Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 5, 2017

FinalTuesday, Dec 5, 2017· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	2	0	2		MIN	8	8	5	21
LAK	0	1	4	5		LAK	11	9	8	28

: MIN 43LAK 53
: MIN 1.59LAK 2.39
PP goals: MIN 0LAK 0
Hits: MIN 27LAK 21
Blocks: MIN 13LAK 11
PIM: MIN 11LAK 7
: MIN 42%LAK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK scored 5 goals on 2.39 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:50.Kopitar
Points
Drew Doughty had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 25:49.Doughty
Points
Marian Gaborik had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:24.Gaborik
Points
Jake Muzzin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:12.Muzzin
Luck
LAK scored 5 goals on 2.39 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Alec Martinez (LAK) played 19:18, −3:37 down on his 22:55 season average over 76 games.Martinez
Usage
Jake Muzzin (LAK) played 25:12, +3:36 up on his 21:36 season average over 73 games.Muzzin
Usage
Marian Gaborik (LAK) played 17:24, +3:30 up on his 13:54 season average over 45 games.Gaborik

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

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

LAK
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · LAK 53 · MIN 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 26% of the game, LAK 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

MIN

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	MIN	LAK
	47	54
	1.87	1.54
	1.82	1.52
	8	7
	5	1
	11	10
	−0.059	+0.059
	26%	26%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
13:3150% CF
L2Staal – Foligno – Niederreiter
9:4859% CF
L3Cullen – Ennis – Mitchell
9:3671% CF
L4Winnik – Stewart – Coyle
8:3338% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
19:1861% CF
D2Brodin – Murphy
16:3042% CF
D3Prosser – Reilly
10:5142% CF

PP1Staal – Zucker – Coyle – Reilly – Murphy
1:01100% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Granlund – Niederreiter – Dumba
0:49
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
1:29
PK2FCullen – Mitchell
1:00
PK1DSuter – Dumba
1:28
PK2DProsser – Brodin
1:00

Current MIN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Jokinen – Mitchell – Brodzinski
9:3938% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
8:3755% CF
L3Toffoli – Shore – Pearson
7:1050% CF
L4Gaborik – Lewis – Kempe
4:2140% CF
D1Muzzin – Doughty
17:5954% CF
D2Forbort – Folin
11:5547% CF

PP1Gaborik – Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty
2:3650% CF
PP2Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – MacDermid – Kempe
2:04100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
0:37
PK2FJokinen – Toffoli
0:31
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
1:02
PK2DMuzzin – Folin
0:58

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:30
MINCharlie Coyle (Chris Stewart, Daniel Winnik)tip-in0.07 xG
MIN: Winnik, Stewart, Coyle, Brodin, MurphyLAK: Toffoli, Forbort, Pearson, Folin, Kempe
MIN 1 – 0 LAK
14:24
LAKJake Muzzin (Drew Doughty, Nicholas Shore)slap0.04 xG
MIN: Winnik, Stewart, Coyle, Brodin, MurphyLAK: Muzzin, Doughty, Toffoli, Shore, Pearson
MIN 1 – 1 LAK
15:34
MINTyler Ennis (Zack Mitchell, Matt Cullen)wrist0.14 xG
MIN: Cullen, Suter, Ennis, Mitchell, DumbaLAK: Jokinen, Mitchell, Muzzin, Doughty, Brodzinski
MIN 2 – 1 LAK

3rd period

4:35
LAKMarian Gaborik (Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown)wrist0.10 xG
MIN: Suter, Foligno, Coyle, Niederreiter, DumbaLAK: Gaborik, Brown, Kopitar, Forbort, Folin
MIN 2 – 2 LAK
12:38
LAKAdrian Kempe (Jake Muzzin, Drew Doughty)deflected0.00 xG
MIN: Staal, Ennis, Niederreiter, Brodin, MurphyLAK: Toffoli, Forbort, Pearson, Folin, Kempe
MIN 2 – 3 LAK
14:00
LAKMarian Gaborik (Anze Kopitar)snap0.03 xG
MIN: Koivu, Suter, Zucker, Granlund, DumbaLAK: Gaborik, Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Doughty
MIN 2 – 4 LAK
19:04
LAKAnze KopitarEN (Alec Martinez, Drew Doughty)wrist0.54 xG
MIN: Koivu, Suter, Coyle, Granlund, BrodinLAK: Gaborik, Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Doughty
MIN 2 – 5 LAK

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	42	50
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	0	0	18:14	—	—	50	60
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	2	0	17:13	—	—	42	46
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	4	15:08	—	—	46	53
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	46	49
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	11:56	—	—	52	55
Tyler Ennis R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.47	4	0	0	13:12	—	—	63	79
Zack Mitchell R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:55	—	—	58	81
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	60	68
Charlie Coyle C	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	16:41	—	—	27	23
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	32	35
Chris Stewart R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	5	10:00	—	—	47	49
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	25:52	—	—	61	51
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	2	23:42	—	—	58	41
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	2	0	20:38	—	—	38	63
Ryan Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	3	0	20:13	—	—	43	69
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:29	—	—	26	32
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	47	63

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	1.85	59:21

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Torrey Mitchell C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:18	—	—	35	32
Jussi Jokinen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	1	0	11:04	—	—	39	32
Jonny Brodzinski C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	39	29
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	2	3	+2	3	0.71	0	1	0	21:50	—	—	59	54
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.19	3	0	0	21:12	—	—	59	55
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	65	46
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.48	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	48	38
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	50	38
Nicholas Shore C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:16	—	—	61	53
Marian Gaborik R	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.22	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	59	59
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	67	49
Adrian Kempe R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	50	22
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	25:49	—	—	58	36
Jake Muzzin D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.13	4	1	0	25:12	—	—	48	25
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.10	3	2	0	22:00	—	—	63	60
Christian Folin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	1	0	16:53	—	—	44	43
Alec Martinez D	—	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	0	2	2	19:18	—	—	52	56
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	5	10:59	—	—	46	89

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.59	60:00

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.