Los Angeles KingsLAK 1–4 Final Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Los Angeles KingsLAK	1	0	0	1	33
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK	4	0	0	4	22

Playoff odds, %	Change
LAK	-7.7
VGK	+4.5
EDM	+1.0
NSH	+0.6
SEA	+0.5

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Feb 5, 2026 10:23 PM EST.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
8:22	VGK	Jack Eichel (21) Mark Stone (38), Ivan Barbashev (24) · wrist xG 0.09	0–1 ▶
11:49	VGK	Mark Stone (21) Ivan Barbashev (25), Jack Eichel (47) · backhand xG 0.14	0–2 ▶
13:29	VGK	Pavel Dorofeyev (26)PP Mark Stone (39), Tomas Hertl (27) · wrist xG 0.13	0–3 ▶
13:49	VGK	Mitch Marner (16) Pavel Dorofeyev (18) · slap xG 0.13	0–4 ▶
15:03	LAK	Trevor Moore (7) Joel Armia (10), Anze Kopitar (16) · wrist xG 0.12	1–4 ▶
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
No scoring

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 60%Deserve to win40% VGK

LAK		VGK
3.16	Expected goals	2.58
1	Goals (no shootout)	4
1.61	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.02
73	Shot attempts	46
52	Unblocked attempts	34
33	Shots on goal	22

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
13:29	LAK	Goalie	Goalie · Forsberg −2.2 goals saved 3 goals on 0.76 xG, 5 shots on goal
14:55	VGK	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · VGK takes the lead, 60–40% LAK had led since 5:53 of the 1st, by as much as 62%
2nd Period
10:50	LAK	No shift	No shift · Kuzmenko, 12:20 on the bench No shift from 18:18 of the 1st to 13:10 of the 2nd; 6 shifts (6:06) before that
17:05	LAK	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · LAK takes the lead, 61–39% VGK had led since 14:55 of the 1st, by as much as 60%
3rd Period
12:20	LAK	No shift	No shift · Kuzmenko, 15:31 on the bench No shift after 18:48 of the 2nd; 9 shifts (8:23) before that
13:07	VGK	Goalie	Goalie · Hill +2.1 goals saved 1 goal on 3.08 xG, 30 shots on goal

Shot map

LAK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ VGK 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
11	Anze Kopitar	0	1	1	+1	4	0.13	0	0	20:09
90	Corey Perry	0	0	0	-1	6	0.52	0	1	19:30
22	Kevin Fiala	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	1	18:58
9	Adrian Kempe	0	0	0	-1	6	0.55	3	0	18:50
12	Trevor Moore	1	0	1	0	6	0.20	1	0	17:45
55	Quinton Byfield	0	0	0	-1	9	0.34	1	1	17:40
14	Alex Laferriere	0	0	0	-1	5	0.29	3	1	17:21
40	Joel Armia	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	1	1	15:39
39	Jeff Malott	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	0	11:49
17	Taylor Ward	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	2	0	11:25
79	Samuel Helenius	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	3	1	10:21
62	Andrei Kuzmenko	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	08:23
Defense
92	Brandt Clarke	0	0	0	-1	5	0.29	0	2	24:37
8	Drew Doughty	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	0	0	21:03
2	Brian Dumoulin	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	19:39
6	Joel Edmundson	0	0	0	-2	3	0.02	0	2	17:25
5	Cody Ceci	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	17:17
43	Jacob Moverare	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	0	1	09:55

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Anton Forsberg	22	4	18	.818	2.58	-1.42

Vegas Golden Knights

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
9	Jack Eichel	1	1	2	+1	7	0.48	0	1	17:42
93	Mitch Marner	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	1	17:12
19	Reilly Smith	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	1	0	16:54
61	Mark Stone	1	2	3	+1	1	0.14	0	3	16:40
49	Ivan Barbashev	0	2	2	+1	1	0.19	2	0	14:06
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	1	1	2	+1	4	0.18	0	0	13:40
48	Tomas Hertl	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	1	0	13:36
55	Keegan Kolesar	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	13:23
77	Kai Uchacz	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	2	12:06
10	Alexander Holtz	0	0	0	0	7	0.60	3	0	12:04
29	Cole Reinhardt	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	0	11:46
42	Braeden Bowman	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	11:03
Defense
5	Jeremy Lauzon	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	4	4	24:08
4	Rasmus Andersson	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	5	24:03
15	Noah Hanifin	0	0	0	+2	3	0.08	0	2	23:29
27	Shea Theodore	0	0	0	-1	3	0.00	0	1	22:22
6	Kaedan Korczak	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	13:40
17	Ben Hutton	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	12:09

