Los Angeles KingsLAK 5–4 Final/SO St. Louis BluesSTL

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Final/SO	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
Los Angeles KingsLAK	1	2	1	0	2	5	28
St. Louis BluesSTL	0	3	1	0	1	4	29

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
4:31	LAK	Taylor Ward (2) Jeff Malott (3), Samuel Helenius (2) · wrist xG 0.12	1–0 ▶
2nd Period
1:11	LAK	Brian Dumoulin (1) Alex Laferriere (11), Adrian Kempe (22) · slap xG 0.02	2–0 ▶
2:14	STL	Dalibor Dvorsky (9) Otto Stenberg (7), Mathieu Joseph (9) · snap xG 0.20	2–1 ▶
6:30	STL	Brayden Schenn (10)PP Pavel Buchnevich (19), Jimmy Snuggerud (9) · snap xG 0.24	2–2 ▶
8:10	STL	Jordan Kyrou (10) Logan Mailloux (2), Cam Fowler (17) · wrap-around xG 0.06	2–3 ▶
10:18	LAK	Alex Laferriere (13) Corey Perry (15), Mikey Anderson (7) · wrist xG 0.12	3–3 ▶
3rd Period
11:34	LAK	Trevor Moore (6) Brandt Clarke (19), Joel Armia (9) · wrist xG 0.28	4–3 ▶
17:50	STL	Jordan Kyrou (11) Justin Faulk (13) · snap xG 0.18	4–4 ▶
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
	LAK	Adrian Kempe vs Joel Hofer	Goal
	STL	Jake Neighbours vs Darcy Kuemper	Saved
	LAK	Brandt Clarke vs Joel Hofer	Saved
	STL	Jordan Kyrou vs Darcy Kuemper	Saved
	LAK	Kevin Fiala vs Joel Hofer	Missed
	STL	Dalibor Dvorsky vs Darcy Kuemper	Goal
	LAK	Trevor Moore vs Joel Hofer	Goal
	STL	Jimmy Snuggerud vs Darcy Kuemper	Saved

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

LAK 43%Deserve to win57% STL

LAK		STL
3.17	Expected goals	3.61
4	Goals (no shootout)	4
1.82	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.58
64	Shot attempts	59
44	Unblocked attempts	43
28	Shots on goal	29

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
10:18	STL	Goalie	Goalie · Hofer −2.3 goals saved 3 goals on 0.72 xG, 9 shots on goal
3rd Period
17:34	STL	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Hofer, down 4–3 With 2:26 left; STL scored at 17:50 of the 3rd (4–4)

Shot map

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

Los Angeles Kings

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
55	Quinton Byfield	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	2	0	21:24
9	Adrian Kempe	0	1	1	+1	6	0.34	0	0	21:16
14	Alex Laferriere	1	1	2	+1	6	0.42	3	0	20:11
12	Trevor Moore	1	0	1	0	8	0.51	2	0	19:43
22	Kevin Fiala	0	0	0	-1	6	0.38	2	1	18:54
90	Corey Perry	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	17:00
40	Joel Armia	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	1	1	16:36
62	Andrei Kuzmenko	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	0	2	14:12
15	Alex Turcotte	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	2	0	14:02
17	Taylor Ward	1	0	1	+1	3	0.12	1	0	09:48
79	Samuel Helenius	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	0	07:16
39	Jeff Malott	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	07:06
Defense
8	Drew Doughty	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	1	26:34
92	Brandt Clarke	0	1	1	+2	6	0.49	1	3	21:50
44	Mikey Anderson	0	1	1	-1	4	0.15	0	2	21:46
5	Cody Ceci	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	0	18:51
2	Brian Dumoulin	1	0	1	0	2	0.03	0	1	18:23
6	Joel Edmundson	0	0	0	+2	6	0.14	0	3	14:51

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Darcy Kuemper	29	4	25	.862	3.61	-0.39

St. Louis Blues

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
89	Pavel Buchnevich	0	1	1	+1	7	0.83	0	0	20:15
10	Brayden Schenn	1	0	1	-1	4	0.47	2	2	19:43
25	Jordan Kyrou	2	0	2	+1	8	0.33	1	0	19:41
21	Jimmy Snuggerud	0	1	1	-1	5	0.29	0	2	19:05
29	Jonatan Berggren	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	0	18:59
15	Dalibor Dvorsky	1	0	1	+2	2	0.48	1	1	17:52
63	Jake Neighbours	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	16:30
28	Otto Stenberg	0	1	1	+1	5	0.05	1	0	14:05
21	Mathieu Joseph	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	2	11:46
13	Alexey Toropchenko	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	09:36
72	Nick Bjugstad	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	2	0	09:26
26	Nathan Walker	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	0	08:56
Defense
6	Philip Broberg	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	0	2	25:41
55	Colton Parayko	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	1	4	23:03
72	Justin Faulk	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	3	22:48
17	Cam Fowler	0	1	1	0	4	0.01	0	0	19:21
23	Logan Mailloux	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	1	1	16:39
75	Tyler Tucker	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	15:50

