Minnesota WildMIN 4–5 Final/SO Los Angeles KingsLAK

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Final/SO 1st2nd3rdOTSO T SOG
Minnesota WildMIN 11201 4 28
Los Angeles KingsLAK 11202 5 38

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:08 LAK Adrian Kempe (14) Anze Kopitar (15), Alex Laferriere (9) · wrist xG 0.14 0–1 ▶
8:28 MIN Jake Middleton (1) Mats Zuccarello (15), Zach Bogosian (3) · snap xG 0.05 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
16:57 LAK Corey Perry (9)PP Quinton Byfield (17), Brandt Clarke (14) · deflected xG 0.30 1–2 ▶
18:23 MIN Joel Eriksson Ek (11)PP Quinn Hughes (32) · wrist xG 0.11 2–2 ▶
3rd Period
4:54 LAK Quinton Byfield (6) Unassisted · xG 0.91 2–3 ▶
7:33 MIN Brock Faber (9) Danila Yurov (10), Kirill Kaprizov (25) · snap xG 0.08 3–3 ▶
12:09 LAK Samuel Helenius (1) Kevin Fiala (14), Alex Turcotte (5) · wrist xG 0.14 3–4 ▶
17:03 MIN Matt Boldy (26) Brock Faber (14), Marcus Foligno (4) · deflected xG 0.24 4–4 ▶
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
LAK Kevin Fiala vs Jesper Wallstedt Saved
MIN Mats Zuccarello vs Darcy Kuemper Saved
LAK Adrian Kempe vs Jesper Wallstedt Goal
MIN Matt Boldy vs Darcy Kuemper Goal
LAK Anze Kopitar vs Jesper Wallstedt Saved
MIN Kirill Kaprizov vs Darcy Kuemper Saved
LAK Brandt Clarke vs Jesper Wallstedt Goal
MIN Vladimir Tarasenko vs Darcy Kuemper Missed

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

MIN 29%Deserve to win71% LAK
MINLAK
3.20Expected goals4.61
4Goals (no shootout)4
2.08Expected goals, 5 on 53.19
70Shot attempts84
51Unblocked attempts61
28Shots on goal38

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
3:20 LAK No shift No shift · Helenius, 13:35 on the bench
No shift from 11:13 of the 1st to 10:23 of the 2nd; 3 shifts (2:36) before that
3rd Period
3:40 LAK No shift No shift · Helenius, 18:30 on the bench
No shift from 11:37 of the 2nd to 12:03 of the 3rd; 4 shifts (3:50) before that
5:00 LAK xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced MIN 1.47–0.30
In xG over 10 minutes, 15:00 of the 2nd to 5:00 of the 3rd; goals 2–1

