Honda West Division

Los Angeles Kings

2020–21·21–28–7·49 points·6th in the Honda West

Seasons

Points: 49#25
Goal differential: −27#22
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 45.2%#28
Power play: 18.9%#19
Penalty kill: 83.6%#6
GSAx: +7.7#7

Forward lines

Trios of forwards together at 5-on-5. Raise the minimum to see only the regular lines. A defenceman who played forward still counts as a defenceman.

Minimum 5v5 time together

30 of 30 lines


Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo	440:52	45	56.8%	56.9%	16	14
Grundstrom – Moore – Anderson-Dolan	104:54	20	59.3%	51.4%	8	3
Carter – Athanasiou – Vilardi	88:17	13	57.8%	54.1%	4	3
Kopitar – Kempe – Iafallo	74:47	16	56.2%	52.8%	3	3
Carter – Kempe – Vilardi	69:39	13	47.1%	48.1%	2	0
Vilardi – Andersson – Iafallo	67:09	6	48.1%	49.1%	4	3
Carter – Athanasiou – Lizotte	58:45	15	52.3%	48.0%	5	2
Lemieux – Grundstrom – Anderson-Dolan	51:46	8	30.3%	36.6%	1	2
Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Lizotte	49:02	7	36.6%	42.6%	3	2
Kopitar – Athanasiou – Kempe	40:25	12	33.6%	48.4%	0	1

Defence pairs

Model-based

Pairs of defencemen together at 5-on-5.

Minimum 5v5 time together

18 of 18 pairs


Doughty – Anderson	799:51	52	48.5%	50.6%	26	29
Roy – Bjornfot	379:28	31	44.9%	47.0%	11	12
Maatta – Walker	316:23	31	48.8%	50.5%	15	21
Doughty – Maatta	103:12	38	43.1%	50.6%	4	3
Roy – Anderson	99:20	39	36.9%	41.4%	1	3
Maatta – Strand	87:16	7	46.0%	41.3%	2	3
Doughty – Bjornfot	57:42	27	53.7%	51.9%	1	3
Roy – Clague	52:36	5	42.8%	57.5%	3	3

Who plays with whom

Model-based

Linemates pull together. Drag the handles to watch combinations form and break up during the season; click a player to open their page.

Games 1–56 · Jan 14 to May 13

Forward Defence Pair xGF%: red below 50, blue aboveThicker lines, more time together. Showing pairs with 20+ shared minutes.

With or without you

Model-based

Every pair of regulars. Some players lift everyone they play with; others depend on a particular partner.

	Kempe	Doughty	Anderson	Brown	Kopitar	Iafallo	Roy	Bjornfot	Athanasiou	Vilardi	Carter	Walker	Maatta	Anderson-Dolan	Moore	Grundstrom	Wagner	Lizotte
Kempe F		49	45	50	48	53	45	37	43	46	45	47	50	36	50	21	58	57
Doughty D	49		49	51	47	52	54	54	48	55	46	59	43	42	50	43	49	52
Anderson D	45	49		53	46	49	35	100	47	50	52	55	9	40	48	42	47	61
Brown F	50	51	53		53	54	47	56	41	42		55	39	44	21	24	55	30
Kopitar F	48	47	46	53		51	50	57	48	80	40	53	41	10	41	24	32	100
Iafallo F	53	52	49	54	51		42	53	54	46	36	54	43	23	23	13	4	58
Roy D	45	54	35	47	50	42		45	46	41	48	37	31	44	43	43	43	39
Bjornfot D	37	54	100	56	57	53	45		43	40	42	35	0	46	47	43	56	47
Athanasiou F	43	48	47	41	48	54	46	43		56	52	46	48	35	54	40	45	41
Vilardi F	46	55	50	42	80	46	41	40	56		56	51	49	0	51	29	46	40
Carter F	45	46	52		40	36	48	42	52	56		51	57	36	50	51	38	49
Walker D	47	59	55	55	53	54	37	35	46	51	51		48	36	42	34	44	42
Maatta D	50	43	9	39	41	43	31	0	48	49	57	48		44	46	37	47	44
Anderson-Dolan F	36	42	40	44	10	23	44	46	35	0	36	36	44		44	45	38	0
Moore F	50	50	48	21	41	23	43	47	54	51	50	42	46	44		44	40	46
Grundstrom F	21	43	42	24	24	13	43	43	40	29	51	34	37	45	44		59	40
Wagner F	58	49	47	55	32	4	43	56	45	46	38	44	47	38	40	59		55
Lizotte F	57	52	61	30	100	58	39	47	41	40	49	42	44	0	46	40	55

Hover a cell to compare each player with and without the other. Numbers are the pair's 5-on-5 xGF%; blue above 50, red below. Cells are grey until the pair has 100 minutes together.

Line blender

Model-based

How much the forward trios changed each game. Low values mean settled lines; high values mean a coach searching for a spark.

Line-blender index by game