Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 11, 2021

FinalSaturday, Dec 11, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	8	8	15	31
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	13	12	12	37

: MIN 50LAK 85
: MIN 2.86LAK 3.89
PP goals: MIN 1LAK 0
Hits: MIN 30LAK 20
Blocks: MIN 27LAK 8
PIM: MIN 10LAK 4
: MIN 36%LAK 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Minnesota Wild 2–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 at home. Phillip Danault (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Alexander Edler (LAK) played 1:07, −17:47 down on his 18:54 season average over 40 games.

Usage
Alexander Edler (LAK) played 1:07, −17:47 down on his 18:54 season average over 40 games.Edler
Goalie
Kaapo Kahkonen (MIN) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +8 against a season average of 29.3; the loss.Kahkonen
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 18:19, −4:52 down on his 23:11 season average over 56 games.Dumba
New line
New look for LAK: Lemieux–Grundstrom–Moore skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lemieux Grundstrom Moore
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 3.89 expected goals (85 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 2.86 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Trevor Moore (LAK) played 11:17, −4:28 down on his 15:45 season average over 80 games.Moore
Usage
Brandon Duhaime (MIN) played 14:30, +4:20 up on his 10:10 season average over 79 games.Duhaime

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 135 of 135 attempts · LAK 85 · MIN 50

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 20% of the game, LAK 58%.

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
	44	70
	1.97	3.05
	1.90	2.85
	12	16
	5	5
	6	7
	−0.134	+0.134
	20%	58%

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

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
10:0340% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:2029% CF
L3Rask – Fiala – Duhaime
8:4540% CF
L4Bjugstad – Shaw – Sturm
4:5245% CF
D1Goligoski – Spurgeon
14:3147% CF
D2Merrill – Dumba
11:1219% CF
D3Benn – Kulikov
11:0158% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:40100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Foligno – Dumba – Fiala – Greenway
1:1767% CF
PK1FHartman – Greenway
3:46
PK2FDuhaime – Sturm
3:37
PK1DKulikov – Merrill
5:25
PK2DGoligoski – Spurgeon
3:01

Current MIN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Arvidsson – Iafallo
10:5382% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Kempe
10:1957% CF
L3Athanasiou – Kupari – Kaliyev
9:1438% CF
L4Lemieux – Grundstrom – Moore
8:4357% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
12:5053% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
8:5969% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Arvidsson – Kaliyev
5:3383% CF
PP2Brown – Danault – Athanasiou – Iafallo – Durzi
2:48100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
1:33
PK2FDanault – Kempe
1:10
PK1DRoy – Anderson
2:14
PK2DDurzi – Bjornfot
1:10

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:11
MINMarcus FolignoPP (Mathew Dumba, Kevin Fiala)tip-in0.06 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Foligno, Dumba, Fiala, GreenwayLAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Roy, Anderson
MIN 1 – 0 LAK
14:29
LAKPhillip Danault (Drew Doughty)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Merrill, Rask, Dumba, Fiala, DuhaimeLAK: Doughty, Danault, Arvidsson, Iafallo, Durzi
MIN 1 – 1 LAK

3rd period

9:15
LAKBrendan Lemieux (Trevor Moore, Carl Grundstrom)slap0.08 xG
MIN: Merrill, Bjugstad, Dumba, Shaw, SturmLAK: Doughty, Lemieux, Grundstrom, Moore, Bjornfot
MIN 1 – 2 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
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.19	1	1	0	19:12	—	—	39	37
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.60	2	1	2	19:04	—	—	39	33
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	1	1	0	18:39	—	—	38	33
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.74	3	0	2	17:39	—	—	35	52
Marcus Foligno L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	3	3	0	16:13	—	—	26	44
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	2	0	15:10	—	—	28	53
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	46	42
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	3	0	0	14:30	—	—	38	37
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	1	0	12:54	—	—	41	43
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:15	—	—	47	40
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	7:10	—	—	50	39
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:06	—	—	50	48
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	3	2	22:57	—	—	41	41
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	22:17	—	—	47	48
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	8	0	18:37	—	—	24	20
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.03	3	2	2	18:19	—	—	21	13
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	52	54
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	1	0	15:11	—	—	50	57

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	37	35	2	.946	3.89	58:12

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	83	88
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.63	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	81	81
Phillip Danault C	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.92	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	83	88
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	2	0	0	23:27	—	—	55	34
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	56	43
Dustin Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	15:53	—	—	58	39
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	33	38
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	33	43
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	11:14	—	—	36	45
Trevor Moore L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	54	56
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	4	0	0	9:58	—	—	58	57
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	2	0	0	9:40	—	—	56	54
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.14	1	2	4	28:03	—	—	61	62
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	23:42	—	—	51	61
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	22:41	—	—	63	63
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	17:28	—	—	61	49
Sean Durzi D	—	0	0	0	+1	4	0.14	1	1	0	17:45	—	—	72	74
Alexander Edler D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:07	—	—	100	100

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.86	59:57

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.