Shot map

MIN shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ LAK shoots
Kirill Kaprizov: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 0:51) Alex Laferriere: tip-in, 24 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 1:29) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:00) Quinn Hughes: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:13) Brock Faber: snap, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:18) Mats Zuccarello: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 4:22) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 5:55) Marcus Foligno: backhand, 17 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 7:19) Warren Foegele: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 7:48) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 8:46) Matt Boldy: backhand, 10 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:09) Joel Edmundson: wrist, 184 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 12:30) Alex Laferriere: tip-in, 30 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 12:49) Alex Turcotte: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 13:21) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:27) Cody Ceci: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 13:29) Joel Eriksson Ek: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 14:20) Andrei Kuzmenko: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 14:39) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.22 (P1 14:47) Vladimir Tarasenko: snap, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:38) Adrian Kempe: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 16:00) Nico Sturm: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 16:27) Nico Sturm: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 16:28) Quinton Byfield: backhand, 18 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 16:44) Brian Dumoulin: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 17:21) Andrei Kuzmenko: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 17:29) Mikey Anderson: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 18:18) Marcus Foligno: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 19:35) Quinn Hughes: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 1:38) Brock Faber: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 2:12) Jared Spurgeon: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 2:14) Jared Spurgeon: wrist, 72 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 2:25) Marcus Johansson: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 2:28) Mats Zuccarello: bat, 15 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 4:31) Danila Yurov: bat, 15 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 4:33) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 5:19) Yakov Trenin: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:58) Quinn Hughes: wrist, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 7:28) Mats Zuccarello: backhand, 18 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 8:31) Andrei Kuzmenko: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 10:07) Corey Perry: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 10:09) Corey Perry: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:27) Brock Faber: slap, 63 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:38) Joel Armia: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 11:17) Jeff Malott: wrap-around, 8 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 11:25) Anze Kopitar: wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 11:54) Marcus Johansson: wrist, 142 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 12:15) Kirill Kaprizov: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 12:56) Jonas Brodin: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 13:31) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 13:55) Brandt Clarke: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 14:10) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 14:16) Vinnie Hinostroza: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 14:40) Andrei Kuzmenko: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 14:49) Drew Doughty: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 15:37) Joel Eriksson Ek: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 17:58) Vinnie Hinostroza: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 18:40) Brandt Clarke: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 18:55) Drew Doughty: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:40) Matt Boldy: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 19:55) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 0:49) Zach Bogosian: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 1:36) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 2:06) Anze Kopitar: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 2:47) Mikey Anderson: wrist, 68 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 2:51) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 3:11) Drew Doughty: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 3:28) Kirill Kaprizov: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 3:41) Zach Bogosian: slap, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 3:51) Warren Foegele: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 4:19) Cody Ceci: wrist, 71 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 4:25) Drew Doughty: wrist, 114 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 6:12) Joel Eriksson Ek: backhand, 33 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 6:24) Matt Boldy: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 6:32) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 6:56) Matt Boldy: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:40) Brian Dumoulin: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 8:26) Alex Turcotte: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 9:28) Andrei Kuzmenko: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 9:33) Quinn Hughes: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 10:36) Brandt Clarke: wrist, 183 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 11:10) Drew Doughty: slap, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:45) Matt Boldy: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 13:39) Danila Yurov: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 14:19) Joel Eriksson Ek: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 15:48) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 98 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 17:09) Joel Eriksson Ek: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 17:31) Mats Zuccarello: slap, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 17:57) Matt Boldy: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 18:43) Matt Boldy: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 19:12) Kirill Kaprizov: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 19:26) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.19 (OT 0:26) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.09 (OT 0:26) Matt Boldy: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.09 (OT 1:03) Kirill Kaprizov: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.15 (OT 2:00) Brock Faber: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.16 (OT 2:35) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.13 (OT 2:56) Drew Doughty: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.08 (OT 3:13) Drew Doughty: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.05 (OT 3:24) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.05 (OT 3:40) Adrian Kempe: slap, 29 ft, xG 0.11 (OT 3:48) Kevin Fiala: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.07 (OT 4:19) Corey Perry: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.09 (OT 4:41) Corey Perry: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.18 (OT 4:55) Adrian Kempe: GOAL, wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 6:08) Jake Middleton: GOAL, snap, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 8:28) Corey Perry: GOAL, deflected, 4 ft, xG 0.30 (P2 16:57) Joel Eriksson Ek: GOAL, wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 18:23) Quinton Byfield: GOAL, shot, 7 ft, xG 0.91 (P3 4:54) Brock Faber: GOAL, snap, 11 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 7:33) Samuel Helenius: GOAL, wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 12:09) Matt Boldy: GOAL, deflected, 6 ft, xG 0.24 (P3 17:03)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
97 Kirill Kaprizov 011 +2 80.50 0023:59
14 Joel Eriksson Ek 101 +1 60.35 1023:12
12 Matt Boldy 101 +1 100.68 0022:48
36 Mats Zuccarello 011 +2 50.28 2019:32
90 Marcus Johansson 000 0 20.10 0016:00
22 Danila Yurov 011 +1 20.15 0014:21
38 Ryan Hartman 000 -2 10.00 0114:11
91 Vladimir Tarasenko 000 -2 30.01 0013:35
17 Marcus Foligno 011 0 20.27 2112:47
78 Nico Sturm 000 0 30.10 0011:04
13 Yakov Trenin 000 -1 20.02 5110:49
18 Vinnie Hinostroza 000 -2 20.03 0008:34
Defense
43 Quinn Hughes 011 0 70.15 0129:05
7 Brock Faber 112 0 60.30 1623:20
46 Jared Spurgeon 000 0 40.09 3220:02
25 Jonas Brodin 000 0 30.06 1319:23
55 Jake Middleton 101 0 20.05 1615:14
24 Zach Bogosian 011 0 20.07 1014:26
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jesper Wallstedt 38435 .921 4.61 +0.61

