Los Angeles Kings vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 27, 2026

FinalTuesday, Jan 27, 2026· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	2	3		LAK	9	8	5	22
DET	0	0	1	1		DET	5	5	18	28

: LAK 56DET 69
: LAK 2.98DET 3.50
PP goals: LAK 1DET 0
Hits: LAK 21DET 11
Blocks: LAK 16DET 15
PIM: LAK 8DET 6
: LAK 31%DET 69%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1 at DET. Alex DeBrincat (DET) led the scoring with 1G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Perry, Fiala, Kempe, Clarke and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:47 together.

PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Perry, Fiala, Kempe, Clarke and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:47 together.Perry Fiala Kempe Clarke Kuzmenko
New line
New look for LAK: Foegele–Moore–Byfield skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foegele Moore Byfield
Luck
DET scored 1 goal on 3.50 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Armia–Fiala–Kuzmenko skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Fiala Kuzmenko
Usage
Corey Perry (LAK) played 17:28, +3:51 up on his 13:37 season average over 71 games.Perry
Usage
Emmitt Finnie (DET) played 9:02, −6:33 down on his 15:35 season average over 81 games.Finnie
Usage
Kevin Fiala (LAK) played 15:26, −3:45 down on his 19:11 season average over 55 games.Fiala
Usage
Samuel Helenius (LAK) played 11:02, +3:07 up on his 7:55 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.

Strength

Period

Team

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

DET
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · DET 69 · LAK 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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, DET 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DET 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	DET
	52	60
	2.28	2.71
	2.16	2.48
	13	11
	1	6
	22	28
	−0.125	+0.125
	29%	32%

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

L1Perry – Kempe – Laferriere
11:1121% CF
L2Foegele – Moore – Byfield
9:1363% CF
L3Malott – Helenius – Ward
6:5247% CF
L4Armia – Fiala – Kuzmenko
6:3658% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:5249% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ceci
12:2157% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
12:1123% CF

PP1Perry – Fiala – Kempe – Clarke – Kuzmenko
2:4788% CF
PP2Doughty – Foegele – Byfield – Laferriere – Ward
1:4750% CF
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
1:35
PK2FArmia – Moore
1:29
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
3:27
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:13

Current LAK line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Larkin – Raymond – Kasper
11:2870% CF
L2Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
11:1950% CF
L3Appleton – Rasmussen – Soderblom
9:2863% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Compher – Finnie
7:3133% CF
D1Bernard-Docker – Seider
15:4552% CF
D2Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka
10:2160% CF
D3Hamonic – Johansson
7:4144% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
2:5267% CF
PP2Kane – Copp – Compher – Kasper – Sandin-Pellikka
1:53
PK1FCopp – Compher
1:54
PK2FAppleton – Kasper
1:11
PK1DHamonic – Chiarot
1:54
PK2DBernard-Docker – Seider
1:13

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:00
LAKSamuel Helenius (Jeff Malott)snap0.15 xG
LAK: Doughty, Anderson, Malott, Helenius, WardDET: Hamonic, Larkin, Johansson, Raymond, Kasper
LAK 1 – 0 DET

3rd period

6:46
LAKAndrei KuzmenkoPP (Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala)snap0.25 xG
LAK: Perry, Fiala, Kempe, Clarke, KuzmenkoDET: Chiarot, Appleton, Johansson, Kasper
LAK 2 – 0 DET
17:45
DETAlex DeBrincat (Moritz Seider, Patrick Kane)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Edmundson, Ceci, Fiala, Foegele, ByfieldDET: Kane, Copp, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
LAK 2 – 1 DET
18:47
LAKCorey PerryEN (Alex Laferriere)wrist0.20 xG
LAK: Perry, Doughty, Edmundson, Kempe, LaferriereDET: Kane, Copp, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
LAK 3 – 1 DET

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
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.35	7	0	0	19:35	—	—	21	19
Corey Perry R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	27	21
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	2	16:38	—	—	20	18
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	1	1	2	18:15	—	—	56	39
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	65	72
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	56	43
Samuel Helenius C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	2	0	0	11:02	—	—	61	89
Taylor Ward R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	53	86
Jeff Malott L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	3	0	0	8:00	—	—	44	75
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.18	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	50	37
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.41	0	1	2	14:46	—	—	58	57
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	53	59
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	22:21	—	—	51	46
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:58	—	—	47	45
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	19:04	—	—	63	57
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	2	0	14:56	—	—	58	46
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	6	0	19:26	—	—	35	45
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	26	38

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.50	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.38	0	0	2	20:57	—	—	72	75
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	73	74
Marco Kasper C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.57	1	2	0	16:21	—	—	71	70
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	1	0	1	0	7	0.60	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	46	53
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	2	0	19:24	—	—	40	41
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	50	47
Mason Appleton C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	52	36
Michael Rasmussen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	60	33
Elmer Soderblom L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	57	34
J.T. Compher L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	29	40
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	29	43
Emmitt Finnie C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	0	0	9:02	—	—	31	42
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.38	3	4	0	26:41	—	—	56	65
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	2	19:20	—	—	48	65
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	1	0	21:02	—	—	57	57
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	16:38	—	—	62	52
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	2	17:06	—	—	50	45
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:28	—	—	45	29

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	2.57	57:45

Goal anatomy

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

Samuel Helenius (LAK) 2nd 10:00 · assists Jeff Malott · Forecheck turnover · loose puck · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 58.1 mph shot · 6.4 s from entry to goal.

Samuel Helenius · 2nd 10:00 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Andrei Kuzmenko · 3rd 6:46 · LAK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alex DeBrincat · 3rd 17:45 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 42.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Corey Perry · 3rd 18:47 · LAK EN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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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.