New York RangersNYR 3–4 Final Los Angeles KingsLAK

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
New York RangersNYR	2	0	1	3	36
Los Angeles KingsLAK	2	2	0	4	27

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
0:18	LAK	Adrian Kempe (17) Brandt Clarke (18), Corey Perry (14) · slap xG 0.07	0–1 ▶
8:18	NYR	Will Cuylle (11) Scott Morrow (6), Noah Laba (8) · deflected xG 0.12	1–1 ▶
9:00	LAK	Kevin Fiala (18) Unassisted · wrist xG 0.12	1–2 ▶
16:36	NYR	J.T. Miller (12) Mika Zibanejad (27), Braden Schneider (8) · tip-in xG 0.10	2–2 ▶
2nd Period
4:23	LAK	Taylor Ward (1) Jeff Malott (2), Samuel Helenius (1) · snap xG 0.22	2–3 ▶
12:37	LAK	Andrei Kuzmenko (10) Kevin Fiala (18), Alex Turcotte (9) · backhand xG 0.38	2–4 ▶
3rd Period
19:33	NYR	J.T. Miller (13) Vladislav Gavrikov (9), Vincent Trocheck (21) · snap xG 0.04	3–4 ▶

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

NYR 46%Deserve to win54% LAK

NYR		LAK
2.80	Expected goals	3.93
3	Goals (no shootout)	4
1.26	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.71
64	Shot attempts	71
49	Unblocked attempts	48
36	Shots on goal	27

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).

1st Period
19:21	LAK	Goalie change	Goalie change · Forsberg in for Kuemper 19:21 of the 1st; Kuemper had allowed 2 goals on 8 shots (0.53 xG)
3rd Period
7:00	NYR	No shift	No shift · Brodzinski, 20:24 on the bench No shift after 12:37 of the 2nd; 7 shifts (5:43) before that
13:00	LAK	Goalie	Goalie · Forsberg +2.0 goals saved 0 goals on 2.00 xG, 24 shots on goal
17:11	NYR	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Quick, down 4–2 With 2:49 left; NYR scored at 19:33 of the 3rd (3–4)

Shot map

NYR 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

New York Rangers

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
10	Artemi Panarin	0	0	0	0	7	0.22	0	0	21:54
93	Mika Zibanejad	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	21:40
10	J.T. Miller	2	0	2	+1	11	0.86	3	1	21:35
16	Vincent Trocheck	0	1	1	0	8	0.33	0	2	21:32
13	Alexis Lafrenière	0	0	0	0	7	0.15	0	0	17:54
94	Gabe Perreault	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	16:24
42	Noah Laba	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	15:14
50	Will Cuylle	1	0	1	+1	6	0.39	2	0	13:47
78	Brennan Othmann	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	2	0	10:28
14	Taylor Raddysh	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	1	09:42
10	Sam Carrick	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	06:33
22	Jonny Brodzinski	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	1	05:43
Defense
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	1	5	25:24
4	Braden Schneider	0	1	1	-2	3	0.03	4	2	22:12
17	Will Borgen	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	1	19:25
7	Carson Soucy	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	2	3	18:02
60	Scott Morrow	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	2	14:59
29	Matthew Robertson	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	2	14:26

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jonathan Quick	27	4	23	.852	3.03	-0.97

Los Angeles Kings

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
14	Alex Laferriere	0	0	0	+1	6	0.11	4	1	19:54
90	Corey Perry	0	1	1	+1	2	0.00	0	1	19:32
9	Adrian Kempe	1	0	1	+1	13	0.82	1	0	19:01
40	Joel Armia	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	0	17:58
22	Kevin Fiala	1	1	2	+2	3	0.18	0	0	17:43
55	Quinton Byfield	0	0	0	-2	3	0.24	1	2	16:19
62	Andrei Kuzmenko	1	0	1	+2	5	0.59	0	0	16:19
37	Warren Foegele	0	0	0	-2	5	0.27	2	1	15:22
15	Alex Turcotte	0	1	1	+2	8	0.53	1	0	14:28
79	Samuel Helenius	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	2	1	09:39
17	Taylor Ward	1	0	1	0	7	0.41	0	0	09:00
39	Jeff Malott	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	2	0	05:47
Defense
5	Cody Ceci	0	0	0	-1	3	0.44	0	3	23:26
44	Mikey Anderson	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	22:39
6	Joel Edmundson	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	21:14
92	Brandt Clarke	0	1	1	+3	5	0.05	0	1	20:45
2	Brian Dumoulin	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	16:35
43	Jacob Moverare	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	10:19

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Darcy Kuemper	8	2	6	.750	0.53	-1.47
Anton Forsberg	28	1	27	.964	2.27	+1.27

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.

