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Nashville PredatorsNSH 5–4 Final/SO Los Angeles KingsLAK

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Final/SO 1st2nd3rdOTSO T SOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH 22001 5 34
Los Angeles KingsLAK 03100 4 33
Playoff odds, % Change
LAK -12.2
NSH +10.7
SJS +0.6

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Apr 2, 2026 9:50 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
0:52 NSH Filip Forsberg (35) Jonathan Marchessault (18), Erik Haula (22) · wrist xG 0.02 1–0 ▶
3:47 NSH Zachary L'Heureux (3) Brady Skjei (22) · backhand xG 0.35 2–0 ▶
2nd Period
2:02 NSH Jonathan Marchessault (12) Matthew Wood (12), Justin Barron (9) · wrist xG 0.19 3–0 ▶
6:09 LAK Adrian Kempe (29) Artemi Panarin (51) · deflected xG 0.19 3–1 ▶
8:19 NSH Steven Stamkos (37) Ryan O'Reilly (43), Roman Josi (37) · wrist xG 0.16 4–1 ▶
13:29 LAK Adrian Kempe (30) Joel Edmundson (18), Anze Kopitar (24) · snap xG 0.30 4–2 ▶
15:45 LAK Scott Laughton (12) Joel Armia (12), Mikey Anderson (14) · wrist xG 0.19 4–3 ▶
3rd Period
9:57 LAK Joel Armia (11) Jared Wright (2), Brian Dumoulin (15) · wrist xG 0.48 4–4 ▶
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
LAK Adrian Kempe vs Juuse Saros Saved
NSH Ryan O'Reilly vs Darcy Kuemper Saved
LAK Artemi Panarin vs Juuse Saros Saved
NSH Filip Forsberg vs Darcy Kuemper Saved
LAK Trevor Moore vs Juuse Saros Saved
NSH Steven Stamkos vs Darcy Kuemper Missed
LAK Anze Kopitar vs Juuse Saros Saved
NSH Jonathan Marchessault vs Darcy Kuemper Missed
LAK Alex Laferriere vs Juuse Saros Saved
NSH Erik Haula vs Darcy Kuemper Saved
LAK Brandt Clarke vs Juuse Saros Saved
NSH Tyson Jost vs Darcy Kuemper Saved
LAK Quinton Byfield vs Juuse Saros Missed
NSH Roman Josi vs Darcy Kuemper Saved
LAK Joel Armia vs Juuse Saros Missed
NSH Luke Evangelista vs Darcy Kuemper Goal

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

NSH 59%Deserve to win41% LAK
NSHLAK
3.71Expected goals3.15
4Goals (no shootout)4
2.59Expected goals, 5 on 52.75
72Shot attempts68
54Unblocked attempts52
34Shots on goal33

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
1:20 NSH xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced LAK 1.41–0.13
In xG over 10 minutes, 12:10 of the 1st to 2:10 of the 2nd; goals 1–0

