San Jose SharksSJS 4–3 Final/OT Los Angeles KingsLAK

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Final/OT	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
San Jose SharksSJS	0	1	2	1	4	28
Los Angeles KingsLAK	0	1	2	0	3	26

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Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
4:10	SJS	Tyler Toffoli (11)PP Alexander Wennberg (22), Macklin Celebrini (42) · wrist xG 0.47	1–0 ▶
11:34	LAK	Alex Turcotte (3) Kevin Fiala (15) · wrist xG 0.14	1–1 ▶
3rd Period
5:38	SJS	Adam Gaudette (9)PP Timothy Liljegren (7), Jeff Skinner (6) · tip-in xG 0.09	2–1 ▶
6:40	LAK	Kevin Fiala (16) Alex Turcotte (7), Joel Edmundson (13) · wrist xG 0.15	2–2 ▶
17:50	LAK	Alex Laferriere (11) Joel Edmundson (14), Cody Ceci (7) · tip-in xG 0.06	2–3 ▶
18:53	SJS	Macklin Celebrini (24) Unassisted · wrist xG 0.26	3–3 ▶
Overtime
3:08	SJS	William Eklund (11) Macklin Celebrini (43) · wrist xG 0.22	4–3 ▶

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

SJS 71%Deserve to win29% LAK

SJS		LAK
4.53	Expected goals	3.13
4	Goals (no shootout)	3
2.12	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.58
60	Shot attempts	56
46	Unblocked attempts	37
28	Shots on goal	26

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
16:59	SJS	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · SJS takes the lead, 64–36% LAK had led since 8:33 of the 1st, by as much as 66%
18:48	LAK	Goalie	Goalie · Kuemper +2.0 goals saved 1 goal on 3.02 xG, 18 shots on goal
20:00	SJS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced LAK 1.43–0.30 In xG over 10 minutes, 10:00 of the 2nd to the end of the 2nd; goals 0–1
3rd Period
11:50	LAK	No shift	No shift · Dumoulin, 17:23 on the bench No shift after the end of the 2nd; 10 shifts (10:07) before that
18:06	SJS	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Askarov, down 3–2 With 1:54 left; SJS scored at 18:53 of the 3rd (3–3)
19:30	LAK	No shift	No shift · Lee, 10:34 on the bench No shift after 8:39 of the 3rd; 11 shifts (8:00) before that

Shot map

SJS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ LAK shoots

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

San Jose Sharks

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
71	Macklin Celebrini	1	2	3	+2	10	0.80	1	0	25:12
21	Alexander Wennberg	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	21:26
27	William Eklund	1	0	1	+2	8	0.65	1	0	21:24
73	Tyler Toffoli	1	0	1	0	12	1.56	1	0	16:55
84	Pavol Regenda	0	0	0	+1	4	0.39	4	1	15:29
51	Collin Graf	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	15:27
92	Igor Chernyshov	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	14:43
23	Barclay Goodrow	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	0	1	12:36
63	Zack Ostapchuk	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	2	12:09
53	Jeff Skinner	0	1	1	0	5	0.27	2	0	11:50
81	Adam Gaudette	1	0	1	-1	4	0.29	4	1	11:39
75	Ryan Reaves	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	07:54
Defense
27	Timothy Liljegren	0	1	1	-1	3	0.06	2	4	23:59
9	Dmitry Orlov	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	0	22:44
38	Mario Ferraro	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	21:12
4	Nick Leddy	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	2	17:38
6	Sam Dickinson	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	2	17:28
6	Vincent Iorio	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	0	3	14:26

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Yaroslav Askarov	26	3	23	.885	3.13	+0.13

Los Angeles Kings

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
22	Kevin Fiala	1	1	2	+2	8	0.45	3	0	22:26
62	Andrei Kuzmenko	0	0	0	+2	3	0.05	0	0	21:46
55	Quinton Byfield	0	0	0	-1	3	0.44	0	1	21:37
14	Alex Laferriere	1	0	1	0	4	0.12	2	0	20:40
9	Adrian Kempe	0	0	0	0	5	0.10	0	2	20:08
37	Warren Foegele	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	18:29
15	Alex Turcotte	1	1	2	+2	7	0.51	1	0	17:22
39	Jeff Malott	0	0	0	-1	3	0.55	0	2	15:30
17	Taylor Ward	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	0	0	10:20
79	Samuel Helenius	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	2	0	07:36
Defense
8	Drew Doughty	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	0	22:22
92	Brandt Clarke	0	0	0	+2	3	0.17	0	2	22:12
44	Mikey Anderson	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	2	22:11
6	Joel Edmundson	0	2	2	+3	5	0.13	0	2	20:13
5	Cody Ceci	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	15:00
2	Brian Dumoulin	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	10:07
43	Jacob Moverare	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	06:58

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Darcy Kuemper	28	4	24	.857	4.53	+0.53

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.

