Los Angeles Kings vs. Utah MammothDec 8, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	0	2	4		LAK	12	7	8	27
UTA	0	1	1	2		UTA	7	6	8	21

: LAK 59UTA 52
: LAK 3.29UTA 1.87
PP goals: LAK 0UTA 1
Hits: LAK 17UTA 32
Blocks: LAK 15UTA 18
PIM: LAK 8UTA 2
: LAK 40%UTA 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Utah Mammoth 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Utah Mammoth 4–2 at UTA. Joel Armia (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Peterka and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:28 together.

Points
Joel Armia had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:21.Armia
Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:37.Kempe
Points
Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:24.Keller
Points
Kevin Fiala had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:38.Fiala
PP1
UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Peterka and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:28 together.Schmaltz Keller Sergachev Peterka Guenther
Usage
JJ Peterka (UTA) played 22:07, +6:12 up on his 15:55 season average over 81 games.Peterka
Usage
Andrei Kuzmenko (LAK) played 6:58, −8:06 down on his 15:04 season average over 51 games.Kuzmenko
New line
New look for UTA: O'Brien–Stenlund–Tanev skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Brien Stenlund Tanev

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

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

UTA
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · UTA 52 · LAK 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

UTA 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 32% of the game, UTA 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

UTA

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

UTA 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	LAK	UTA
	66	54
	2.90	1.71
	2.86	1.64
	8	10
	6	4
	15	19
	−0.048	+0.048
	32%	25%

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

L1Danault – Foegele – Moore
12:0058% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere
10:4870% CF
L3Armia – Fiala – Byfield
9:5565% CF
L4Perry – Turcotte – Kuzmenko
4:3627% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:1641% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
15:0265% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ceci
13:2363% CF

PP1Perry – Armia – Byfield – Laferriere – Clarke
0:54100% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Kuzmenko
0:50
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
1:25
PK2FDanault – Moore
1:06
PK1DEdmundson – Anderson
3:02
PK2DDumoulin – Ceci
2:16

Current LAK line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Peterka
12:0736% CF
L2Crouse – Carcone – McBain
9:4553% CF
L3Hayton – Guenther – But
8:1460% CF
L4O'Brien – Stenlund – Tanev
7:4571% CF
D1Sergachev – Durzi
12:3952% CF
D2Cole – Lamoureux
11:1124% CF
D3Schmidt – Marino
10:2133% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Peterka – Guenther
4:28100% CF
PP2Crouse – Carcone – Durzi – Hayton – But
1:20100% CF
PK1FCrouse – Stenlund
1:20
PK2FSchmaltz – McBain
0:29
PK1DCole – Sergachev
1:00
PK2DSchmidt – Marino
0:49

Current UTA 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.

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	2	0	0	16:15	—	—	54	57
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	1	2	15:51	—	—	56	51
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	53	49
Anze Kopitar C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.42	2	1	0	18:03	—	—	67	67
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.46	0	0	2	16:37	—	—	72	63
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	5	0	0	16:19	—	—	60	56
Quinton Byfield R	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.22	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	62	72
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.14	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	59	75
Joel Armia R	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0.74	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	59	79
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:51	—	—	27	29
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	7:35	—	—	23	39
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:58	—	—	31	65
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	1	4	0	23:50	—	—	38	46
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.05	0	1	2	21:54	—	—	43	56
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	2	0	20:44	—	—	62	80
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	3	0	16:48	—	—	66	77
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	57	56
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	66	61

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.87	60:00

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:07	—	—	39	49
Clayton Keller R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	21:24	—	—	40	52
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	1	2	0	19:38	—	—	36	48
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.33	4	1	0	18:27	—	—	36	37
Michael Carcone L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	52	38
Jack McBain C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	2	0	14:59	—	—	36	21
Dylan Guenther R	L3	1	0	1	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	47	28
Barrett Hayton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	13:17	—	—	54	52
Daniil But L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	1	1	2	12:16	—	—	59	43
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	46	26
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:14	—	—	52	21
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	8:49	—	—	63	30
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.04	1	1	0	24:01	—	—	48	39
Sean Durzi D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.31	0	4	0	23:41	—	—	59	63
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	3	3	0	15:33	—	—	28	36
Maveric Lamoureux D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	3	0	15:33	—	—	36	13
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:23	—	—	37	21
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	52	27

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.42	58:08

Goal anatomy

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

Adrian Kempe (LAK) 1st 7:50 · assists Kevin Fiala · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 31.6 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

Adrian Kempe · 1st 7:50 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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

Anze Kopitar · 3rd 3:27 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s

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Joel Armia · 3rd 18:22 · LAK EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.6 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Joel Armia · 1st 10:08 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 25.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Dylan Guenther · 2nd 0:34 · UTA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 71.8 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: one-timer

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Clayton Keller · 3rd 12:15 · UTA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 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.

Los Angeles Kings vs. Utah MammothDec 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings beat Utah Mammoth 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Los Angeles Kings

Utah Mammoth

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Los Angeles Kings

Utah Mammoth

Goal anatomy

Adrian Kempe · 1st 7:50 · LAK

Anze Kopitar · 3rd 3:27 · LAK

Joel Armia · 3rd 18:22 · LAK EN

Joel Armia · 1st 10:08 · LAK

Dylan Guenther · 2nd 0:34 · UTA PP

Clayton Keller · 3rd 12:15 · UTA