Los Angeles Kings vs. Dallas StarsDec 15, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 15, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	11	13	4	28
DAL	0	1	3	4		DAL	5	9	12	26

: LAK 62DAL 52
: LAK 2.71DAL 3.31
PP goals: LAK 1DAL 0
Hits: LAK 30DAL 19
Blocks: LAK 15DAL 18
PIM: LAK 6DAL 8
: LAK 50%DAL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Dallas Stars beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at home. Mikko Rantanen (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Kuzmenko skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:13.Duchene
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.Rantanen
Points
Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:59.Johnston
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Kuzmenko skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Kempe Kuzmenko
New line
New look for LAK: Armia–Foegele–Laferriere skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Foegele Laferriere
New line
New look for LAK: Fiala–Moore–Turcotte skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fiala Moore Turcotte
New line
New look for LAK: Perry–Malott–Helenius skated 7:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Malott Helenius
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 2.71 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of 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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · DAL 52 · LAK 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 37% of the game, DAL 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DAL 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	DAL
	56	55
	2.11	2.88
	2.03	2.86
	7	14
	5	4
	18	23
	+0.019	−0.019
	37%	39%

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
10:1245% CF
L2Armia – Foegele – Laferriere
9:5646% CF
L3Fiala – Moore – Turcotte
8:4364% CF
L4Perry – Malott – Helenius
7:5050% CF
D1Edmundson – Clarke
14:4342% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
14:1263% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ceci
10:2150% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Kuzmenko
3:18100% CF
PP2Perry – Armia – Turcotte – Laferriere – Clarke
1:1467% CF
PK1FKempe – Moore
0:44
PK2FKopitar – Armia
0:42
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
1:00
PK2DDoughty – Edmundson
0:55

Current LAK line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Hintz – Robertson
9:2344% CF
L2Blackwell – Faksa – Bäck
8:1650% CF
L3Steel – Bourque – Hryckowian
5:1783% CF
L4Duchene – Rantanen – Johnston
5:1550% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
16:1048% CF
D2Petrovic – Lundkvist
7:4339% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Harley
6:3535% CF

PP1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:2767% CF
PP2Benn – Duchene – Rantanen – Harley – Bourque
1:27
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
2:06
PK2FFaksa – Hryckowian
1:18
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
3:07
PK2DLyubushkin – Harley
1:57

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:03
LAKAndrei KuzmenkoPPsnap0.18 xG
LAK: Perry, Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, KuzmenkoDAL: Lindell, Steel, Heiskanen
LAK 1 – 0 DAL
15:42
DALMatt Duchene (Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston)snap0.19 xG
LAK: Doughty, Fiala, Moore, Anderson, TurcotteDAL: Duchene, Petrovic, Rantanen, Lundkvist, Johnston
LAK 1 – 1 DAL

3rd period

6:12
DALOskar Bäck (Radek Faksa, Colin Blackwell)tip-in0.08 xG
LAK: Perry, Dumoulin, Ceci, Malott, HeleniusDAL: Blackwell, Faksa, Bäck, Lundkvist, Lyubushkin
LAK 1 – 2 DAL
16:11
DALMikko Rantanen (Thomas Harley)snap0.25 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Edmundson, Fiala, Kempe, ClarkeDAL: Duchene, Lindell, Rantanen, Heiskanen, Johnston
LAK 1 – 3 DAL
19:28
DALWyatt JohnstonEN (Matt Duchene)snap0.64 xG
LAK: Perry, Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, KuzmenkoDAL: Benn, Duchene, Lyubushkin, Harley, Johnston
LAK 1 – 4 DAL

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	-2	0	0.13	0	2	0	20:04	—	—	44	42
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	1	1	-1	2	0.46	1	0	0	17:18	—	—	43	59
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	-2	1	0.23	3	0	0	16:58	—	—	44	48
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	0	0	3	0.07	3	0	0	17:34	—	—	37	42
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	15:10	—	—	42	22
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	1	2	14:42	—	—	44	32
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	-3	3	0.30	1	1	0	17:44	—	—	57	38
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.21	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	61	40
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.30	0	1	0	13:11	—	—	67	39
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:25	—	—	56	48
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	10:51	—	—	50	49
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	-1	2	0.22	5	1	0	10:26	—	—	50	47
Brandt Clarke D	D1	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	3	2	20:16	—	—	45	31
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	-1	3	0.04	2	1	0	19:09	—	—	42	25
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	1	0	23:21	—	—	56	58
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	2	2	18:16	—	—	64	66
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	43	27
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	56	48

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg	L	20	17	3	.850	2.06	42:40
Darcy Kuemper(start)	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.60	16:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	48	70
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	45	63
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	1	1	0	14:42	—	—	36	51
Colin Blackwell C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.16	1	1	0	13:51	—	—	46	57
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	2	0	4	11:07	—	—	45	53
Oskar Bäck C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	4	9:39	—	—	55	63
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	60	31
Justin Hryckowian C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	6	1	0	13:26	—	—	53	54
Mavrik Bourque C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.54	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	69	75
Mikko Rantanen R	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.40	1	0	0	19:34	—	—	52	53
Wyatt Johnston C	L4	1	1	2	+3	1	0.64	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	43	50
Matt Duchene C	L4	1	1	2	+3	2	0.24	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	50	81
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	26:43	—	—	48	63
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	2	0	24:07	—	—	61	74
Alexander Petrovic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:43	—	—	43	52
Nils Lundkvist D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	1	2	0	13:33	—	—	56	55
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.32	1	5	0	20:48	—	—	39	49
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:38	—	—	54	50

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.71	59:42

Goal anatomy

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

Andrei Kuzmenko (LAK PP) 2nd 11:03 · unassisted · Rebound · 12.6 mph shot.

Andrei Kuzmenko · 2nd 11:03 · LAK PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Matt Duchene · 2nd 15:42 · DAL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 8.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Oskar Bäck · 3rd 6:12 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 16:11 · DAL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.9 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Wyatt Johnston · 3rd 19:28 · DAL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.9 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 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.