San Jose Sharks

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
71 Macklin Celebrini C	+2.20	+2.00	+0.52	-0.37	0.00	+0.07	-0.02	—	25:12
73 Tyler Toffoli C	+2.05	+0.75	+1.01	+0.44	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	16:55
21 Alexander Wennberg C	+1.42	+0.70	+0.02	+0.68	0.00	+0.01	+0.01	—	21:26
53 Jeff Skinner L	+1.28	+0.55	+0.17	+0.42	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	11:50
81 Adam Gaudette R	+1.07	+0.75	+0.19	+0.08	0.00	-0.01	+0.05	—	11:39
84 Pavol Regenda L	+1.03	0.00	+0.25	+0.74	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	15:29
72 William Eklund L	+0.80	+0.75	+0.42	-0.36	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	21:24
37 Timothy Liljegren D	+0.55	+0.70	+0.04	-0.36	0.00	0.00	+0.18	—	23:59
9 Dmitry Orlov D	+0.55	0.00	0.00	+0.51	0.00	0.00	+0.04	—	22:44
51 Collin Graf R	+0.27	0.00	0.00	+0.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	15:27
30 Yaroslav Askarov G	+0.13	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.13	62:21
92 Igor Chernyshov L	-0.04	0.00	+0.12	-0.31	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	14:43
4 Nick Leddy D	-0.09	0.00	+0.07	-0.26	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	17:38
6 Sam Dickinson D	-0.25	0.00	+0.07	-0.40	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	17:28
38 Mario Ferraro D	-0.62	0.00	+0.01	-0.60	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	21:12
22 Vincent Iorio D	-0.87	0.00	0.00	-0.87	-0.15	0.00	+0.15	—	14:26
75 Ryan Reaves R	-1.13	0.00	0.00	-1.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	7:54
63 Zack Ostapchuk C	-1.33	0.00	0.00	-1.57	+0.15	-0.01	+0.10	—	12:09
23 Barclay Goodrow C	-1.65	0.00	+0.04	-1.69	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	12:36

Los Angeles Kings

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
15 Alex Turcotte C	+3.28	+1.45	+0.33	+1.45	0.00	+0.05	0.00	—	17:22
6 Joel Edmundson D	+2.81	+1.25	+0.09	+1.24	+0.15	0.00	+0.08	—	20:13
22 Kevin Fiala L	+2.54	+1.45	+0.29	+0.86	0.00	0.00	-0.06	—	22:26
92 Brandt Clarke D	+1.94	0.00	+0.11	+1.73	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	22:12
96 Andrei Kuzmenko L	+1.68	0.00	+0.03	+1.65	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	21:46
39 Jeff Malott L	+1.00	0.00	+0.36	+0.57	0.00	-0.01	+0.08	—	15:30
44 Mikey Anderson D	+0.64	0.00	+0.08	+0.31	+0.15	0.00	+0.10	—	22:11
35 Darcy Kuemper G	+0.53	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.53	63:05
8 Drew Doughty D	+0.40	0.00	+0.01	+0.70	-0.30	0.00	-0.02	—	22:22
55 Quinton Byfield R	+0.34	0.00	+0.29	+0.11	0.00	-0.07	+0.01	—	21:37
14 Alex Laferriere R	+0.30	+0.75	+0.08	-0.49	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	—	20:40
37 Warren Foegele L	+0.08	0.00	+0.11	-0.01	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	18:29
52 Taylor Ward R	+0.07	0.00	+0.15	-0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	10:20
79 Samuel Helenius C	-0.19	0.00	0.00	-0.04	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	7:36
43 Jacob Moverare D	-0.35	0.00	+0.01	-0.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	6:58
5 Cody Ceci D	-0.35	+0.55	+0.03	-0.98	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	15:00
47 Andre Lee L	-0.43	0.00	+0.01	-0.49	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	8:00
9 Adrian Kempe R	-0.46	0.00	+0.07	-0.59	0.00	-0.01	+0.08	—	20:08
2 Brian Dumoulin D	-0.82	0.00	0.00	-0.81	0.00	0.00	-0.01	—	10:07

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.