Los Angeles KingsLAK 4–1 Final New York RangersNYR

Monday, March 16, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Los Angeles KingsLAK	1	2	1	4	26
New York RangersNYR	0	0	1	1	22

Playoff odds, %	Change
LAK	+6.1
NYR	-0.0
SEA	-1.3
EDM	-1.1
SJS	-1.0
UTA	-0.8
VGK	-0.6
NSH	-0.4
WPG	-0.4

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 16, 2026 4:53 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
13:29	LAK	Drew Doughty (5) Mikey Anderson (11), Artemi Panarin (48) · wrist xG 0.01	1–0 ▶
2nd Period
4:31	LAK	Mikey Anderson (4) Alex Laferriere (14), Quinton Byfield (21) · wrist xG 0.33	2–0 ▶
4:59	LAK	Alex Laferriere (17)PP Anze Kopitar (21), Quinton Byfield (22) · wrist xG 0.33	3–0 ▶
3rd Period
2:29	NYR	Vincent Trocheck (14)PP Adam Fox (30), Mika Zibanejad (36) · tip-in xG 0.10	3–1 ▶
18:12	LAK	Trevor Moore (9)EN Alex Laferriere (15) · wrist xG 0.62	4–1 ▶

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 74%Deserve to win26% NYR

LAK		NYR
3.82	Expected goals	1.83
4	Goals (no shootout)	1
2.06	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.52
53	Shot attempts	51
39	Unblocked attempts	38
26	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).

2nd Period
0:29	NYR	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · NYR takes the lead, 60–40% LAK had led since 2:34 of the 1st, by as much as 65%
4:31	LAK	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · LAK takes the lead, 61–39% NYR had led since 0:29 of the 2nd, by as much as 62%
5:00	LAK	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced NYR 2.28–0.00 In xG over 10 minutes, 1:30 to 11:30 of the 2nd; goals 2–0
8:40	NYR	No shift	No shift · Chmelar, 13:33 on the bench No shift from 18:20 of the 1st to 14:12 of the 2nd; 4 shifts (2:39) before that
3rd Period
17:26	NYR	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Shesterkin, down 3–1 With 2:34 left; LAK scored at 18:12 of the 3rd (4–1)
18:20	LAK	No shift	No shift · Turcotte, 11:09 on the bench No shift from 7:34 to 19:23 of the 3rd; 15 shifts (9:39) before that

Shot map

LAK shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NYR 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	2	2	+2	6	0.45	2	0	18:58
14	Alex Laferriere	1	2	3	+2	4	0.55	2	0	18:51
12	Trevor Moore	1	0	1	+2	3	0.69	1	1	18:42
11	Anze Kopitar	0	1	1	+1	4	0.53	2	0	18:37
21	Scott Laughton	0	0	0	0	5	0.18	2	0	16:04
10	Artemi Panarin	0	1	1	+1	5	0.29	0	0	15:42
21	Mathieu Joseph	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	13:26
25	Jared Wright	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	1	12:25
79	Samuel Helenius	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	6	0	12:21
39	Jeff Malott	0	0	0	0	5	0.35	1	0	11:59
17	Taylor Ward	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	11:28
15	Alex Turcotte	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	3	10:16
Defense
8	Drew Doughty	1	0	1	+1	4	0.01	1	1	21:18
44	Mikey Anderson	1	1	2	+2	2	0.33	1	1	20:58
92	Brandt Clarke	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	0	0	20:37
6	Joel Edmundson	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	0	1	20:08
5	Cody Ceci	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	0	1	18:25
2	Brian Dumoulin	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	16:31

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Darcy Kuemper	22	1	21	.955	1.83	+0.83

New York Rangers

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
16	Vincent Trocheck	1	0	1	-2	4	0.23	4	0	21:33
13	Alexis Lafrenière	0	0	0	-2	4	0.43	0	0	20:41
10	J.T. Miller	0	0	0	-2	7	0.26	0	0	20:33
93	Mika Zibanejad	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	1	19:45
94	Gabe Perreault	0	0	0	-2	5	0.38	0	1	18:21
50	Will Cuylle	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	16:16
42	Noah Laba	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	2	13:19
24	Tye Kartye	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	12:35
43	Conor Sheary	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	12:09
84	Adam Edstrom	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	10:42
14	Taylor Raddysh	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	09:21
49	Jaroslav Chmelar	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	07:41
Defense
23	Adam Fox	0	1	1	-2	5	0.10	1	0	23:13
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	21:14
4	Braden Schneider	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	2	0	20:35
29	Matthew Robertson	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	0	1	18:24
17	Will Borgen	0	0	0	0	7	0.03	1	1	16:39
18	Urho Vaakanainen	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	15:51

