3

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 5–3 at home. Drew Doughty (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 6:42 together.

Points
Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 32:21.Doughty
Points
Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:07.Brown
Points
Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:48.Johansson
Points
Anze Kopitar had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:21.Kopitar
Points
Jonas Brodin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:01.Brodin
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 6:42 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Kempe Iafallo
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Greenway–Sturm skated 4:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Greenway Sturm
Usage
Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 7:45, −9:20 down on his 17:05 season average over 49 games.Fiala

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 111 of 111 attempts · MIN 43 · LAK 68

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 44% of the game, MIN 25%.

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
	53	38
	1.73	2.29
	1.63	2.16
	8	11
	4	4
	5	12
	−0.017	+0.017
	44%	25%

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
9:0850% CF
L2Brown – Vilardi – Andersson
6:3356% CF
L3Carter – Wagner – Lizotte
4:3367% CF
L4Amadio – Grundstrom – Moore
3:3857% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
11:4153% CF
D2Roy – Clague
4:1763% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
6:4293% CF
PP2Carter – Amadio – Grundstrom – Vilardi – Walker
3:4467% CF
PK1FKempe – Moore
1:15
PK2FCarter – Andersson
0:51
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:53
PK2DRoy – Clague
0:51

Current LAK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Sturm
4:3050% CF
L2Parise – Bjugstad – Fiala
4:2913% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
4:2467% CF
L4Bonino – Rask – Hartman
2:4650% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
13:2640% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
13:0143% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
10:5142% CF

PP1Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Bjugstad – Kaprizov
3:06100% CF
PP2Bonino – Johansson – Brodin – Dumba – Eriksson Ek
2:47100% CF
PK1FBonino – Johansson
4:54
PK2FHartman – Greenway
3:02
PK1DCole – Soucy
5:01
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
4:27

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:33
MINMarcus Johansson (Nick Bonino, Carson Soucy)snap0.02 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Roy, IafalloMIN: Bonino, Cole, Johansson, Soucy, Kaprizov
LAK 0 – 1 MIN
8:17
MINKevin Fialawrist0.12 xG
LAK: Carter, Wagner, Roy, Clague, LizotteMIN: Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Bjugstad, Fiala
LAK 0 – 2 MIN
12:55
MINKirill Kaprizov (Marcus Johansson, Ian Cole)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: MacDermid, Amadio, Grundstrom, Moore, WalkerMIN: Cole, Johansson, Soucy, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
LAK 0 – 3 MIN

2nd period

3:19
LAKDustin BrownPP (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty)deflected0.14 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, IafalloMIN: Suter, Bonino, Spurgeon, Johansson
LAK 1 – 3 MIN
9:07
LAKDrew DoughtyPP (Anze Kopitar, Michael Amadio)slap0.19 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Clague, IafalloMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Foligno, Eriksson Ek
LAK 2 – 3 MIN
18:38
MINNick Bjugstad (Jonas Brodin, Zach Parise)wrist0.23 xG
LAK: Carter, Amadio, Clague, Anderson, AnderssonMIN: Parise, Johansson, Bjugstad, Brodin, Dumba
LAK 2 – 4 MIN

3rd period

4:44
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Jonas Brodin, Jordan Greenway)wrist0.19 xG
LAK: Brown, Doughty, Anderson, Vilardi, AnderssonMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
LAK 2 – 5 MIN
9:41
LAKAlex Iafallo (Dustin Brown, Kale Clague)slap0.05 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Clague, IafalloMIN: Bonino, Cole, Johansson, Dumba, Soucy
LAK 3 – 5 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	2	2	0	4	0.46	0	0	0	23:21	—	—	60	60
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.20	2	0	0	22:08	—	—	58	55
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	50	44
Dustin Brown R	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.14	1	0	2	19:07	—	—	56	35
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	60	34
Lias Andersson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	44	18
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	2	1	0	19:27	—	—	60	33
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	0	2	9:51	—	—	69	67
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	1	0	4	9:28	—	—	72	57
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	52	33
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	53	49
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	1	0	9:43	—	—	67	72
Drew Doughty D	D1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.40	0	1	0	32:21	—	—	61	60
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	55	29
Kale Clague D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	58	45
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	1	0	7:20	—	—	64	24
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	54	38
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	7	12:49	—	—	56	38

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	28	23	5	.821	2.36	57:23

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	38	51
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.17	0	0	7	12:33	—	—	42	52
Nico Sturm C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	2	0	8:35	—	—	41	58
Zach Parise L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	40	66
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.60	0	0	2	13:33	—	—	50	73
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	15	7:45	—	—	25	52
Marcus Johansson L	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	58	71
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	1	0	2	18:34	—	—	50	74
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.44	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	69	81
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	0	3	0	19:04	—	—	40	38
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	11:59	—	—	31	38
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	8:05	—	—	21	20
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.11	0	3	0	25:01	—	—	40	63
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	4	2	2	23:32	—	—	35	56
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	3	0	18:52	—	—	45	58
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	41	55
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	17:55	—	—	41	52
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	2	16:28	—	—	44	54

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	35	32	3	.914	2.75	58:57

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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.