San Jose Sharks vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 27, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	0	0	1		SJS	8	11	6	25
LAK	0	3	2	5		LAK	6	17	20	43

: SJS 58LAK 79
: SJS 2.28LAK 5.33
PP goals: SJS 0LAK 0
Hits: SJS 26LAK 20
Blocks: SJS 16LAK 20
PIM: SJS 11LAK 11
: SJS 41%LAK 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings rout San Jose Sharks 5–1

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 5–1 at home. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 43 shots and stopped 38 (.884), +12 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.

Points
Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:04.Kempe
Goalie
Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 43 shots and stopped 38 (.884), +12 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.Kahkonen
Usage
Kevin Fiala (LAK) played 13:18, −4:48 down on his 18:06 season average over 81 games.Fiala
New line
New look for SJS: Bailey–Labanc–Studnicka skated 6:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Labanc Studnicka
Usage
Carl Grundstrom (LAK) played 15:18, +4:27 up on his 10:51 season average over 49 games.Grundstrom
Usage
Drew Doughty (LAK) played 22:48, −3:02 down on his 25:50 season average over 81 games.Doughty
Usage
Quinton Byfield (LAK) played 11:10, −5:23 down on his 16:33 season average over 79 games.Byfield
Usage
Anthony Duclair (SJS) played 11:24, −4:26 down on his 15:50 season average over 72 games.Duclair

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 137 of 137 attempts · LAK 79 · SJS 58

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 18% of the game, LAK 46%.

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	77
	2.58	4.54
	2.38	4.18
	10	14
	6	6
	13	10
	−0.052	+0.052
	18%	46%

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 – Zadina – Eklund
11:4155% CF
L2Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund
8:5165% CF
L3Hoffman – Kunin – Barabanov
6:2038% CF
L4Bailey – Labanc – Studnicka
6:0238% CF
D1Burroughs – Ferraro
15:2455% CF
D2Addison – Thrun
13:4139% CF
D3Rutta – Okhotiuk
11:2242% CF

PP1Granlund – Hertl – Zetterlund – Barabanov – Eklund
3:0933% CF
PP2Hoffman – Granlund – Hertl – Bailey – Eklund
0:24100% CF
PK1FHertl – Bailey
2:07
PK2FGranlund – Zetterlund
1:44
PK1DFerraro – Rutta
2:34
PK2DBurroughs – Thrun
1:22

Current SJS line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Dubois – Kaliyev – Laferriere
10:5571% CF
L2Lewis – Grundstrom – Lizotte
10:3161% CF
L3Danault – Fiala – Moore
9:3256% CF
L4Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
8:4338% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:0848% CF
D2Gavrikov – Roy
15:3544% CF
D3Englund – Spence
13:0966% CF

PP1Danault – Dubois – Moore – Kaliyev – Spence
1:56100% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
1:53100% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
2:31
PK2FKopitar – Kempe
1:26
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
2:04
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:05

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	-1	5	0.40	0	1	0	22:18	—	—	50	50
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	53	52
Filip Zadina R	L1	0	0	-2	2	0.21	0	2	0	15:29	—	—	53	52
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	0	2	18:54	—	—	47	46
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	1	1	+1	1	0.28	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	54	45
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	67	70
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	0	0	-4	1	0.13	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	27	12
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:47	—	—	39	18
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	-3	0	0.00	4	0	7	12:00	—	—	35	11
Justin Bailey R	L4	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	13:59	—	—	46	29
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	2	11:40	—	—	31	15
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	32	8
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	-2	2	0.34	2	4	0	21:47	—	—	50	53
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	-2	2	0.15	5	2	0	21:27	—	—	57	55
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	-2	2	0.03	3	1	0	19:11	—	—	41	25
Calen Addison D	D2	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	35	17
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	39	33
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	40	24

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	43	38	5	.884	5.33	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:40	—	—	70	83
Arthur Kaliyev R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.50	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	72	83
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.55	2	0	7	12:34	—	—	65	75
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	61	80
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.43	0	0	2	13:43	—	—	50	66
Trevor Lewis C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	0	3	0	12:18	—	—	60	84
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.50	0	3	0	18:31	—	—	49	61
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.44	1	2	0	17:28	—	—	57	76
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.64	0	1	0	13:18	—	—	59	79
Adrian Kempe R	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	0.62	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	41	36
Anze Kopitar C	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	37	28
Quinton Byfield R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.30	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	42	34
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	1	1	2	22:48	—	—	53	50
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	2	2	0	20:00	—	—	52	35
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.13	5	4	0	20:54	—	—	51	67
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.33	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	44	66
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	61	72
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:18	—	—	74	87

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.28	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Fabian Zetterlund (SJS) 1st 11:02 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 61.5 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

Fabian Zetterlund · 1st 11:02 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Kevin Fiala · 2nd 2:57 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Trevor Lewis · 2nd 3:10 · LAK

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: rebound

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Pierre-Luc Dubois · 2nd 12:26 · LAK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.9 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: rebound

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Adrian Kempe · 3rd 3:36 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 56.9 mph
Distance: 50 ft

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Adrian Kempe · 3rd 15:42 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.0 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 27, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings rout San Jose Sharks 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Fabian Zetterlund · 1st 11:02 · SJS

Kevin Fiala · 2nd 2:57 · LAK

Trevor Lewis · 2nd 3:10 · LAK

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 2nd 12:26 · LAK

Adrian Kempe · 3rd 3:36 · LAK

Adrian Kempe · 3rd 15:42 · LAK