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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 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Formenton OTT · 6 P in 20 GP Derek Stepan OTT · 6 P in 20 GP Carter Rowney ANA · 6 P in 19 GP Arttu Ruotsalainen BUF · 6 P in 17 GP Frans Nielsen DET · 6 P in 29 GP

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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 3 3 6 -4 12 23 8 0.26 13.0 12:04

Contract

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacement354th of 643 skaters, 241st of 430 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.6 62nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 26th percentilePower play-0.1 45th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 85th percentilePenalties+0.5 64th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

44.1Corsi for %205 attempts for, 260 against
-1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Expected goals for %10.0 expected for, 13.2 against
+1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.4Goals for %12 for, 17 against
99.7PDO10.9% shooting + 88.7% saves
36Attempts 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
Gabriel Vilardi · Lias Andersson · Alex Iafallo667:0949.152.34-3
Dustin Brown · Gabriel Vilardi · Lias Andersson542:2145.045.81-2
Trevor Moore · Gabriel Vilardi · Lias Andersson724:1548.947.61-1
Austin Wagner · Matt Luff · Lias Andersson217:0150.051.70-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.4Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.73 expected goals per 60 minutes52nd
Shot quality 11.0% chance per attempt97th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.4Goals 3

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
May 13, 2021 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:56
May 12, 2021 @ COL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:24
May 10, 2021 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 14:08
May 8, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:51
May 7, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:06
May 5, 2021 @ ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:22
May 3, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:49
May 1, 2021 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:02
Apr 30, 2021 @ ANA W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 10:02
Apr 28, 2021 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:37
Apr 2, 2021 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:39
Mar 31, 2021 @ VGK W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 10:10
Feb 16, 2021 vs MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:18
Feb 11, 2021 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:33
Feb 9, 2021 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 08:09
Feb 7, 2021 @ VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:21
Feb 2, 2021 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:38
Jan 28, 2021 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:30
Jan 26, 2021 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:54
Jan 24, 2021 @ STL W 6-3 1 0 1 3 6 1 0 13:14
Jan 23, 2021 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:46
Jan 21, 2021 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:06
Jan 19, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:56