Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose SharksOct 28, 2025

FinalTuesday, Oct 28, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	1	2	1	4		LAK	6	4	4	14
SJS	0	2	1	3		SJS	7	16	17	40

: LAK 34SJS 79
: LAK 1.27SJS 3.58
PP goals: LAK 0SJS 0
Hits: LAK 14SJS 17
Blocks: LAK 23SJS 12
PIM: LAK 10SJS 2
: LAK 52%SJS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

Los Angeles Kings beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 at SJS. Philipp Kurashev (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Darcy Kuemper (LAK) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +15 against a season average of 24.7; the win.

Points
Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:56.Wennberg
Points
Brandt Clarke had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:22.Clarke
Points
Corey Perry had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:33.Perry
Points
Philipp Kurashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:54.Kurashev
Points
Joel Edmundson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:01.Edmundson
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (LAK) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +15 against a season average of 24.7; the win.Kuemper
Usage
Philipp Kurashev (SJS) played 22:54, +7:35 up on his 15:19 season average over 42 games.Kurashev
Luck
LAK scored 4 goals on 1.27 expected goals (34 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · SJS 79 · LAK 34

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 19% of the game, SJS 61%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SJS 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	SJS
	36	59
	1.16	2.22
	1.12	2.00
	6	14
	5	2
	13	23
	+0.004	−0.004
	19%	61%

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

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko
8:5133% CF
L2Armia – Danault – Moore
7:3829% CF
L3Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere
6:0030% CF
L4Perry – Turcotte – Malott
5:5050% CF
D1Doughty – Dumoulin
14:3722% CF
D2Ceci – Anderson
14:0930% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
10:1655% CF

PP1Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield – Kuzmenko
1:41100% CF
PP2Perry – Doughty – Danault – Laferriere – Clarke
0:14100% CF
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
2:06
PK2FDanault – Moore
1:20
PK1DEdmundson – Anderson
2:46
PK2DDumoulin – Ceci
2:28

Current LAK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Wennberg – Kurashev – Eklund
12:2774% CF
L2Toffoli – Smith – Celebrini
8:4487% CF
L3Skinner – Graf – Misa
5:4650% CF
L4Reaves – Goodrow – Dellandrea
5:4260% CF
D1Orlov – Liljegren
15:0469% CF
D2Klingberg – Ferraro
12:4632% CF
D3Desharnais – Dickinson
7:5486% CF

PP1Toffoli – Klingberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
4:45100% CF
PP2Orlov – Skinner – Wennberg – Kurashev – Misa
2:57100% CF
PK1FDellandrea – Graf
0:48
PK2FKurashev – Eklund
0:45
PK1DDesharnais – Ferraro
1:41
PK2DOrlov – Dickinson
0:15

Current SJS 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
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	3	1	0	20:48	—	—	46	52
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	21	19
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	1	0	15:25	—	—	40	36
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	40	37
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:24	—	—	24	2
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:21	—	—	33	34
Quinton Byfield R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	19:30	—	—	52	27
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:04	—	—	21	27
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	18	12
Corey Perry R	L4	1	1	2	+3	2	0.24	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	75	69
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	64	66
Jeff Malott L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	4	0	4	7:08	—	—	43	39
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	4	0	21:44	—	—	31	15
Drew Doughty D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	1	4	2	20:37	—	—	30	33
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:52	—	—	28	33
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	20:25	—	—	34	35
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	2	2	-1	1	0.03	0	0	2	20:01	—	—	50	30
Brandt Clarke D	D3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.05	0	2	2	13:22	—	—	72	60

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	3.58	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Eklund L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	0	0	24:46	—	—	63	60
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.11	0	1	0	22:56	—	—	64	75
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.34	0	1	0	22:54	—	—	69	67
Macklin Celebrini C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.43	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	67	63
Will Smith C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.74	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	77	90
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	77	89
Collin Graf R	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	47	54
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	53	82
Michael Misa C	L3	0	0	0	0	8	0.78	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	58	86
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	1	1	0	12:50	—	—	47	41
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	1	0	0	11:05	—	—	53	56
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:04	—	—	55	56
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	22:12	—	—	74	48
Timothy Liljegren D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	2	20:10	—	—	63	42
John Klingberg D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	3	2	0	25:33	—	—	47	66
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	17:33	—	—	44	66
Sam Dickinson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	86	74
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	75	91

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	1.27	57:28

Goal anatomy

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

Corey Perry (LAK) 1st 10:54 · assists Brandt Clarke, Alex Laferriere · Rebound · 3.5 mph shot.

Corey Perry · 1st 10:54 · LAK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Jeff Malott · 2nd 3:21 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.5 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Drew Doughty · 2nd 6:43 · LAK

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 46.9 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s

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Will Smith · 2nd 15:33 · SJS

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 42.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 8.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Philipp Kurashev · 2nd 17:16 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alexander Wennberg · 3rd 4:48 · SJS

Play: rebound
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 49.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Brandt Clarke · 3rd 13:20 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 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. San Jose SharksOct 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

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

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Los Angeles Kings

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Corey Perry · 1st 10:54 · LAK

Jeff Malott · 2nd 3:21 · LAK

Drew Doughty · 2nd 6:43 · LAK

Will Smith · 2nd 15:33 · SJS

Philipp Kurashev · 2nd 17:16 · SJS

Alexander Wennberg · 3rd 4:48 · SJS

Brandt Clarke · 3rd 13:20 · LAK