VGK 4 @ LAK 1 · Dec 29, 2018

Sat, Dec 29, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Away

Vegas Golden Knights

Final

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Los Angeles Kings

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 68% of the time.

24%

59%

LAK winsVGK wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

LAK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault	Stastny–Pirri–Tuch	Reaves–Bellemare–Nosek	Eakin–Carrier–Carpenter	Eakin–Carpenter–Nosek	Pirri–Eakin–Carpenter	McNabb–Schmidt	Engelland–Theodore	Holden–Merrill	Engelland–Schmidt	McNabb–Theodore	Holden–Schmidt
Brown–Kopitar–Iafallo	5:070.22–0.32	2:130.11–0.17	4:220.03–0.01	4:020.31–0.11			11:150.34–0.39	3:090.11–0.22		1:230.22–0.00	0:380.00–0.00
Kovalchuk–Thompson–Leipsic	5:370.08–0.24	1:560.01–0.01		2:120.31–0.12	0:380.05–0.02	0:350.00–0.00	2:250.08–0.00	1:260.18–0.08	7:180.31–0.27			0:380.00–0.00
Carter–Toffoli–Kempe	1:500.00–0.00	3:260.40–0.17	2:190.00–0.07	0:480.00–0.09			1:000.15–0.00	6:320.38–0.29	2:510.01–0.20
Clifford–Amadio–Luff		1:570.03–0.31	1:160.02–0.05	0:510.10–0.04			1:180.06–0.20	1:450.02–0.03	3:040.12–0.27
Kovalchuk–Carter–Toffoli									0:510.01–0.01
Muzzin–Walker	4:330.35–0.22	6:200.58–0.32	2:240.03–0.03	2:250.46–0.09			5:190.59–0.39	6:080.64–0.10	3:440.00–0.19	1:160.22–0.00		1:030.00–0.00
Doughty–Forbort	6:290.07–0.53	2:220.00–0.12	2:060.00–0.00	4:480.23–0.21			6:530.07–0.30	4:430.00–0.30	4:520.34–0.24
LaDue–Fantenberg	1:460.00–0.01	0:530.00–0.07	4:470.04–0.13	0:360.00–0.02	0:360.05–0.02		4:040.01–0.10	3:120.02–0.10	2:280.05–0.07
Doughty–Fantenberg	0:570.00–0.00	0:380.03–0.00		1:150.01–0.06	0:480.00–0.04	0:350.00–0.00		0:390.11–0.00	3:190.04–0.11
Muzzin–Doughty							0:380.05–0.00	0:300.00–0.17
Forbort–LaDue							0:370.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

LAKVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Drew DoughtyLAK	27	27:30	1:01	2:48	6	2
Jake MuzzinLAK	26	23:30	0:54	2:23	3	3
Brayden McNabbVGK	27	23:14	0:52	1:40	3	5
Dustin BrownLAK	23	22:11	0:58	1:52	5	3
Anze KopitarLAK	23	22:02	0:57	1:52	5	3
Deryk EngellandVGK	25	21:39	0:52	1:40	2	3
Nate SchmidtVGK	24	21:19	0:53	1:56	2	3
Alex IafalloLAK	22	20:09	0:55	1:52	3	3
Derek ForbortLAK	21	18:57	0:54	1:24	2	2
Sean WalkerLAK	22	18:44	0:51	1:52	2	3
Nick HoldenVGK	24	18:32	0:46	1:15	4	2
William KarlssonVGK	17	18:07	1:04	1:39	1	1
Shea TheodoreVGK	24	17:49	0:45	1:18	2	2
Jon MerrillVGK	24	17:33	0:44	1:15	3	2
Tyler ToffoliLAK	21	17:25	0:50	2:26	2	4
Jeff CarterLAK	19	17:14	0:54	2:48	2	3
Reilly SmithVGK	18	17:12	0:57	1:23	1	2
Ilya KovalchukLAK	20	16:53	0:51	1:33	2	0
Jonathan MarchessaultVGK	19	16:47	0:53	1:45	2	1
Tomas NosekVGK	16	15:42	0:59	1:49	1	3
Brendan LeipsicLAK	19	15:29	0:49	1:19	3	1
Nate ThompsonLAK	20	15:27	0:46	1:22	3	4
Cody EakinVGK	16	14:55	0:56	1:45	1	3
Oscar FantenbergLAK	18	14:54	0:50	1:36	3	1
Pierre-Edouard BellemareVGK	16	14:50	0:56	1:59	2	3
Adrian KempeLAK	21	14:36	0:42	1:25	1	3
Alex TuchVGK	16	14:11	0:53	1:26	1	0
Ryan CarpenterVGK	16	13:51	0:52	1:21	1	3
Brandon PirriVGK	16	12:57	0:49	1:37	1	0
Paul StastnyVGK	17	12:50	0:45	1:43	1	2
Ryan ReavesVGK	14	12:23	0:53	2:16	2	1
Paul LaDueLAK	15	12:15	0:49	1:36	1	2
William CarrierVGK	16	12:09	0:46	1:05	1	3
Matt LuffLAK	11	7:42	0:42	1:10	3	1
Michael AmadioLAK	11	7:35	0:41	1:10	3	1
Kyle CliffordLAK	10	6:43	0:40	1:18	3	0

Vegas Golden Knights 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

Who was on the ice

Shift totals