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Adin Hill	33	1	32	.970	3.16	+2.16

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
11 Anze Kopitar C	+0.85	+0.55	+0.09	+0.27	0.00	-0.03	-0.02	—	20:09
40 Joel Armia R	+0.57	+0.70	+0.03	-0.19	0.00	-0.02	+0.05	—	15:39
10 Corey Perry R	+0.54	0.00	+0.34	+0.22	0.00	-0.01	-0.01	—	19:30
9 Adrian Kempe R	+0.43	0.00	+0.36	+0.29	-0.15	-0.05	-0.02	—	18:50
43 Jacob Moverare D	+0.39	0.00	+0.01	+0.31	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	9:55
14 Alex Laferriere R	+0.37	0.00	+0.19	-0.22	+0.30	+0.03	+0.07	—	17:21
8 Drew Doughty D	+0.31	0.00	+0.09	+0.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	21:03
12 Trevor Moore L	+0.31	+0.75	+0.13	-0.53	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	17:45
52 Taylor Ward R	+0.21	0.00	+0.12	+0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:25
92 Brandt Clarke D	+0.02	0.00	+0.19	-0.23	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	24:37
55 Quinton Byfield R	-0.05	0.00	+0.22	-0.14	-0.15	-0.03	+0.05	—	17:40
96 Andrei Kuzmenko L	-0.07	0.00	+0.08	-0.30	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	8:23
2 Brian Dumoulin D	-0.16	0.00	+0.02	-0.14	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	19:39
79 Samuel Helenius C	-0.24	0.00	+0.10	-0.36	0.00	-0.04	+0.05	—	10:21
5 Cody Ceci D	-0.38	0.00	0.00	-0.43	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	17:17
39 Jeff Malott L	-0.38	0.00	+0.04	-0.39	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	11:49
22 Kevin Fiala L	-0.73	0.00	+0.03	-0.96	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	18:58
6 Joel Edmundson D	-1.14	0.00	+0.01	-1.22	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	17:25
31 Anton Forsberg G	-1.42	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-1.42	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
61 Mark Stone R	+3.06	+2.15	+0.09	+0.67	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	16:40
9 Jack Eichel C	+2.18	+1.30	+0.32	+0.51	0.00	+0.08	-0.03	—	17:42
33 Adin Hill G	+2.16	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+2.16	59:57
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R	+1.93	+1.45	+0.12	+0.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	13:40
49 Ivan Barbashev L	+1.65	+1.25	+0.13	+0.45	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	14:06
93 Mitch Marner R	+0.86	+0.75	+0.17	+0.06	-0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	17:12
48 Tomas Hertl C	+0.84	+0.55	+0.08	+0.16	0.00	+0.05	0.00	—	13:36
6 Kaedan Korczak D	+0.72	0.00	+0.01	+0.89	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	13:40
26 Alexander Holtz R	+0.65	0.00	+0.39	+0.29	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	12:04
15 Noah Hanifin D	+0.49	0.00	+0.05	+0.36	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	23:29
5 Jeremy Lauzon D	+0.45	0.00	+0.01	+0.25	0.00	0.00	+0.20	—	24:08
4 Rasmus Andersson D	+0.36	0.00	+0.01	+0.12	0.00	0.00	+0.23	—	24:03
17 Ben Hutton D	+0.23	0.00	0.00	+0.14	0.00	0.00	+0.09	—	12:09
42 Braeden Bowman R	+0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	+0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	11:03
19 Reilly Smith R	+0.15	0.00	+0.16	0.00	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	16:54
77 Kai Uchacz C	+0.13	0.00	+0.01	0.00	0.00	+0.04	+0.08	—	12:06
23 Cole Reinhardt L	+0.13	0.00	+0.14	0.00	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	11:46
55 Keegan Kolesar R	-0.25	0.00	+0.02	-0.29	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	13:23
27 Shea Theodore D	-0.39	0.00	0.00	-0.27	-0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	22:22

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.