Los Angeles KingsLAK 4–6 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Los Angeles KingsLAK	0	3	1	4	31
New Jersey DevilsNJD	2	0	4	6	28

Playoff odds, %	Change
LAK	-8.6
NJD	+0.1
EDM	+1.9
SJS	+1.7
SEA	+1.2
NSH	+1.1
VGK	+1.0
UTA	+0.6
ANA	+0.5

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 14, 2026 6:05 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
7:58	NJD	Cody Glass (15) Arseny Gritsyuk (17) · wrist xG 0.10	0–1 ▶
11:04	NJD	Nico Hischier (22) Timo Meier (15), Luke Hughes (26) · snap xG 0.27	0–2 ▶
2nd Period
4:15	LAK	Anze Kopitar (9)PP Brandt Clarke (27), Artemi Panarin (46) · tip-in xG 0.37	1–2 ▶
6:03	LAK	Artemi Panarin (22) Joel Edmundson (16), Adrian Kempe (32) · wrist xG 0.10	2–2 ▶
11:43	LAK	Taylor Ward (3) Brandt Clarke (28), Samuel Helenius (4) · slap xG 0.03	3–2 ▶
3rd Period
0:25	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk (12) Lenni Hameenaho (4), Dougie Hamilton (19) · tip-in xG 0.11	3–3 ▶
12:42	NJD	Nico Hischier (23)PP Connor Brown (18), Jesper Bratt (37) · snap xG 0.31	3–4 ▶
13:42	LAK	Anze Kopitar (10)PP Artemi Panarin (47), Brandt Clarke (29) · snap xG 0.14	4–4 ▶
17:31	NJD	Jack Hughes (17)PP Nico Hischier (26), Dougie Hamilton (20) · snap xG 0.16	4–5 ▶
19:52	NJD	Timo Meier (18)EN Nico Hischier (27) · snap xG 0.44	4–6 ▶

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 59%Deserve to win41% NJD

LAK		NJD
3.39	Expected goals	3.26
4	Goals (no shootout)	6
2.49	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.08
68	Shot attempts	58
53	Unblocked attempts	43
31	Shots on goal	28

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
13:30	LAK	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced NJD 1.31–0.13 In xG over 10 minutes, 4:10 to 14:10 of the 2nd; goals 3–0
3rd Period
17:31	LAK	Goalie	Goalie · Forsberg −2.2 goals saved 5 goals on 2.82 xG, 27 shots on goal
17:38	LAK	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Forsberg, down 5–4 With 2:22 left; NJD scored at 19:52 of the 3rd (4–6)

Shot map

LAK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD 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
10	Artemi Panarin	1	2	3	-2	3	0.20	1	0	20:20
11	Anze Kopitar	2	0	2	-2	8	1.16	0	0	19:37
14	Alex Laferriere	0	0	0	-1	7	0.28	2	1	19:20
55	Quinton Byfield	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	1	1	18:34
9	Adrian Kempe	0	1	1	-2	3	0.14	0	0	18:24
12	Trevor Moore	0	0	0	-2	6	0.33	0	0	16:51
21	Scott Laughton	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	1	16:23
25	Jared Wright	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	0	1	13:07
21	Mathieu Joseph	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	0	11:42
79	Samuel Helenius	0	1	1	+1	8	0.39	1	1	10:24
17	Taylor Ward	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	2	0	09:44
39	Jeff Malott	0	0	0	+1	4	0.11	0	1	09:42
Defense
8	Drew Doughty	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	5	1	23:15
44	Mikey Anderson	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	2	20:35
92	Brandt Clarke	0	3	3	-1	3	0.06	0	2	20:19
6	Joel Edmundson	0	1	1	+1	5	0.05	2	1	19:27
5	Cody Ceci	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	16:09
2	Brian Dumoulin	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	15:10

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Anton Forsberg	27	5	22	.815	2.82	-2.18

New Jersey Devils

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
13	Nico Hischier	2	2	4	0	5	0.66	0	0	20:26
91	Dawson Mercer	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	1	18:50
28	Timo Meier	1	1	2	0	7	0.57	2	0	18:49
86	Jack Hughes	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	0	0	18:05
16	Connor Brown	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	0	0	16:21
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	1	1	2	+2	8	0.19	1	0	15:53
12	Cody Glass	1	0	1	+2	4	0.24	0	1	14:11
63	Jesper Bratt	0	1	1	0	3	0.03	1	0	13:47
29	Lenni Hameenaho	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	0	11:40
72	Nick Bjugstad	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	10:09
72	Maxim Tsyplakov	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	3	1	10:08
47	Paul Cotter	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	2	0	09:26
Defense
43	Luke Hughes	0	1	1	0	4	0.05	0	2	22:09
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	1	21:25
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	20:41
7	Dougie Hamilton	0	2	2	+2	6	0.02	2	2	20:37
71	Simon Nemec	0	0	0	-1	3	0.01	0	2	17:57
5	Brenden Dillon	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	16:05

