Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 7, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	2	4		MTL	1	11	11	23
LAK	1	1	1	3		LAK	16	10	13	39

: MTL 44LAK 86
: MTL 2.81LAK 4.07
PP goals: MTL 1LAK 0
Hits: MTL 21LAK 32
Blocks: MTL 16LAK 13
PIM: MTL 6LAK 2
: MTL 51%LAK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at LAK. Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +11 against a season average of 27.6; the win.

Points
Juraj Slafkovský had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:38.Slafkovský
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:14.Suzuki
Points
Brandt Clarke had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:38.Clarke
Goalie
Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +11 against a season average of 27.6; the win.Dobes
Usage
Brandt Clarke (LAK) played 24:38, +4:53 up on his 19:45 season average over 81 games.Clarke
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 13:16, −4:59 down on his 18:15 season average over 80 games.Caufield
New line
New look for LAK: Laughton–Turcotte–Wright skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laughton Turcotte Wright
Usage
Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 22:53, +3:49 up on his 19:04 season average over 66 games.Kopitar

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · LAK 86 · MTL 44

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 16% of the game, LAK 53%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

LAK

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

LAK skaters (rows) against MTL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the LAK side.

Matchup matrix

LAK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	LAK
	50	80
	2.84	3.37
	2.69	3.08
	13	23
	1	12
	19	20
	+0.002	−0.002
	16%	53%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:5963% CF
L2Evans – Dach – Bolduc
11:4242% CF
L3Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
10:2317% CF
L4Gallagher – Danault – Anderson
8:0955% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
9:5716% CF
D2Dobson – Hutson
9:3955% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
5:5727% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
0:31100% CF
PK1FDanault – Evans
2:43
PK2FAnderson – Kapanen
2:23
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
2:43
PK2DDobson – Guhle
0:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin
14:3181% CF
L2Moore – Byfield – Laferriere
14:0947% CF
L3Laughton – Turcotte – Wright
8:3475% CF
L4Malott – Helenius – Ward
5:0736% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:5344% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
16:3173% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ceci
12:1970% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin – Laferriere – Clarke
3:56100% CF
PP2Doughty – Laughton – Moore – Byfield – Ward
1:28100% CF
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
0:31
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
0:31

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	2	3	0	5	0.67	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	57	66
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	2	1	3	+1	4	0.41	0	1	0	16:38	—	—	52	63
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	60	70
Jake Evans C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	46	38
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	38	25
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	42	35
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	0	18:34	—	—	11	8
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:18	—	—	14	8
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:30	—	—	17	16
Phillip Danault C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	41	59
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	0	4	0	13:53	—	—	50	75
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:51	—	—	52	74
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	2	24:26	—	—	25	24
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	3	1	0	24:25	—	—	26	25
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.30	1	2	0	21:55	—	—	57	71
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	41	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:31	—	—	41	52
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	2	9:10	—	—	35	32

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	39	36	3	.923	4.07	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.57	0	0	0	23:46	—	—	70	71
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.52	1	0	0	22:53	—	—	74	73
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	1	1	0	22:10	—	—	73	67
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	21:26	—	—	51	34
Alex Laferriere R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.62	3	1	0	20:48	—	—	53	35
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	0	0	2	18:05	—	—	51	38
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	4	0	0	15:08	—	—	76	63
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:56	—	—	75	65
Jared Wright R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	0	10:44	—	—	68	72
Taylor Ward R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	2	1	0	8:04	—	—	50	58
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	7	0	0	7:08	—	—	50	77
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	2	0	0	6:42	—	—	39	57
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:04	—	—	47	35
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	7	4	0	19:50	—	—	44	25
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.18	0	3	0	24:38	—	—	69	72
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	74	88
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	71	63
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	12:59	—	—	71	63

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	2.45	58:37

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Anze Kopitar (LAK) 1st 14:12 · assists Adrian Kempe, Artemi Panarin · Deflection · carried in · 33.0 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Anze Kopitar · 1st 14:12 · LAK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: one-timer

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Jake Evans · 2nd 3:09 · MTL

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 72.5 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 15:41 · MTL

Play: cycle
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Scott Laughton · 2nd 17:31 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Alex Laferriere · 3rd 6:44 · LAK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: rebound

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 14:38 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 77.8 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 15:27 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 61.3 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 7, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Anze Kopitar · 1st 14:12 · LAK

Jake Evans · 2nd 3:09 · MTL

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 15:41 · MTL

Scott Laughton · 2nd 17:31 · LAK

Alex Laferriere · 3rd 6:44 · LAK

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 14:38 · MTL PP

Nick Suzuki · 3rd 15:27 · MTL