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Los Angeles Kings vs. Calgary FlamesMar 24, 2026

Final / SO· Scotiabank Saddledome
away
LAK
2
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CGY
3
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
LAK101002LAK897125
CGY011013CGY6610123
LAK 55CGY 51
LAK 2.13CGY 2.42
PP goals
LAK 0CGY 1
Hits
LAK 22CGY 19
Blocks
LAK 14CGY 16
PIM
LAK 6CGY 4
LAK 49%CGY 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (SO)

Calgary Flames beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in a shootout at home. Quinton Byfield (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CGY: Lomberg–Pospisil–Klapka skated 7:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Quinton Byfield had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:50.Byfield
  2. New line
    New look for CGY: Lomberg–Pospisil–Klapka skated 7:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LombergPospisilKlapka
  3. New line
    New look for LAK: Armia–Malott–Helenius skated 5:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ArmiaMalottHelenius
  4. Usage
    Zach Whitecloud (CGY) played 27:42, +7:29 up on his 20:13 season average over 77 games.Whitecloud
  5. Usage
    Joel Armia (LAK) played 10:24, −3:43 down on his 14:07 season average over 66 games.Armia
  6. Usage
    Matvei Gridin (CGY) played 18:44, +3:40 up on his 15:04 season average over 36 games.Gridin
  7. Usage
    Olli Maatta (CGY) played 20:25, +3:17 up on his 17:08 season average over 42 games.Maatta
  8. Usage
    Morgan Frost (CGY) played 19:08, +3:41 up on his 15:27 season average over 81 games.Frost

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.

Shot map, LAK at CGY: 106 attempts, 48 on goal, 4 goals, 4.55 expected goals; best chance Blake Coleman at 0.26 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← LAK attacks left (bottom on phones)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CGY
  • LAK
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · CGY 51 · LAK 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, LAK at CGY: expected goals 2.42 to 2.13 (CGY led the chances), shot attempts 51 to 55, 4 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdOTCGYLAKBMBPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:48
  • CGY
  • LAK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CGYLAKcontrol2nd3rdOTByfield · 1st 2:35Maatta · 2nd 14:50Byfield · 3rd 0:17Parekh · 3rd 13:02
  • CGY pressure
  • LAK pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 29% of the game, CGY 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, LAK at CGY: 38 players over 64:48; most ice Dustin Wolf (64:49) for CGY and Darcy Kuemper (65:00) for LAK, 4 goals.

CGY
LAK
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, CGY rows versus LAK columns: 250 matchups; most common Whitecloud vs Panarin, 13:09 at 54% xGF.

CGY ↓ · LAK →PanarinKopitarKempeLaferriereByfieldMooreLaughtonWrightJosephArmiaHeleniusMalottDoughtyAndersonClarkeEdmundsonCeciDumoulinL1 CoronatoL1 FrostL1 GridinL2 ColemanL2 BacklundL2 FarabeeL3 SharangovichL3 OlofssonL3 StromeL4 PospisilL4 KlapkaL4 LombergD1 WhitecloudD1 BahlD2 MaattaD2 BrzustewiczD3 ParekhD3 Hanley
CGY 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
StatLAKCGY
5441
1.621.48
1.571.46
1110
44
2320
+0.003−0.002
29%34%

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.

Los Angeles Kings

Current LAK line combinations →

Calgary Flames

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:35
    LAKQuinton Byfield (Joel Armia, Drew Doughty)backhand0.19 xG
    LAK: Doughty, Armia, Anderson, Byfield, MalottCGY: Strome, Maatta, Lomberg, Klapka, Brzustewicz
    LAK 1 – 0 CGY

2nd period

  1. 14:50
    CGYOlli Maatta (Victor Olofsson, Ryan Strome)wrist0.15 xG
    LAK: Doughty, Moore, Anderson, Byfield, LaferriereCGY: Strome, Maatta, Olofsson, Sharangovich, Brzustewicz
    LAK 1 – 1 CGY

3rd period

  1. 0:17
    LAKQuinton Byfield (Trevor Moore, Alex Laferriere)snap0.20 xG
    LAK: Doughty, Moore, Anderson, Byfield, LaferriereCGY: Strome, Maatta, Olofsson, Sharangovich, Brzustewicz
    LAK 2 – 1 CGY
  2. 13:02
    CGYZayne ParekhPP (Matt Coronato, Matvei Gridin)wrist0.16 xG
    LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, EdmundsonCGY: Frost, Sharangovich, Coronato, Parekh, Gridin
    LAK 2 – 2 CGY

Decided in the shootout: LAK 2 – 3 CGY.

Box score

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

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Artemi Panarin LL1000030.4300022:05——5754
Anze Kopitar CL1000000.0000020:45——6351
Adrian Kempe RL1000000.0100019:46——6351
Alex Laferriere RL2011010.1830020:10——5258
Quinton Byfield RL2202+130.4010019:50——5254
Trevor Moore LL2011030.3520019:33——5257
Scott Laughton CL3000010.0511216:05——5243
Jared Wright RL3000020.1512012:59——5742
Mathieu Joseph RL3000020.1020011:59——5740
Joel Armia RL4011+100.0020010:24——6065
Samuel Helenius CL4000000.013008:15——7064
Jeff Malott LL4000+110.032007:16——7072
Drew Doughty DD1011+130.0913025:48——5359
Mikey Anderson DD1000+130.1113021:15——5464
Brandt Clarke DD2000000.1211020:49——5748
Joel Edmundson DD2000020.0813019:28——5752
Cody Ceci DD3000010.0010417:30——5837
Brian Dumoulin DD3000000.0001015:08——6747
LAK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)O23212.9132.4265:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Matt Coronato RL1011000.2201219:12——3632
Morgan Frost CL1000000.3411019:08——4034
Matvei Gridin RL1011010.0200018:44——3632
Blake Coleman LL2000050.6130019:54——7193
Mikael Backlund CL2000030.1600019:25——6390
Joel Farabee LL2000010.0100018:05——7393
Yegor Sharangovich CL3000030.1410018:59——4342
Victor Olofsson LL3011010.3601016:09——4645
Ryan Strome CL3011-100.0001015:18——4637
Martin Pospisil CL4000000.003009:12——1047
Adam Klapka RL4000-100.004209:03——87
Ryan Lomberg LL4000-100.004008:26——111
Zach Whitecloud DD1000010.0003027:42——5064
Kevin Bahl DD1000000.0010222:41——5567
Olli Maatta DD2101-110.1504020:25——3835
Hunter Brzustewicz DD2000-120.0601016:50——3630
Zayne Parekh DD3101050.3710017:43——3045
Joel Hanley DD3000000.0012014:15——4557
CGY goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Dustin Wolf(start)W25232.9202.1364:49

Goal anatomy

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

Quinton Byfield (LAK) 1st 2:35 · assists Joel Armia, Drew Doughty · Rush · carried in · 29.5 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Olli Maatta · 2nd 14:50 · CGY

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1
Shot
25.9 mph
Distance
14 ft
Type
one-timer

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Quinton Byfield · 3rd 0:17 · LAK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
85.8 mph
Distance
24 ft
Entry to goal
1.5 s

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Zayne Parekh · 3rd 13:02 · CGY PP

Play
deflection
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
28.8 mph
Distance
3 ft
Type
deflection

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