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jake Allen	31	4	27	.871	3.39	-0.61

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
92 Brandt Clarke D	+2.10	+1.95	+0.04	-0.13	+0.15	0.00	+0.10	—	20:19
11 Anze Kopitar C	+1.89	+1.50	+0.75	-0.29	0.00	-0.05	-0.02	—	19:37
10 Artemi Panarin L	+1.74	+2.00	+0.13	-0.37	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	20:20
79 Samuel Helenius C	+1.42	+0.55	+0.25	+0.54	0.00	+0.03	+0.05	—	10:24
52 Taylor Ward R	+1.34	+0.75	+0.03	+0.56	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	9:44
39 Jeff Malott L	+0.92	0.00	+0.07	+0.66	+0.15	-0.01	+0.05	—	9:42
6 Joel Edmundson D	+0.91	+0.70	+0.03	+0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	19:27
53 Jared Wright R	+0.52	0.00	+0.12	+0.37	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	13:07
21 Scott Laughton C	+0.43	0.00	0.00	+0.37	0.00	+0.03	+0.03	—	16:23
17 Mathieu Joseph R	+0.30	0.00	+0.08	+0.26	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	11:42
5 Cody Ceci D	+0.22	0.00	+0.04	+0.21	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	16:09
9 Adrian Kempe R	+0.21	+0.55	+0.09	-0.43	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:24
8 Drew Doughty D	+0.20	0.00	+0.02	+0.27	-0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	23:15
2 Brian Dumoulin D	+0.18	0.00	0.00	+0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	15:10
44 Mikey Anderson D	+0.04	0.00	+0.01	-0.07	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	20:35
14 Alex Laferriere R	+0.01	0.00	+0.18	-0.21	0.00	-0.02	+0.05	—	19:20
12 Trevor Moore L	-0.17	0.00	+0.21	-0.36	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	16:51
55 Quinton Byfield R	-0.20	0.00	+0.15	-0.21	-0.15	-0.02	+0.03	—	18:34
31 Anton Forsberg G	-2.18	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-2.18	57:46

New Jersey Devils

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
13 Nico Hischier C	+3.19	+2.90	+0.43	-0.37	+0.15	+0.08	0.00	—	20:26
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R	+1.85	+1.45	+0.12	+0.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	15:53
28 Timo Meier R	+1.39	+1.45	+0.37	-0.38	0.00	+0.01	-0.06	—	18:49
12 Cody Glass C	+1.28	+0.75	+0.16	+0.31	0.00	+0.01	+0.05	—	14:11
7 Dougie Hamilton D	+1.14	+1.10	+0.02	+0.09	-0.15	0.00	+0.08	—	20:37
29 Lenni Hameenaho R	+0.87	+0.70	+0.01	+0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:40
16 Connor Brown R	+0.72	+0.70	+0.19	-0.14	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	16:21
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D	+0.56	0.00	+0.02	+0.49	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	20:41
86 Jack Hughes C	+0.53	+0.75	+0.12	-0.48	+0.15	-0.03	+0.02	—	18:05
47 Paul Cotter L	+0.39	0.00	+0.23	+0.18	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	9:26
72 Nick Bjugstad C	+0.24	0.00	0.00	+0.20	0.00	-0.03	+0.07	—	10:09
42 Maxim Tsyplakov R	+0.20	0.00	+0.04	+0.09	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	10:08
17 Simon Nemec D	+0.17	0.00	+0.01	+0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	17:57
91 Dawson Mercer C	-0.03	0.00	+0.25	-0.34	0.00	+0.01	+0.05	—	18:50
5 Brenden Dillon D	-0.05	0.00	+0.04	-0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	16:05
43 Luke Hughes D	-0.06	+0.55	+0.03	-0.73	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	22:09
63 Jesper Bratt L	-0.06	+0.55	+0.02	-0.41	-0.15	0.00	-0.08	—	13:47
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D	-0.30	0.00	+0.07	-0.40	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	21:25
34 Jake Allen G	-0.61	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.61	60:00

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.