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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 3–2 Final/OT Los Angeles KingsLAK

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Final/OT 1st2nd3rdOT T SOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 0111 3 27
Los Angeles KingsLAK 0020 2 24

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
3:56 VGK Braeden Bowman (6) Jack Eichel (33), Shea Theodore (17) · wrist xG 0.16 1–0 ▶
3rd Period
6:24 LAK Kevin Fiala (17) Alex Turcotte (8), Andrei Kuzmenko (9) · snap xG 0.41 1–1 ▶
12:07 VGK Mitch Marner (11)PP Mark Stone (27), Jack Eichel (34) · wrist xG 0.13 2–1 ▶
18:33 LAK Brandt Clarke (6) Adrian Kempe (21), Kevin Fiala (16) · wrist xG 0.07 2–2 ▶
Overtime
0:25 VGK Mark Stone (16) Jack Eichel (35) · wrist xG 0.22 3–2 ▶

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

VGK 43%Deserve to win57% LAK
VGKLAK
2.10Expected goals2.46
3Goals (no shootout)2
1.69Expected goals, 5 on 51.90
43Shot attempts61
30Unblocked attempts40
27Shots on goal24

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).

3rd Period
18:20 LAK Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Kuemper, down 2–1
With 1:40 left; LAK scored at 18:33 of the 3rd (2–2)

Shot map

VGK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ LAK shoots
Alex Turcotte: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:53) Taylor Ward: poke, 12 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 2:32) Colton Sissons: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 2:45) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 3:29) Alex Laferriere: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 4:00) Taylor Ward: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 4:47) Drew Doughty: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 5:32) Andrei Kuzmenko: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 6:04) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 7:50) Mikey Anderson: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 7:52) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:55) Brian Dumoulin: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 9:32) Alex Laferriere: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 9:36) Jeff Malott: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:37) Jeff Malott: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 9:50) Colton Sissons: wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 10:29) Braeden Bowman: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 11:12) Drew Doughty: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 14:31) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:32) Andrei Kuzmenko: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 15:52) Shea Theodore: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:16) Tomas Hertl: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 0:32) Ivan Barbashev: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:36) Mark Stone: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 0:37) Pavel Dorofeyev: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 1:32) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 1:48) Alexander Holtz: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 2:29) Ben Hutton: wrist, 133 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 2:46) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 86 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 4:48) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 6:07) Brian Dumoulin: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 6:17) Adrian Kempe: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:01) Taylor Ward: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 9:04) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 9:30) Brandt Clarke: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 9:35) Jack Eichel: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 9:49) Mitch Marner: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:52) Andre Lee: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 10:22) Jack Eichel: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 11:55) Mark Stone: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 11:57) Kevin Fiala: slap, 50 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:48) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 12:49) Adrian Kempe: slap, 26 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 13:18) Quinton Byfield: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 13:30) Jack Eichel: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 15:40) Colton Sissons: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:00) Colton Sissons: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 16:34) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 17:21) Ben Hutton: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 18:23) Jack Eichel: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 19:04) Alex Turcotte: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 2:19) Warren Foegele: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 4:59) Alex Turcotte: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 6:17) Kevin Fiala: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 6:20) Alex Turcotte: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 6:21) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:13) Mitch Marner: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 9:12) Cole Reinhardt: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 10:12) Mitch Marner: slap, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 13:52) Kaedan Korczak: wrap-around, 4 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 14:10) Andrei Kuzmenko: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 14:17) Jack Eichel: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:17) Shea Theodore: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 16:24) Warren Foegele: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 18:07) Brandt Clarke: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 18:32) Braeden Bowman: GOAL, wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 3:56) Kevin Fiala: GOAL, snap, 13 ft, xG 0.41 (P3 6:24) Mitch Marner: GOAL, wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 12:07) Brandt Clarke: GOAL, wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 18:33) Mark Stone: GOAL, wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.22 (OT 0:25)
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

Vegas Golden Knights

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
61 Mark Stone 112 +1 40.40 0019:58
9 Jack Eichel 033 +1 70.27 1219:01
49 Ivan Barbashev 000 -1 10.01 0218:21
93 Mitch Marner 101 -1 70.25 0116:35
16 Pavel Dorofeyev 000 -1 10.03 0016:02
48 Tomas Hertl 000 0 30.20 0015:34
19 Reilly Smith 000 -1 00.00 0014:02
42 Braeden Bowman 101 +1 20.26 0013:46
55 Keegan Kolesar 000 0 20.00 7013:41
15 Colton Sissons 000 0 40.34 2212:59
29 Cole Reinhardt 000 0 20.00 4012:04
10 Alexander Holtz 000 0 20.04 0110:54
Defense
27 Shea Theodore 011 +1 30.01 0123:37
5 Jeremy Lauzon 000 0 00.00 3021:59
15 Noah Hanifin 000 -1 10.00 1521:03
28 Zach Whitecloud 000 -1 00.00 1020:44
6 Kaedan Korczak 000 0 20.23 1315:56
17 Ben Hutton 000 0 20.05 0213:05
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Akira Schmid 24222 .917 2.46 +0.46