New York Rangers

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
8 J.T. Miller C	+2.05	+1.50	+0.56	-0.06	0.00	+0.03	+0.03	—	21:35
50 Will Cuylle L	+1.07	+0.75	+0.26	-0.04	+0.15	0.00	-0.04	—	13:47
60 Scott Morrow D	+1.03	+0.70	+0.10	+0.13	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	14:59
16 Vincent Trocheck C	+0.79	+0.55	+0.21	-0.32	+0.15	+0.09	+0.10	—	21:32
93 Mika Zibanejad C	+0.78	+0.70	+0.07	-0.10	0.00	+0.08	+0.03	—	21:40
42 Noah Laba C	+0.40	+0.55	+0.05	-0.21	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	15:14
29 Matthew Robertson D	+0.08	0.00	+0.02	+0.09	-0.15	0.00	+0.12	—	14:26
94 Gabe Perreault R	-0.02	0.00	+0.10	-0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:24
78 Brennan Othmann L	-0.09	0.00	+0.08	-0.15	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	10:28
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D	-0.12	+0.70	+0.02	-1.05	0.00	0.00	+0.21	—	25:24
13 Alexis Lafrenière L	-0.22	0.00	+0.10	-0.34	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	17:54
10 Artemi Panarin L	-0.25	0.00	+0.14	-0.33	0.00	0.00	-0.06	—	21:54
24 Carson Soucy D	-0.73	0.00	+0.03	-0.87	0.00	0.00	+0.11	—	18:02
4 Braden Schneider D	-0.75	+0.55	+0.02	-1.14	-0.30	0.00	+0.12	—	22:12
17 Will Borgen D	-0.93	0.00	+0.03	-0.98	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	19:25
32 Jonathan Quick G	-0.97	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.97	57:06
39 Sam Carrick C	-1.24	0.00	+0.01	-1.28	0.00	+0.04	0.00	—	6:33
22 Jonny Brodzinski C	-1.28	0.00	0.00	-1.33	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	5:43
14 Taylor Raddysh R	-1.35	0.00	+0.03	-1.41	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	9:42

Los Angeles Kings

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
22 Kevin Fiala L	+2.85	+1.45	+0.12	+1.13	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	17:43
92 Brandt Clarke D	+2.37	+0.70	+0.03	+1.60	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	20:45
96 Andrei Kuzmenko L	+2.29	+0.75	+0.38	+1.19	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	16:19
15 Alex Turcotte C	+2.04	+0.55	+0.35	+1.12	0.00	-0.02	+0.04	—	14:28
52 Taylor Ward R	+1.53	+0.75	+0.27	+0.49	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	9:00
6 Joel Edmundson D	+1.39	0.00	+0.01	+1.35	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	21:14
9 Adrian Kempe R	+1.30	+0.75	+0.54	+0.06	0.00	-0.05	0.00	—	19:01
31 Anton Forsberg G	+1.27	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.27	40:39
39 Jeff Malott L	+1.26	+0.70	+0.07	+0.51	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	5:47
79 Samuel Helenius C	+1.05	+0.55	+0.03	+0.43	0.00	-0.02	+0.05	—	9:39
2 Brian Dumoulin D	+0.75	0.00	+0.01	+0.72	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	16:35
10 Corey Perry R	+0.63	+0.55	0.00	+0.04	0.00	-0.01	+0.05	—	19:32
43 Jacob Moverare D	+0.52	0.00	0.00	+0.51	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	10:19
37 Warren Foegele L	+0.49	0.00	+0.17	+0.30	0.00	-0.01	+0.03	—	15:22
55 Quinton Byfield R	+0.45	0.00	+0.16	+0.17	+0.15	-0.13	+0.10	—	16:19
5 Cody Ceci D	+0.33	0.00	+0.29	-0.11	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	23:26
40 Joel Armia R	+0.13	0.00	+0.03	+0.15	0.00	-0.03	-0.02	—	17:58
14 Alex Laferriere R	+0.08	0.00	+0.07	+0.10	-0.15	+0.01	+0.05	—	19:54
44 Mikey Anderson D	-0.20	0.00	+0.04	-0.27	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	22:39
35 Darcy Kuemper G	-1.47	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-1.47	19:21

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.