Los Angeles KingsLAK 2–3 Final/OT Carolina HurricanesCAR

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Final/OT	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
Los Angeles KingsLAK	0	0	2	0	2	13
Carolina HurricanesCAR	1	0	1	1	3	34

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Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:25	CAR	Jordan Staal (13)PP Andrei Svechnikov (27), Shayne Gostisbehere (28) · tip-in xG 0.09	0–1 ▶
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
12:57	CAR	Alexander Nikishin (7) Unassisted · snap xG 0.13	0–2 ▶
13:21	LAK	Samuel Helenius (3) Jeff Malott (5), Brian Dumoulin (11) · snap xG 0.19	1–2 ▶
16:49	LAK	Quinton Byfield (11) Adrian Kempe (25) · snap xG 0.18	2–2 ▶
Overtime
1:25	CAR	Sebastian Aho (19) Seth Jarvis (18), Shayne Gostisbehere (29) · snap xG 0.09	2–3 ▶

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

LAK 11%Deserve to win89% CAR

LAK		CAR
1.70	Expected goals	4.47
2	Goals (no shootout)	3
1.52	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.65
37	Shot attempts	77
25	Unblocked attempts	51
13	Shots on goal	34

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
19:20	LAK	No shift	No shift · Anderson, 38:10 on the bench No shift after 9:13 of the 1st; 4 shifts (2:50) before that
2nd Period
4:28	CAR	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · CAR takes the lead, 61–39% LAK had led since 3:23 of the 1st, by as much as 63%
6:00	CAR	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced LAK 1.36–0.09 In xG over 10 minutes, 17:10 of the 1st to 7:10 of the 2nd; neither team scored
3rd Period
9:51	LAK	Goalie	Goalie · Forsberg +2.0 goals saved 1 goal on 3.02 xG, 22 shots on goal
13:00	CAR	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced LAK 1.08–0.05 In xG over 10 minutes, 3:00 to 13:00 of the 3rd; goals 1–0

Shot map

LAK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ CAR 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	1	0	1	-1	4	0.36	2	1	20:00
9	Adrian Kempe	0	1	1	0	5	0.27	2	0	19:22
14	Alex Laferriere	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	18:44
22	Kevin Fiala	0	0	0	0	5	0.15	1	1	18:14
11	Anze Kopitar	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	17:11
90	Corey Perry	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	1	14:51
12	Trevor Moore	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	14:35
40	Joel Armia	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	14:07
62	Andrei Kuzmenko	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	14:05
79	Samuel Helenius	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	1	0	09:05
17	Taylor Ward	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	08:30
39	Jeff Malott	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	6	1	08:26
Defense
8	Drew Doughty	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	3	25:47
6	Joel Edmundson	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	3	23:51
92	Brandt Clarke	0	0	0	-2	7	0.37	0	6	22:35
2	Brian Dumoulin	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	22:05
5	Cody Ceci	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	4	19:53
44	Mikey Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	02:50

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Anton Forsberg	34	3	31	.912	4.47	+1.47

Carolina Hurricanes

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
27	Nikolaj Ehlers	0	0	0	0	8	0.11	1	1	20:07
20	Sebastian Aho	1	0	1	+1	6	0.51	0	1	19:12
24	Seth Jarvis	0	1	1	+1	9	0.97	1	2	19:04
11	Jordan Staal	1	0	1	0	3	0.22	0	0	18:42
37	Andrei Svechnikov	0	1	1	0	5	0.25	1	0	16:30
53	Jackson Blake	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	2	15:10
22	Logan Stankoven	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	14:42
71	Taylor Hall	0	0	0	0	5	0.98	2	0	14:21
48	Jordan Martinook	0	0	0	0	7	0.53	2	0	14:11
77	Mark Jankowski	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	10:03
82	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	09:20
28	William Carrier	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	0	07:53
Defense
74	Jaccob Slavin	0	0	0	0	6	0.12	0	1	24:38
5	Jalen Chatfield	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	20:22
26	Sean Walker	0	0	0	-1	5	0.01	0	3	19:56
19	K'Andre Miller	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	1	19:52
4	Shayne Gostisbehere	0	2	2	+1	5	0.13	0	0	18:41
21	Alexander Nikishin	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	0	0	13:31