Shot map

NSH shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ LAK shoots
Ryan O'Reilly: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:16) Ryan O'Reilly: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 0:40) Artemi Panarin: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 1:06) Mathieu Joseph: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 1:39) Tyson Jost: bat, 7 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 2:30) Joakim Kemell: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 3:10) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:19) Joel Edmundson: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 3:27) Brandt Clarke: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 3:30) Roman Josi: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:40) Scott Laughton: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:17) Joel Armia: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.23 (P1 4:20) Adrian Kempe: wrist, 73 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 6:13) Joel Edmundson: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 6:28) Adam Wilsby: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:22) Taylor Ward: slap, 24 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 11:11) Adrian Kempe: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 11:41) Tyson Jost: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 12:40) Tyson Jost: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 12:41) Tyson Jost: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 12:42) Erik Haula: poke, 4 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 12:43) Roman Josi: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.30 (P1 12:49) Nick Perbix: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:55) Steven Stamkos: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 15:03) Jonathan Marchessault: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 15:05) Zachary L'Heureux: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 16:06) Tyson Jost: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 17:05) Alex Laferriere: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 18:02) Samuel Helenius: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:27) Mikey Anderson: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:36) Artemi Panarin: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 19:28) Ryan O'Reilly: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 19:51) Filip Forsberg: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 0:51) Matthew Wood: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 1:09) Filip Forsberg: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 1:10) Joel Armia: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 1:32) Matthew Wood: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 1:59) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 2:29) Steven Stamkos: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 2:42) Joel Edmundson: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:09) Joel Armia: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 4:17) Filip Forsberg: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 5:19) Filip Forsberg: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 5:34) Zachary L'Heureux: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 6:35) Justin Barron: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 7:19) Jared Wright: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 7:30) Brandt Clarke: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 7:40) Trevor Moore: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 8:27) Alex Laferriere: backhand, 34 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 8:58) Reid Schaefer: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:36) Roman Josi: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:22) Brady Skjei: wrist, 67 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 10:25) Steven Stamkos: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 11:24) Tyson Jost: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 13:18) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 13:53) Trevor Moore: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 14:17) Joel Armia: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 15:43) Reid Schaefer: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 16:05) Trevor Moore: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 16:14) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 16:31) Brian Dumoulin: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:44) Adam Wilsby: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 17:16) Adam Wilsby: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 17:24) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 18:06) Zachary L'Heureux: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 18:47) Artemi Panarin: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 1:12) Roman Josi: slap, 50 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 2:01) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 2:58) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 3:58) Nicolas Hague: wrist, 179 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 4:06) Joel Armia: bat, 11 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 5:00) Matthew Wood: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 5:36) Roman Josi: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 5:56) Mathieu Joseph: wrist, 129 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 6:07) Luke Evangelista: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 6:47) Ryan O'Reilly: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 8:02) Jonathan Marchessault: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 8:14) Jonathan Marchessault: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 8:23) Jared Wright: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 9:55) Joel Armia: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:46) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 12:50) Joel Edmundson: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:56) Ryan O'Reilly: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 13:25) Brandt Clarke: wrist, 64 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 13:37) Drew Doughty: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:29) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 15:00) Quinton Byfield: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 15:10) Quinton Byfield: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 15:17) Jared Wright: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 16:30) Scott Laughton: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 16:31) Ryan O'Reilly: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 17:15) Jonathan Marchessault: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 18:30) Adrian Kempe: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 18:36) Alex Laferriere: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.07 (OT 1:26) Jonathan Marchessault: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.06 (OT 2:05) Jonathan Marchessault: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.08 (OT 2:28) Matthew Wood: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (OT 4:33) Roman Josi: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.05 (OT 4:51) Filip Forsberg: GOAL, wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:52) Zachary L'Heureux: GOAL, backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.35 (P1 3:47) Jonathan Marchessault: GOAL, wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 2:02) Adrian Kempe: GOAL, deflected, 6 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 6:09) Steven Stamkos: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 8:19) Adrian Kempe: GOAL, snap, 19 ft, xG 0.30 (P2 13:29) Scott Laughton: GOAL, wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 15:45) Joel Armia: GOAL, wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.48 (P3 9:57)
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

Nashville Predators

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
90 Ryan O'Reilly 011 +2 60.48 0222:39
81 Jonathan Marchessault 112 0 70.74 1021:12
91 Steven Stamkos 101 +3 50.29 2120:40
9 Filip Forsberg 101 -1 70.30 1020:34
68 Zachary L'Heureux 101 +2 50.44 4116:55
56 Erik Haula 011 -1 10.06 0016:31
71 Matthew Wood 011 -1 50.19 0015:00
17 Tyson Jost 000 -2 70.42 2014:29
9 Fedor Svechkov 000 0 30.00 0112:54
77 Luke Evangelista 000 -2 10.10 0010:50
25 Joakim Kemell 000 0 20.10 0008:12
49 Reid Schaefer 000 0 30.07 3008:05
Defense
59 Roman Josi 011 +2 100.46 1327:49
76 Brady Skjei 011 +1 20.00 2124:59
41 Nicolas Hague 000 -2 20.00 1119:30
48 Nick Perbix 000 -1 10.01 0119:02
72 Justin Barron 011 0 10.01 1415:18
2 Adam Wilsby 000 0 40.04 1114:36
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Juuse Saros 33429 .879 3.15 -0.85

Los Angeles Kings

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
14 Alex Laferriere 000 -1 90.43 4124:08
55 Quinton Byfield 000 0 60.20 2222:07
10 Artemi Panarin 011 +1 40.09 0020:53
11 Anze Kopitar 011 0 10.00 0020:34
9 Adrian Kempe 202 +1 70.55 2020:26
12 Trevor Moore 000 -1 40.29 1119:12
21 Scott Laughton 101 0 30.23 6116:54
40 Joel Armia 112 0 70.96 3013:08
25 Jared Wright 011 0 40.14 2011:50
17 Taylor Ward 000 0 20.08 1007:13
21 Mathieu Joseph 000 0 20.01 4006:47
79 Samuel Helenius 000 0 20.01 3006:13
Defense
8 Drew Doughty 000 0 20.03 0226:11
44 Mikey Anderson 011 0 20.01 3121:52
92 Brandt Clarke 000 0 50.02 0219:40
2 Brian Dumoulin 011 0 20.01 1217:33
5 Cody Ceci 000 +1 00.00 0117:32
6 Joel Edmundson 011 -1 60.09 0216:47
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Darcy Kuemper 34430 .882 3.71 -0.29

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.