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Joel Hofer	28	4	24	.857	3.17	-0.83

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
14 Alex Laferriere R	+1.99	+1.45	+0.27	+0.33	0.00	0.00	-0.06	—	20:11
92 Brandt Clarke D	+1.76	+0.70	+0.32	+0.75	-0.15	0.00	+0.13	—	21:50
6 Joel Edmundson D	+1.08	0.00	+0.09	+0.83	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	14:51
10 Corey Perry R	+1.06	+0.70	0.00	+0.41	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	17:00
9 Adrian Kempe R	+0.93	+0.55	+0.22	+0.37	-0.15	-0.02	-0.04	—	21:16
12 Trevor Moore L	+0.93	+0.75	+0.33	-0.31	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	19:43
39 Jeff Malott L	+0.85	+0.70	0.00	+0.18	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	7:06
2 Brian Dumoulin D	+0.80	+0.75	+0.02	+0.03	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	18:23
52 Taylor Ward R	+0.79	+0.75	+0.08	-0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	9:48
40 Joel Armia R	+0.66	+0.55	+0.01	+0.06	0.00	+0.01	+0.03	—	16:36
79 Samuel Helenius C	+0.59	+0.55	+0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	7:16
44 Mikey Anderson D	+0.49	+0.55	+0.10	-0.28	0.00	0.00	+0.12	—	21:46
15 Alex Turcotte C	+0.45	0.00	+0.15	+0.29	0.00	+0.03	-0.02	—	14:02
96 Andrei Kuzmenko L	+0.42	0.00	+0.18	+0.14	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	14:12
22 Kevin Fiala L	+0.38	0.00	+0.25	+0.26	-0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	18:54
5 Cody Ceci D	+0.19	0.00	+0.02	+0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:51
55 Quinton Byfield R	+0.17	0.00	0.00	-0.01	+0.15	+0.01	+0.02	—	21:24
8 Drew Doughty D	-0.37	0.00	0.00	-0.38	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	26:34
35 Darcy Kuemper G	-0.39	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.39	65:00

St. Louis Blues

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
25 Jordan Kyrou R	+1.91	+1.50	+0.22	+0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	19:41
89 Pavel Buchnevich L	+1.65	+0.70	+0.54	+0.46	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	20:15
21 Jimmy Snuggerud R	+1.10	+0.55	+0.19	-0.04	+0.30	0.00	+0.10	—	19:05
54 Dalibor Dvorsky R	+0.85	+0.75	+0.31	-0.08	-0.15	-0.03	+0.05	—	17:52
72 Justin Faulk D	+0.81	+0.70	+0.08	-0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.13	—	22:48
28 Otto Stenberg C	+0.71	+0.70	+0.04	-0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	14:05
10 Brayden Schenn C	+0.65	+0.75	+0.31	-0.51	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	19:43
23 Logan Mailloux D	+0.39	+0.70	0.00	-0.38	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	16:39
75 Tyler Tucker D	+0.33	0.00	+0.04	+0.21	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	15:50
71 Mathieu Joseph R	+0.30	+0.55	0.00	-0.36	0.00	+0.01	+0.10	—	11:46
63 Jake Neighbours L	+0.19	0.00	+0.22	-0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:30
29 Jonatan Berggren R	+0.19	0.00	+0.12	+0.06	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	18:59
55 Colton Parayko D	+0.14	0.00	+0.13	-0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.18	—	23:03
6 Philip Broberg D	+0.04	0.00	+0.11	-0.16	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	25:41
17 Cam Fowler D	-0.02	+0.55	0.00	-0.52	0.00	0.00	-0.06	—	19:21
26 Nathan Walker L	-0.28	0.00	0.00	-0.26	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	8:56
13 Alexey Toropchenko R	-0.50	0.00	0.00	-0.53	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	9:36
77 Nick Bjugstad C	-0.54	0.00	+0.03	-0.56	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	9:26
30 Joel Hofer G	-0.83	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.83	64:44

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.