Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 25, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	5	6		VGK	8	7	10	25
LAK	1	1	2	4		LAK	6	5	8	19

: VGK 63LAK 57
: VGK 3.83LAK 1.84
PP goals: VGK 1LAK 1
Hits: VGK 26LAK 24
Blocks: VGK 24LAK 14
PIM: VGK 7LAK 19
: VGK 46%LAK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 6–4

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 6–4 at LAK. Tanner Laczynski (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

Points
Tanner Laczynski had 3 assists (3 points) in 15:43.Laczynski
Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:29.Dorofeyev
Points
Quinton Byfield had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:08.Byfield
Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:20.Kempe
Points
Brandt Clarke had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:20.Clarke
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Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:23.Sissons
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Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:30.Smith
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Andrei Kuzmenko had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:35.Kuzmenko

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

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

LAK
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · LAK 57 · VGK 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 37% of the game, LAK 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

LAK skaters (rows) against VGK 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	VGK	LAK
	67	55
	3.12	1.72
	2.97	1.68
	10	10
	4	2
	16	12
	−0.042	+0.042
	37%	17%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Hertl – Barbashev – Kolesar
13:3663% CF
L2Smith – Laczynski – Dorofeyev
11:4558% CF
L3Reinhardt – Bowman – Uchacz
7:3725% CF
L4Saad – Sissons – Holtz
7:3663% CF
D1Andersson – Lauzon
17:1652% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
17:1357% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
12:5168% CF

PP1Hertl – Andersson – Dorofeyev – Holtz – Bowman
2:2850% CF
PP2Smith – Hutton – Barbashev – Laczynski – Coghlan
0:10
PK1FSaad – Sissons
0:40
PK1DMcNabb – Korczak
0:40

Current VGK line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kempe – Panarin – Laferriere
14:3358% CF
L2Kopitar – Moore – Byfield
12:3764% CF
L3Foegele – Turcotte – Kuzmenko
8:1450% CF
L4Perry – Armia – Helenius
5:129% CF
D1Ceci – Anderson
16:0042% CF
D2Doughty – Dumoulin
14:3352% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
13:2025% CF

PP1Perry – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Clarke
0:40100% CF
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
0:51
PK2FArmia – Moore
0:36
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
1:59
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
0:46

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	18:58	—	—	62	66
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.87	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	59	55
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	17:12	—	—	54	51
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	1.00	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	61	67
Tanner Laczynski C	L2	0	3	3	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	57	60
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.06	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	59	64
Braeden Bowman R	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	35	49
Kai Uchacz C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	1	0	12:38	—	—	39	55
Cole Reinhardt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	2	0	11:25	—	—	41	74
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	14:10	—	—	68	97
Brandon Saad L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.42	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	61	73
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	1	2	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	13:23	—	—	60	75
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	2	2	23:42	—	—	50	58
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	10	2	5	21:30	—	—	48	53
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.17	2	4	0	21:18	—	—	51	64
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	6	0	21:13	—	—	53	64
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	61	70
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	66	73

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	19	15	4	.789	1.84	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adrian Kempe R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.39	3	1	0	22:20	—	—	55	44
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.30	0	0	2	21:05	—	—	58	51
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	4	1	0	18:23	—	—	55	43
Quinton Byfield R	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.33	2	0	0	21:08	—	—	63	73
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	68	78
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	0	0	14:03	—	—	58	54
Warren Foegele L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	33	22
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.06	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	44	35
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.19	2	1	0	12:57	—	—	38	22
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:57	—	—	9	1
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	17	10:34	—	—	9	2
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	7:58	—	—	6	1
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	2	0	20:12	—	—	44	35
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	19:21	—	—	43	30
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	21:10	—	—	53	51
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	61	68
Brandt Clarke D	D3	1	1	2	-2	1	0.06	0	3	0	19:20	—	—	42	26
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:06	—	—	28	5

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.82	56:50

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) 1st 10:59 · assists Tanner Laczynski, Reilly Smith · Rebound · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 18.4 mph shot · 3.2 s from entry to goal.

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 10:59 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 18.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: rebound

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Colton Sissons · 3rd 8:07 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Quinton Byfield · 1st 14:31 · LAK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: deflection

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Adrian Kempe · 2nd 14:44 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Brandon Saad · 3rd 11:16 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 12:21 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Quinton Byfield · 3rd 13:26 · LAK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.4 mph
Distance: 79 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 15:59 · VGK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 20.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Brandt Clarke · 3rd 18:54 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.7 mph
Distance: 51 ft

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 19:32 · VGK EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 67 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 s

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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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 25, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 6–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 10:59 · VGK

Colton Sissons · 3rd 8:07 · VGK

Quinton Byfield · 1st 14:31 · LAK PP

Adrian Kempe · 2nd 14:44 · LAK

Brandon Saad · 3rd 11:16 · VGK

Reilly Smith · 3rd 12:21 · VGK

Quinton Byfield · 3rd 13:26 · LAK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 15:59 · VGK PP

Brandt Clarke · 3rd 18:54 · LAK

Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 19:32 · VGK EN