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Lias Andersson

#17 · Centre · Los Angeles Kings

Born Oct 13, 1998 in Smogen, SWE · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 2017 by NYR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

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Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02462017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 6 points620-212021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 0 points022-23

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 NYR 7 1 1 2 1 0 5 9 0.29 $925K
2018-19 NYR 42 2 4 6 -13 29 41 60 0.14 $894K
2019-20 NYR 17 0 1 1 -8 4 13 20 0.06 $894K
2020-21 LAK 23 3 3 6 -4 12 23 8 0.26
2021-22 LAK 20 1 1 2 -7 12 29 23 0.10 $874K
2022-23 LAK 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00 $750K
6 seasons Career 110 7 10 17 -32 57 112 122 0.15

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 1 1 2 1 0 5 9 0.29 20.0 11:57

Contract

$925KCap hit2017-18
$463KCap dollars per point2 points in 7 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $874K
2018-19 to 2020-21 $894K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2017-18 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-2-10122017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

43.9Corsi for %69 attempts for, 88 against
-1.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.2Expected goals for %2.3 expected for, 4.9 against
-14.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %4 for, 3 against
107.1PDO12.5% shooting + 94.6% saves
10Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Spooner · Jimmy Vesey · Lias Andersson326:3343.933.92-0
Mats Zuccarello · Jimmy Vesey · Lias Andersson213:4765.065.10-0
Paul Carey · Peter Holland · Lias Andersson210:3845.528.90-1
Paul Carey · Vladislav Namestnikov · Lias Andersson17:3637.540.71-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.26 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.4

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2018 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:17
Apr 5, 2018 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:26
Apr 3, 2018 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:36
Mar 31, 2018 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:13
Mar 30, 2018 vs TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:01
Mar 28, 2018 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:20
Mar 26, 2018 vs WSH L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 10:44