San Jose Sharks vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 17, 2022

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SJS	1	1	0	0	0	2		SJS	7	13	5	0	25
LAK	1	1	0	0	1	3		LAK	12	17	5	7	41

: SJS 53LAK 70
: SJS 3.09LAK 3.85
PP goals: SJS 1LAK 1
Hits: SJS 36LAK 26
Blocks: SJS 20LAK 17
PIM: SJS 8LAK 6
: SJS 51%LAK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (SO)

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in a shootout at home. Timo Meier (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:54 together.

Points
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:05.Meier
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:54 together.Couture Karlsson Hertl Meier Barabanov
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Fiala–Kempe skated 13:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Fiala Kempe
Goalie
James Reimer (SJS) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +10 against a season average of 31.0; the overtime loss.Reimer
New line
New look for LAK: Arvidsson–Lizotte–Kaliyev skated 11:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Arvidsson Lizotte Kaliyev
New line
New look for LAK: Anderson-Dolan–Vilardi–Kupari skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson-Dolan Vilardi Kupari
New line
New look for SJS: Svechnikov–Gregor–Sturm skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Svechnikov Gregor Sturm
Usage
Drew Doughty (LAK) played 30:38, +4:28 up on his 26:10 season average over 80 games.Doughty

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 70 · SJS 53

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 35% of the game, LAK 41%.

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
	50	58
	2.52	2.61
	2.41	2.50
	11	16
	4	1
	7	5
	+0.009	−0.009
	35%	41%

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 – Labanc – Meier
11:4753% CF
L2Bonino – Couture – Barabanov
10:2941% CF
L3Svechnikov – Gregor – Sturm
8:4967% CF
L4Lindblom – Lorentz – Gadjovich
8:4933% CF
D1Karlsson – Megna
17:2555% CF
D2Vlasic – Benning
14:0332% CF
D3Harrington – Simek
10:2050% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
1:54100% CF
PP2Bonino – Karlsson – Labanc – Svechnikov – Sturm
0:21100% CF
PK1FCouture – Sturm
3:55
PK2FBonino – Lorentz
2:16
PK1DVlasic – Benning
3:43
PK2DMegna – Simek
1:40

Current SJS line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe
13:1260% CF
L2Arvidsson – Lizotte – Kaliyev
11:0841% CF
L3Danault – Moore – Iafallo
9:5943% CF
L4Anderson-Dolan – Vilardi – Kupari
6:2550% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
18:2656% CF
D2Roy – Durzi
15:0954% CF
D3Edler – Spence
11:0458% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
4:3289% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore – Durzi – Kaliyev
2:15100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:03
PK2FDanault – Moore
0:55
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:34
PK2DEdler – Roy
0:55

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:54
LAKPhillip DanaultPP (Drew Doughty, Pheonix Copley)backhand0.09 xG
SJS: Bonino, Harrington, Megna, LorentzLAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, Durzi, Kaliyev
SJS 0 – 1 LAK
13:23
SJSTimo MeierPP (Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.42 xG
SJS: Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, BarabanovLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Anderson, Iafallo
SJS 1 – 1 LAK

2nd period

15:26
SJSKevin Labanc (Timo Meier)slap0.10 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Megna, Labanc, MeierLAK: Danault, Roy, Moore, Iafallo, Durzi
SJS 2 – 1 LAK
16:16
LAKJaret Anderson-Dolan (Mikey Anderson, Gabriel Vilardi)snap0.21 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Lindblom, Gadjovich, SimekLAK: Doughty, Anderson-Dolan, Anderson, Vilardi, Kupari
SJS 2 – 2 LAK

Decided in the shootout: SJS 2 – 3 LAK.

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	1	2	+1	7	0.65	3	1	0	21:05	—	—	53	52
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	2	1	0	20:39	—	—	49	50
Kevin Labanc R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	2	0	0	15:30	—	—	53	51
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.40	2	2	0	19:38	—	—	38	59
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.44	1	2	0	17:56	—	—	37	71
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	2	0	17:41	—	—	35	73
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	59	51
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	1	0	2	12:19	—	—	67	46
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	0	2	11:16	—	—	67	59
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	13:35	—	—	33	8
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	1	0	10:27	—	—	25	3
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:40	—	—	27	4
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	2	1	0	28:57	—	—	53	62
Jaycob Megna D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	2	21:56	—	—	53	61
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:58	—	—	26	21
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	20:57	—	—	38	30
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	2	16:33	—	—	46	39
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:03	—	—	52	63

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	O	41	39	2	.951	3.85	65:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	23:34	—	—	65	59
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.73	1	0	2	20:56	—	—	61	50
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	3	0	0	20:19	—	—	60	45
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:06	—	—	44	48
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	16:23	—	—	50	45
Arthur Kaliyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	45	39
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	46	43
Phillip Danault C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.35	1	2	2	16:34	—	—	42	28
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	50	33
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.61	3	0	0	11:41	—	—	60	78
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	67	78
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	0	2	6:42	—	—	50	72
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	2	0	30:38	—	—	53	41
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.10	1	1	0	23:15	—	—	63	36
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	0	4	0	21:10	—	—	48	47
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.21	3	1	0	19:43	—	—	55	59
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:26	—	—	47	70
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	13:47	—	—	53	60

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	3.09	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.