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Igor Shesterkin	25	3	22	.880	3.20	+0.20

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
44 Mikey Anderson D	+2.98	+1.45	+0.21	+1.27	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	20:58
14 Alex Laferriere R	+2.67	+2.15	+0.35	+0.31	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	18:51
12 Trevor Moore L	+1.77	+0.75	+0.45	+0.52	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	18:42
55 Quinton Byfield R	+1.58	+1.10	+0.29	+0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	18:58
8 Drew Doughty D	+1.36	+0.75	+0.01	+0.59	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	21:18
11 Anze Kopitar C	+1.24	+0.70	+0.34	+0.18	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	18:37
35 Darcy Kuemper G	+0.83	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.83	60:00
10 Artemi Panarin L	+0.77	+0.55	+0.19	+0.07	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	15:42
2 Brian Dumoulin D	+0.65	0.00	0.00	+0.57	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	16:31
39 Jeff Malott L	+0.60	0.00	+0.23	+0.37	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:59
53 Jared Wright R	+0.45	0.00	+0.09	+0.16	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	12:25
52 Taylor Ward R	+0.43	0.00	+0.07	+0.37	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	11:28
79 Samuel Helenius C	+0.41	0.00	+0.02	+0.43	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	—	12:21
17 Mathieu Joseph R	+0.30	0.00	0.00	+0.23	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	13:26
15 Alex Turcotte C	+0.22	0.00	+0.03	+0.03	0.00	+0.02	+0.13	—	10:16
5 Cody Ceci D	+0.01	0.00	+0.02	-0.06	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	18:25
21 Scott Laughton C	-0.11	0.00	+0.12	-0.18	0.00	-0.03	-0.02	—	16:04
6 Joel Edmundson D	-0.26	0.00	0.00	-0.27	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	20:08
92 Brandt Clarke D	-0.26	0.00	+0.05	-0.31	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	20:37

New York Rangers

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
23 Adam Fox D	+0.46	+0.70	+0.06	-0.35	0.00	0.00	+0.04	—	23:13
13 Alexis Lafrenière L	+0.38	0.00	+0.28	-0.03	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	20:41
93 Mika Zibanejad C	+0.28	+0.55	0.00	-0.32	0.00	+0.04	+0.01	—	19:45
49 Jaroslav Chmelar R	+0.27	0.00	+0.07	+0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	7:41
14 Taylor Raddysh R	+0.27	0.00	+0.01	+0.21	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	9:21
18 Urho Vaakanainen D	+0.20	0.00	0.00	+0.22	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	15:51
31 Igor Shesterkin G	+0.20	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.20	58:57
94 Gabe Perreault R	+0.15	0.00	+0.24	-0.12	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	18:21
16 Vincent Trocheck C	+0.05	+0.75	+0.15	-0.62	-0.15	-0.02	-0.06	—	21:33
50 Will Cuylle L	+0.01	0.00	0.00	+0.02	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	16:16
29 Matthew Robertson D	-0.11	0.00	+0.01	-0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	18:24
42 Noah Laba C	-0.16	0.00	+0.06	-0.29	0.00	-0.02	+0.10	—	13:19
84 Adam Edstrom C	-0.18	0.00	+0.01	-0.28	0.00	-0.01	+0.10	—	10:42
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D	-0.21	0.00	+0.01	-0.31	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	21:14
17 Will Borgen D	-0.24	0.00	+0.02	-0.31	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	16:39
24 Tye Kartye L	-0.35	0.00	+0.04	-0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:35
43 Conor Sheary L	-0.45	0.00	+0.03	-0.40	0.00	0.00	-0.08	—	12:09
8 J.T. Miller C	-0.48	0.00	+0.17	-0.62	0.00	+0.01	-0.04	—	20:33
4 Braden Schneider D	-0.88	0.00	+0.03	-0.87	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	20:35

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.