San Jose Sharks vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 2, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	1	1	3		SJS	9	13	14	36
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	7	14	9	30

: SJS 67LAK 56
: SJS 5.59LAK 2.58
PP goals: SJS 0LAK 0
Hits: SJS 21LAK 23
Blocks: SJS 16LAK 15
PIM: SJS 4LAK 4
: SJS 45%LAK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0 at LAK. Rudolfs Balcers (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK scored 0 goals on 2.58 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Rudolfs Balcers had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:46.Balcers
Points
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:22.Hertl
Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 2.58 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
SJS scored 3 goals on 5.59 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Cal Petersen (LAK) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +4 against a season average of 31.3; the loss.Petersen
New line
New look for LAK: Brown–Anderson-Dolan–Iafallo skated 6:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Anderson-Dolan Iafallo
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Athanasiou–Kempe skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Athanasiou Kempe
Usage
Timo Meier (SJS) played 21:08, +5:10 up on his 15:58 season average over 53 games.Meier

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

← SJS attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · LAK 56 · SJS 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK pressure
SJS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 49% of the game, LAK 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

SJS

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	SJS	LAK
	62	58
	4.19	2.30
	3.91	2.15
	16	7
	6	4
	11	5
	−0.039	+0.039
	49%	22%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Balcers
12:3279% CF
L2Couture – Kane – Labanc
10:4935% CF
L3Donato – Gambrell – Leonard
8:1629% CF
L4Marleau – Sorensen – Viel
4:5957% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
17:4253% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
15:0243% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
12:4243% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
3:1875% CF
PP2Marleau – Burns – Donato – Meier – Balcers
1:38100% CF
PK1FCouture – Kane
1:59
PK2FHertl – Gambrell
0:36
PK1DVlasic – Ferraro
0:57
PK2DBurns – Simek
0:36

Current SJS line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Carter – Moore – Vilardi
9:4255% CF
L2Wagner – Andersson – Lizotte
8:1336% CF
L3Brown – Anderson-Dolan – Iafallo
6:0440% CF
L4Kopitar – Athanasiou – Kempe
5:4160% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:0048% CF
D2Walker – Strand
10:0142% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
1:42100% CF
PP2Carter – Athanasiou – Roy – Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi
0:56100% CF
PK1FKempe – Anderson-Dolan
1:15
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
1:15
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:18

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	+3	8	0.95	0	1	0	21:08	—	—	73	76
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	1	2	+3	6	0.71	1	0	2	19:22	—	—	79	79
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.71	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	79	78
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	30	63
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	2	0	18:13	—	—	36	70
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.93	1	1	0	17:00	—	—	31	61
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	16:36	—	—	35	34
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.44	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	44	44
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	24	35
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	52	60
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	8:07	—	—	62	86
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	3	0	0	6:44	—	—	50	83
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.40	1	2	0	25:10	—	—	59	73
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	3	0	22:40	—	—	55	70
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	2	1	2	20:14	—	—	47	54
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	2	0	16:31	—	—	47	52
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	2	0	16:14	—	—	48	75
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:46	—	—	46	74

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	2.58	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Carter C	L1	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	50	45
Gabriel Vilardi C	L1	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	46	39
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	54	48
Blake Lizotte C	L2	-1	3	0.19	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	42	31
Austin Wagner L	L2	-1	1	0.14	4	0	0	10:33	—	—	41	32
Lias Andersson C	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:39	—	—	38	25
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	48	28
Dustin Brown R	L3	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:08	—	—	50	35
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	16:05	—	—	48	48
Anze Kopitar C	L4	-1	2	0.16	2	0	2	20:42	—	—	46	20
Adrian Kempe R	L4	-2	4	0.43	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	52	34
Andreas Athanasiou C	L4	-2	3	0.09	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	53	37
Drew Doughty D	D1	-3	1	0.06	3	4	0	28:46	—	—	48	39
Mikey Anderson D	D1	-2	3	0.06	2	1	2	19:27	—	—	48	32
Sean Walker D	D2	-1	3	0.22	0	1	0	22:27	—	—	56	41
Austin Strand D	D2	0	0	0.02	1	4	0	13:36	—	—	33	33
Matt Roy D	—	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	22:14	—	—	55	35
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:00	—	—	36	28

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	4.23	57:51

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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 2, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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