Los Angeles Kings vs. Minnesota WildFeb 26, 2021

FinalFriday, Feb 26, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	7	8	13	28
MIN	3	0	0	3		MIN	16	6	8	30

: LAK 53MIN 61
: LAK 2.03MIN 4.51
PP goals: LAK 0MIN 0
Hits: LAK 14MIN 10
Blocks: LAK 10MIN 18
PIM: LAK 6MIN 6
: LAK 56%MIN 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at home. Jeff Carter (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. MIN scored 3 goals on 4.51 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
MIN scored 3 goals on 4.51 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Olli Maatta (LAK) played 20:39, +4:19 up on his 16:20 season average over 40 games.Maatta
Usage
Trevor Moore (LAK) played 10:55, −3:41 down on his 14:36 season average over 55 games.Moore
Usage
Victor Rask (MIN) played 17:24, +3:00 up on his 14:24 season average over 53 games.Rask
Cats
Ian Cole (MIN) blocked 5 shots in 16:17.Cole

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 114 of 114 attempts · MIN 61 · LAK 53

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 17% of the game, MIN 47%.

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
	46	59
	1.65	4.00
	1.64	3.73
	6	17
	4	5
	12	11
	+0.046	−0.046
	17%	47%

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

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
11:4438% CF
L2Carter – Kempe – Vilardi
5:0250% CF
L3Athanasiou – Amadio – Wagner
4:5550% CF
L4Grundstrom – Moore – Lizotte
4:1540% CF
D1Doughty – Maatta
17:5534% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
13:2457% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:3533% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Vilardi – Walker
2:28100% CF
PK1FCarter – Kempe
2:57
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:39
PK1DRoy – Bjornfot
2:20
PK2DDoughty – Maatta
1:14

Current LAK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
11:5643% CF
L2Fiala – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:5380% CF
L3Parise – Foligno – Hartman
10:3146% CF
L4Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm
6:5067% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
15:5559% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
15:2668% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
11:4446% CF

PP1Suter – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
2:52100% CF
PP2Brodin – Dumba – Fiala – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
1:2750% CF
PK1FHartman – Greenway
2:19
PK2FBonino – Sturm
1:11
PK1DCole – Soucy
2:10
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
2:08

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:33
MINKirill Kaprizov (Jonas Brodin, Mats Zuccarello)wrap-around0.08 xG
LAK: Brown, Doughty, Maatta, Iafallo, LizotteMIN: Zuccarello, Rask, Brodin, Dumba, Kaprizov
LAK 0 – 1 MIN
14:31
MINNick Bjugstad (Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon)backhand0.13 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Iafallo, BjornfotMIN: Suter, Bonino, Bjugstad, Brodin, Sturm
LAK 0 – 2 MIN
15:36
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Jordan Greenway, Kevin Fiala)wrist0.15 xG
LAK: Athanasiou, MacDermid, Amadio, Wagner, WalkerMIN: Cole, Soucy, Fiala, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
LAK 0 – 3 MIN

3rd period

17:10
LAKJeff Carter (Andreas Athanasiou, Gabriel Vilardi)wrist0.30 xG
LAK: Carter, Doughty, Maatta, Athanasiou, VilardiMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Fiala, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
LAK 1 – 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	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	18:55	—	—	36	16
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	29	13
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	33	14
Jeff Carter C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	0	1	0	18:34	—	—	39	42
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	1	0	16:54	—	—	40	47
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	58	49
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	46	33
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	61	26
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	1	0	11:28	—	—	56	28
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.56	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	39	26
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	0	0	11:51	—	—	38	28
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	2	10:55	—	—	57	33
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	27:22	—	—	32	27
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	20:39	—	—	39	32
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	2	2	19:05	—	—	53	44
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	17:20	—	—	60	56
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	17:11	—	—	39	16
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	12:11	—	—	38	16

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	3.76	57:30

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	1.42	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	39	66
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.49	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	44	67
Victor Rask C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	50	66
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	81	75
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.34	1	1	0	16:28	—	—	68	74
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	85	77
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	48	64
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	46	64
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	1	4	12:19	—	—	44	63
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.35	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	63	83
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	10:20	—	—	67	80
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	61	80
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	3	1	0	22:20	—	—	59	64
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.16	1	3	0	21:05	—	—	55	61
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	0	2	0	22:39	—	—	70	83
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	2	0	21:28	—	—	68	81
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	5	0	16:17	—	—	43	74
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	45	74

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.03	59:48

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.