Los Angeles Kings

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
22 Kevin Fiala 011 +1 100.74 0122:30
11 Anze Kopitar 011 0 30.12 0422:03
9 Adrian Kempe 101 0 110.40 2221:54
55 Quinton Byfield 112 0 61.32 1320:47
14 Alex Laferriere 011 0 70.10 3018:36
40 Joel Armia 000 0 10.04 3217:39
37 Warren Foegele 000 -1 20.08 0015:02
62 Andrei Kuzmenko 000 +1 70.52 0013:59
15 Alex Turcotte 011 -1 20.13 0213:15
90 Corey Perry 101 -1 50.61 0012:40
39 Jeff Malott 000 0 30.06 2007:42
79 Samuel Helenius 101 +1 10.14 1104:34
Defense
8 Drew Doughty 000 -2 110.23 1024:09
44 Mikey Anderson 000 -1 20.03 1222:52
2 Brian Dumoulin 000 0 20.07 0019:42
5 Cody Ceci 000 0 40.01 0019:14
92 Brandt Clarke 011 +2 50.02 0117:46
6 Joel Edmundson 000 +1 20.00 1016:49
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Darcy Kuemper 28424 .857 3.20 -0.80

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Minnesota Wild

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
97 Kirill Kaprizov L +1.73 +0.55 +0.32 +0.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 23:59
36 Mats Zuccarello R +1.66 +0.70 +0.18 +0.80 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 19:32
22 Danila Yurov R +1.61 +0.70 +0.10 +0.65 +0.15 +0.01 0.00 — 14:21
12 Matt Boldy L +1.32 +0.75 +0.44 -0.02 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 22:48
17 Marcus Foligno L +0.82 +0.55 +0.18 +0.09 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 12:47
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C +0.82 +0.75 +0.23 +0.03 -0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 23:12
24 Zach Bogosian D +0.74 +0.55 +0.04 +0.13 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 14:26
7 Brock Faber D +0.71 +1.45 +0.19 -0.94 -0.30 0.00 +0.30 — 23:20
30 Jesper Wallstedt G +0.61 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.61 64:11
5 Jake Middleton D +0.52 +0.75 +0.03 -0.56 0.00 0.00 +0.30 — 15:14
25 Jonas Brodin D +0.48 0.00 +0.04 +0.27 0.00 0.00 +0.17 — 19:23
46 Jared Spurgeon D +0.11 0.00 +0.06 -0.05 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 20:02
90 Marcus Johansson L +0.07 0.00 +0.06 +0.02 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:00
78 Nico Sturm C -0.02 0.00 +0.07 -0.02 0.00 -0.03 -0.04 — 11:04
43 Quinn Hughes D -0.19 +0.70 +0.09 -1.29 +0.30 0.00 +0.01 — 29:05
13 Yakov Trenin C -0.25 0.00 +0.01 -0.33 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 10:49
38 Ryan Hartman R -1.84 0.00 0.00 -1.88 0.00 +0.03 +0.01 — 14:11
18 Vinnie Hinostroza C -1.86 0.00 +0.02 -1.88 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 8:34
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R -2.00 0.00 +0.01 -1.99 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 13:35

Los Angeles Kings

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
22 Kevin Fiala L +3.40 +0.70 +0.48 +2.05 +0.15 -0.01 +0.03 — 22:30
55 Quinton Byfield R +2.51 +1.45 +0.86 +0.20 -0.15 +0.02 +0.13 — 20:47
92 Brandt Clarke D +2.05 +0.55 +0.02 +1.31 +0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 17:46
96 Andrei Kuzmenko L +1.47 0.00 +0.34 +1.17 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 13:59
15 Alex Turcotte C +1.29 +0.55 +0.08 +0.50 0.00 +0.04 +0.12 — 13:15
79 Samuel Helenius C +1.21 +0.75 +0.09 +0.32 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 4:34
11 Anze Kopitar C +0.99 +0.70 +0.08 +0.06 0.00 -0.05 +0.20 — 22:03
2 Brian Dumoulin D +0.84 0.00 +0.04 +0.82 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 19:42
9 Adrian Kempe R +0.83 +0.75 +0.26 -0.29 0.00 +0.01 +0.10 — 21:54
5 Cody Ceci D +0.80 0.00 0.00 +0.82 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 19:14
40 Joel Armia R +0.78 0.00 +0.03 +0.91 -0.15 -0.01 0.00 — 17:39
6 Joel Edmundson D +0.62 0.00 0.00 +0.66 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 16:49
10 Corey Perry R +0.60 +0.75 +0.40 -0.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:40
14 Alex Laferriere R +0.21 +0.55 +0.06 -0.23 -0.15 -0.01 -0.02 — 18:36
37 Warren Foegele L -0.18 0.00 +0.05 -0.21 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 15:02
39 Jeff Malott L -0.21 0.00 +0.04 -0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 7:42
8 Drew Doughty D -0.45 0.00 +0.15 -0.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 24:09
44 Mikey Anderson D -0.45 0.00 +0.02 -0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 22:52
35 Darcy Kuemper G -0.80 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.80 64:03

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.