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Brandon Bussi	13	2	11	.846	1.70	-0.30

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
31 Anton Forsberg G	+1.47	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.47	61:25
79 Samuel Helenius C	+1.17	+0.75	+0.12	+0.27	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	9:05
55 Quinton Byfield R	+1.07	+0.75	+0.23	0.00	0.00	+0.03	+0.05	—	20:00
39 Jeff Malott L	+0.88	+0.70	+0.02	+0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	8:26
9 Adrian Kempe R	+0.54	+0.70	+0.17	-0.33	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	19:22
2 Brian Dumoulin D	+0.34	+0.55	0.00	-0.25	0.00	0.00	+0.04	—	22:05
8 Drew Doughty D	+0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	25:47
52 Taylor Ward R	+0.16	0.00	0.00	+0.12	0.00	+0.01	+0.03	—	8:30
44 Mikey Anderson D	+0.05	0.00	0.00	-0.13	+0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	2:50
92 Brandt Clarke D	+0.03	0.00	+0.24	-0.66	+0.15	0.00	+0.30	—	22:35
40 Joel Armia R	-0.17	0.00	+0.03	-0.18	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	14:07
22 Kevin Fiala L	-0.19	0.00	+0.10	-0.19	-0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	18:14
5 Cody Ceci D	-0.29	0.00	+0.02	-0.47	0.00	0.00	+0.16	—	19:53
12 Trevor Moore L	-0.46	0.00	+0.08	-0.53	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	14:35
96 Andrei Kuzmenko L	-0.48	0.00	+0.02	-0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	14:05
11 Anze Kopitar C	-0.48	0.00	0.00	-0.58	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	17:11
14 Alex Laferriere R	-0.69	0.00	0.00	-0.65	0.00	-0.05	+0.01	—	18:44
10 Corey Perry R	-0.71	0.00	+0.05	-0.50	-0.30	+0.01	+0.03	—	14:51
6 Joel Edmundson D	-1.03	0.00	+0.02	-1.03	-0.15	0.00	+0.13	—	23:51

Carolina Hurricanes

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
24 Seth Jarvis C	+2.02	+0.70	+0.63	+0.59	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	19:04
20 Sebastian Aho C	+1.77	+0.75	+0.33	+0.59	0.00	+0.05	+0.05	—	19:12
4 Shayne Gostisbehere D	+1.75	+1.10	+0.09	+0.59	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	18:41
11 Jordan Staal C	+1.49	+0.75	+0.14	+0.57	0.00	+0.03	0.00	—	18:40
37 Andrei Svechnikov R	+1.46	+0.70	+0.16	+0.62	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	16:30
21 Alexander Nikishin D	+1.25	+0.75	+0.15	+0.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	13:31
27 Nikolaj Ehlers L	+0.95	0.00	+0.07	+0.82	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	20:07
48 Jordan Martinook L	+0.89	0.00	+0.34	+0.57	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	14:11
74 Jaccob Slavin D	+0.61	0.00	+0.08	+0.50	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	24:38
53 Jackson Blake R	+0.59	0.00	+0.10	+0.11	+0.30	0.00	+0.08	—	15:10
71 Taylor Hall L	+0.53	0.00	+0.64	-0.07	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	14:23
5 Jalen Chatfield D	+0.48	0.00	+0.04	+0.52	-0.15	0.00	+0.07	—	20:22
19 K'Andre Miller D	+0.19	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	19:52
22 Logan Stankoven C	+0.11	0.00	+0.03	+0.11	0.00	-0.03	0.00	—	14:42
26 Sean Walker D	+0.09	0.00	+0.01	-0.05	0.00	0.00	+0.13	—	19:56
28 William Carrier L	+0.07	0.00	+0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	7:53
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	-0.14	0.00	+0.02	-0.18	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	9:20
77 Mark Jankowski L	-0.21	0.00	+0.01	-0.18	0.00	-0.05	0.00	—	10:03
32 Brandon Bussi G	-0.30	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.30	61:25

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.