Los Angeles Kings

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
22 Kevin Fiala 112 +1 60.54 0222:25
55 Quinton Byfield 000 -1 40.17 1020:32
14 Alex Laferriere 000 0 60.23 4120:28
9 Adrian Kempe 011 +1 70.29 0119:33
62 Andrei Kuzmenko 011 +2 40.19 0017:44
37 Warren Foegele 000 0 50.08 0015:53
15 Alex Turcotte 011 +1 40.17 3114:47
17 Taylor Ward 000 0 30.17 1014:31
39 Jeff Malott 000 0 30.18 3113:18
47 Andre Lee 000 -1 10.07 6112:06
79 Samuel Helenius 000 -1 10.00 3109:22
Defense
8 Drew Doughty 000 0 30.07 0023:31
44 Mikey Anderson 000 0 30.00 0122:11
92 Brandt Clarke 101 +2 40.27 0319:34
6 Joel Edmundson 000 +1 40.00 3018:51
2 Brian Dumoulin 000 -1 20.03 0017:19
5 Cody Ceci 000 -1 10.00 0016:17
43 Jacob Moverare 000 0 00.00 0100:22
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Darcy Kuemper 27324 .889 2.10 -0.90

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
9 Jack Eichel C +2.16 +1.95 +0.17 +0.22 -0.15 -0.09 +0.06 — 19:01
61 Mark Stone R +1.87 +1.45 +0.26 +0.14 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 19:58
42 Braeden Bowman R +1.83 +0.75 +0.17 +0.93 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 13:46
27 Shea Theodore D +1.65 +0.55 +0.01 +0.89 +0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 23:37
5 Jeremy Lauzon D +1.10 0.00 0.00 +1.05 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 21:59
6 Kaedan Korczak D +0.55 0.00 +0.15 +0.24 0.00 0.00 +0.17 — 15:56
55 Keegan Kolesar R +0.53 0.00 0.00 +0.42 +0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 13:41
48 Tomas Hertl C +0.47 0.00 +0.13 +0.33 0.00 +0.03 -0.02 — 15:34
40 Akira Schmid G +0.46 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.46 60:19
10 Colton Sissons C +0.44 0.00 +0.22 +0.11 0.00 +0.03 +0.08 — 12:59
49 Ivan Barbashev L +0.24 0.00 +0.01 +0.15 0.00 -0.01 +0.10 — 18:21
17 Ben Hutton D +0.16 0.00 +0.04 +0.03 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 13:05
93 Mitch Marner R +0.05 +0.75 +0.16 -0.89 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 16:35
23 Cole Reinhardt L -0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:04
26 Alexander Holtz R -0.07 0.00 +0.02 -0.13 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 10:54
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R -0.96 0.00 +0.02 -0.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:02
15 Noah Hanifin D -0.98 0.00 0.00 -1.17 0.00 0.00 +0.19 — 21:03
19 Reilly Smith R -1.05 0.00 0.00 -1.02 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 14:02
2 Zach Whitecloud D -1.43 0.00 0.00 -1.41 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 20:44

Los Angeles Kings

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
22 Kevin Fiala L +2.14 +1.30 +0.35 +0.58 -0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 22:25
92 Brandt Clarke D +2.10 +0.75 +0.17 +1.03 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 19:34
15 Alex Turcotte C +1.39 +0.70 +0.11 +0.50 0.00 +0.03 +0.05 — 14:47
6 Joel Edmundson D +1.11 0.00 0.00 +1.13 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 18:51
96 Andrei Kuzmenko L +1.09 +0.55 +0.12 +0.46 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 17:44
9 Adrian Kempe R +0.85 +0.70 +0.19 +0.05 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 19:33
39 Jeff Malott L +0.33 0.00 +0.12 +0.19 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 13:18
14 Alex Laferriere R +0.32 0.00 +0.15 +0.13 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 20:28
37 Warren Foegele L +0.13 0.00 +0.05 +0.10 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 15:53
43 Jacob Moverare D +0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 0:22
52 Taylor Ward R -0.01 0.00 +0.11 -0.07 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 — 14:31
55 Quinton Byfield R -0.14 0.00 +0.11 -0.24 0.00 +0.03 -0.04 — 20:32
8 Drew Doughty D -0.15 0.00 +0.05 -0.33 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 23:29
47 Andre Lee L -0.36 0.00 +0.05 -0.45 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 12:08
44 Mikey Anderson D -0.40 0.00 0.00 -0.40 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 22:11
5 Cody Ceci D -0.43 0.00 0.00 -0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:15
79 Samuel Helenius C -0.43 0.00 0.00 -0.49 0.00 -0.01 +0.07 — 9:22
2 Brian Dumoulin D -0.60 0.00 +0.02 -0.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:21
35 Darcy Kuemper G -0.90 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.90 60:12

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.