Nashville Predators

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
59 Roman Josi D +2.87 +0.55 +0.30 +1.72 +0.15 0.00 +0.15 — 27:49
91 Steven Stamkos C +2.74 +0.75 +0.19 +1.76 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 20:40
90 Ryan O'Reilly C +2.47 +0.70 +0.31 +1.34 0.00 -0.01 +0.12 — 22:39
68 Zachary L'Heureux L +2.37 +0.75 +0.29 +1.32 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 16:55
76 Brady Skjei D +1.63 +0.70 0.00 +1.18 -0.30 0.00 +0.05 — 24:59
81 Jonathan Marchessault R +0.82 +1.45 +0.48 -0.95 -0.15 -0.01 0.00 — 21:12
40 Fedor Svechkov C +0.35 0.00 0.00 +0.16 +0.15 -0.01 +0.05 — 12:54
49 Reid Schaefer L +0.22 0.00 +0.05 +0.16 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 8:05
71 Matthew Wood R +0.13 +0.70 +0.12 -0.71 0.00 -0.02 +0.04 — 15:00
25 Joakim Kemell R +0.03 0.00 +0.06 -0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:12
20 Justin Barron D -0.05 +0.55 +0.01 -0.81 0.00 0.00 +0.20 — 15:18
17 Tyson Jost C -0.32 0.00 +0.27 -0.61 0.00 -0.01 +0.02 — 14:29
9 Filip Forsberg L -0.34 +0.75 +0.19 -1.24 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 20:34
56 Erik Haula L -0.45 +0.55 +0.04 -0.97 0.00 -0.05 -0.02 — 16:31
77 Luke Evangelista R -0.51 0.00 +0.07 -0.60 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 10:50
48 Nick Perbix D -0.53 0.00 0.00 -0.71 +0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 19:02
83 Adam Wilsby D -0.67 0.00 +0.03 -0.73 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 14:36
74 Juuse Saros G -0.85 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.85 64:45
41 Nicolas Hague D -1.13 0.00 0.00 -1.16 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 19:30

Los Angeles Kings

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
40 Joel Armia R +3.15 +1.45 +0.62 +1.12 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 — 13:08
21 Scott Laughton C +2.10 +0.75 +0.15 +1.16 0.00 +0.05 -0.01 — 16:54
9 Adrian Kempe R +1.74 +1.50 +0.36 -0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 20:26
53 Jared Wright R +1.66 +0.70 +0.09 +1.00 -0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 11:50
44 Mikey Anderson D +0.83 +0.55 +0.01 +0.23 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 21:52
2 Brian Dumoulin D +0.60 +0.55 +0.01 -0.05 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 17:33
5 Cody Ceci D +0.51 0.00 0.00 +0.48 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:32
8 Drew Doughty D +0.50 0.00 +0.02 +0.27 +0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 26:11
10 Artemi Panarin L +0.45 +0.70 +0.06 -0.12 -0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 20:53
11 Anze Kopitar C +0.28 +0.55 0.00 -0.44 +0.15 +0.06 -0.04 — 20:34
79 Samuel Helenius C +0.20 0.00 +0.01 +0.09 +0.15 -0.03 -0.02 — 6:13
6 Joel Edmundson D +0.19 +0.70 +0.06 -0.52 -0.15 0.00 +0.10 — 16:47
52 Taylor Ward R +0.12 0.00 +0.05 +0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 7:13
92 Brandt Clarke D +0.02 0.00 +0.02 -0.06 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 19:40
17 Mathieu Joseph R -0.05 0.00 +0.01 -0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 6:47
55 Quinton Byfield R -0.28 0.00 +0.13 -0.47 0.00 -0.02 +0.08 — 22:07
35 Darcy Kuemper G -0.44 0.00 — — -0.15 — — -0.29 65:00
12 Trevor Moore L -0.54 0.00 +0.19 -0.78 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 19:12
14 Alex Laferriere R -0.63 0.00 +0.28 -0.94 0.00 +0.04 -0.01 — 24:08

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.