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Los Angeles Kings vs. New York RangersMar 16, 2026

Final· Madison Square Garden
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NYR
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Goals123TShots123T
LAK1214LAK816226
NYR0011NYR631322
LAK 53NYR 51
LAK 4.29NYR 1.76
PP goals
LAK 1NYR 1
Hits
LAK 26NYR 20
Blocks
LAK 12NYR 12
PIM
LAK 4NYR 4
LAK 49%NYR 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat New York Rangers 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat New York Rangers 4–1 at NYR. Alex Laferriere (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Panarin, Byfield, Laferriere and Clarke) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:30 together.

  1. Points
    Alex Laferriere had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:51.Laferriere
  2. Points
    Mikey Anderson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:58.Anderson
  3. Points
    Quinton Byfield had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:58.Byfield
  4. PP1
    LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Panarin, Byfield, Laferriere and Clarke) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:30 together.KopitarPanarinByfieldLaferriereClarke
  5. PP1
    NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:38 together.TrocheckZibanejadMillerFoxLafrenière
  6. Usage
    Artemi Panarin (LAK) played 15:42, −5:13 down on his 20:55 season average over 77 games.Panarin
  7. New line
    New look for LAK: Kopitar–Joseph–Panarin skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KopitarJosephPanarin
  8. Usage
    Samuel Helenius (LAK) played 12:21, +4:27 up on his 7:54 season average over 52 games.Helenius

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 NYR: 104 attempts, 48 on goal, 5 goals, 6.04 expected goals; best chance Alex Laferriere at 0.65 xG.

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

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · NYR 51 · LAK 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, LAK at NYR: expected goals 1.76 to 4.29 (LAK led the chances), shot attempts 51 to 53, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdNYRLAKDALTMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • LAK
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRLAKcontrol2nd3rdDoughty · 1st 13:29Anderson · 2nd 4:31Laferriere · 2nd 4:59Trocheck · 3rd 2:29Moore · 3rd 18:12
  • NYR 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 28% of the game, NYR 35%.

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 NYR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Igor Shesterkin (58:57) for NYR and Darcy Kuemper (60:00) for LAK, 5 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NYR rows versus LAK columns: 250 matchups; most common Gavrikov vs Clarke, 8:36 at 51% xGF.

NYR ↓ · LAK →ByfieldLaferriereMooreHeleniusMalottWardKopitarPanarinJosephLaughtonWrightTurcotteDoughtyAndersonClarkeEdmundsonCeciDumoulinL1 LafrenièreL1 ZibanejadL1 PerreaultL2 TrocheckL2 MillerL2 CuylleL3 LabaL3 KartyeL3 ShearyL4 EdstromL4 RaddyshL4 ChmelarD1 FoxD1 GavrikovD2 SchneiderD2 RobertsonD3 BorgenD3 Vaakanainen
NYR 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
StatLAKNYR
5058
2.681.73
2.491.69
1210
72
2820
−0.012+0.012
28%35%

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 →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 13:29
    LAKDrew Doughty (Mikey Anderson, Artemi Panarin)wrist0.04 xG
    LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Joseph, Panarin, AndersonNYR: Zibanejad, Robertson, Schneider, Lafrenière, Perreault
    LAK 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

  1. 4:31
    LAKMikey Anderson (Alex Laferriere, Quinton Byfield)wrist0.49 xG
    LAK: Dumoulin, Moore, Anderson, Byfield, LaferriereNYR: Trocheck, Miller, Gavrikov, Fox, Edstrom
    LAK 2 – 0 NYR
  2. 4:59
    LAKAlex LaferrierePP (Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield)wrist0.65 xG
    LAK: Kopitar, Panarin, Byfield, Laferriere, ClarkeNYR: Gavrikov, Kartye, Schneider, Laba
    LAK 3 – 0 NYR

3rd period

  1. 2:29
    NYRVincent TrocheckPP (Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad)tip-in0.12 xG
    LAK: Doughty, Moore, Anderson, ByfieldNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Lafrenière
    LAK 3 – 1 NYR
  2. 18:12
    LAKTrevor MooreEN (Alex Laferriere)wrist0.55 xG
    LAK: Edmundson, Ceci, Moore, Byfield, LaferriereNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Lafrenière, Perreault
    LAK 4 – 1 NYR

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
Quinton Byfield RL1022+230.4120218:58——3957
Alex Laferriere RL1123+230.8420218:51——4460
Trevor Moore LL1101+220.6211018:42——4865
Samuel Helenius CL2000010.0460012:21——5475
Jeff Malott LL2000040.3810011:59——4574
Taylor Ward RL2000000.1020011:28——5574
Anze Kopitar CL3011+130.5620018:37——4654
Artemi Panarin LL3011+120.3000015:42——4250
Mathieu Joseph RL3000+100.0011013:26——5260
Scott Laughton CL4000020.1820016:04——4442
Jared Wright RL4000010.1421012:25——4768
Alex Turcotte CL4000000.0523010:16——4456
Drew Doughty DD1101+110.0411021:18——5767
Mikey Anderson DD1112+210.4911020:58——6279
Brandt Clarke DD2000020.1000020:37——3639
Joel Edmundson DD2000+100.0001020:08——4141
Cody Ceci DD3000+110.0301018:25——3548
Brian Dumoulin DD3000+100.0012016:31——3873
LAK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)W22211.9551.7660:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Alexis Lafrenière LL1000-230.3700020:41——4854
Mika Zibanejad CL1011-200.0011019:45——3945
Gabe Perreault RL1000-220.3801018:21——4551
Vincent Trocheck CL2101-220.2740221:33——6025
J.T. Miller CL2000-250.2000020:33——5825
Will Cuylle LL2000000.0050016:16——6448
Noah Laba CL3000000.0912013:19——4530
Tye Kartye LL3000020.0620012:35——5226
Conor Sheary LL3000000.0610012:09——5026
Adam Edstrom CL4000-100.0112010:42——6536
Taylor Raddysh RL4000010.010109:21——6089
Jaroslav Chmelar RL4000000.100107:41——6485
Adam Fox DD1011-220.0910023:13——5437
Vladislav Gavrikov DD1000-100.0102021:14——5437
Braden Schneider DD2000-110.0520020:35——3530
Matthew Robertson DD2000-120.0301218:24——5352
Will Borgen DD3000020.0211016:39——5734
Urho Vaakanainen DD3000000.0010015:51——8469
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)L25223.8803.7358:57

Goal anatomy

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

Drew Doughty (LAK) 1st 13:29 · assists Mikey Anderson, Artemi Panarin · Point shot · 65.9 mph shot.

Mikey Anderson · 2nd 4:31 · LAK

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
5-on-2
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
28.0 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
4.6 s
Type
rebound

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Trevor Moore · 3rd 18:12 · LAK EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
57.0 mph
Distance
49 ft
Entry to goal
1.8 s

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