Nashville Predators vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 2, 2026

Final / SOThursday, Apr 2, 2026· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	2	2	0	0	1	5		NSH	18	9	5	2	34
LAK	0	3	1	0	0	4		LAK	9	10	13	1	33

: NSH 72LAK 68
: NSH 3.85LAK 3.12
PP goals: NSH 0LAK 0
Hits: NSH 19LAK 32
Blocks: NSH 16LAK 15
PIM: NSH 6LAK 6
: NSH 44%LAK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Los Angeles Kings 5–4 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Los Angeles Kings 5–4 in a shootout at LAK. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for LAK: Joseph–Helenius–Ward skated 4:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:26.Kempe
Points
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:08.Armia
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:12.Marchessault
New line
New look for LAK: Joseph–Helenius–Ward skated 4:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joseph Helenius Ward
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (LAK) faced 34 shots and stopped 30 (.882), +9 against a season average of 24.7; the overtime loss.Kuemper
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (NSH) played 21:12, +4:34 up on his 16:38 season average over 61 games.Marchessault
Usage
Alex Laferriere (LAK) played 24:08, +5:54 up on his 18:14 season average over 81 games.Laferriere
Usage
Luke Evangelista (NSH) played 10:50, −5:52 down on his 16:42 season average over 80 games.Evangelista

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

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

LAK
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 140 of 140 attempts · LAK 68 · NSH 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 36% of the game, LAK 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

LAK 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	NSH	LAK
	64	68
	3.18	3.21
	3.08	3.15
	20	12
	1	11
	26	13
	−0.067	+0.067
	36%	31%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – O'Reilly – L'Heureux
10:2960% CF
L2Marchessault – Forsberg – Wood
7:0038% CF
L3Svechkov – Kemell – Schaefer
6:1264% CF
L4Haula – Jost – Evangelista
3:0745% CF
D1Josi – Skjei
18:1856% CF
D2Barron – Wilsby
13:0443% CF
D3Hague – Perbix
12:3944% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
4:0089% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Evangelista – L'Heureux – Wood
1:13100% CF
PK1FHaula – L'Heureux
2:00
PK2FO'Reilly – Jost
1:56
PK1DHague – Perbix
3:20
PK2DJosi – Skjei
0:00

Current NSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Moore – Byfield – Laferriere
13:0141% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin
11:1858% CF
L3Armia – Laughton – Wright
8:5848% CF
L4Joseph – Helenius – Ward
4:5975% CF
D1Edmundson – Clarke
12:5156% CF
D2Doughty – Dumoulin
9:4529% CF
D3Ceci – Anderson
9:1052% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Panarin – Laferriere – Clarke
4:1857% CF
PP2Doughty – Laughton – Moore – Anderson – Byfield
0:30
PK1FMoore – Laferriere
2:30
PK2FLaughton – Byfield
2:06
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
2:58
PK2DEdmundson – Ceci
1:36

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: NSH 5 – 4 LAK.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.63	0	2	0	22:39	—	—	57	85
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	0	1	+3	3	0.31	2	1	0	20:40	—	—	59	87
Zachary L'Heureux L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.49	4	1	0	16:55	—	—	57	88
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.70	1	0	2	21:12	—	—	35	30
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.32	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	37	25
Matthew Wood R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	47	36
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:54	—	—	58	63
Joakim Kemell R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:12	—	—	63	49
Reid Schaefer L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	8:05	—	—	61	63
Erik Haula L	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	31	25
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	-2	5	0.42	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	48	40
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	10:50	—	—	50	35
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.37	1	3	0	27:49	—	—	59	85
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	1	4	24:59	—	—	52	71
Justin Barron D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	4	0	15:18	—	—	41	30
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	14:36	—	—	41	30
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	19:30	—	—	38	29
Nick Perbix D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	19:02	—	—	48	34

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	3.12	64:45

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.45	4	1	0	24:08	—	—	38	28
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	2	0	22:07	—	—	44	34
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	1	0	19:12	—	—	46	30
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	2	20:53	—	—	56	46
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	57	41
Adrian Kempe R	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.67	2	0	0	20:26	—	—	58	46
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.26	6	1	0	16:54	—	—	53	79
Joel Armia R	L3	1	1	2	0	4	0.93	3	0	0	13:08	—	—	54	81
Jared Wright R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	2	0	2	11:50	—	—	52	79
Taylor Ward R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	7:13	—	—	62	56
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	6:47	—	—	55	22
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	6:13	—	—	78	74
Brandt Clarke D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	2	0	19:40	—	—	62	47
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.13	0	2	2	16:47	—	—	56	36
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	26:11	—	—	45	62
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	17:33	—	—	36	45
Mikey Anderson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	21:52	—	—	54	56
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	55	55

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	3.85	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Filip Forsberg (NSH) 1st 0:52 · assists Jonathan Marchessault, Erik Haula · Forecheck turnover · 50.4 mph shot.

Filip Forsberg · 1st 0:52 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Zachary L'Heureux · 1st 3:47 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 8.6 s

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Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 2:02 · NSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: rebound

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Steven Stamkos · 2nd 8:19 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Adrian Kempe · 2nd 13:29 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.5 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Scott Laughton · 2nd 15:45 · LAK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.9 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: rebound

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Joel Armia · 3rd 9:57 · LAK

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 14.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators edge Los Angeles Kings 5–4 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Filip Forsberg · 1st 0:52 · NSH

Zachary L'Heureux · 1st 3:47 · NSH

Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 2:02 · NSH

Steven Stamkos · 2nd 8:19 · NSH

Adrian Kempe · 2nd 13:29 · LAK

Scott Laughton · 2nd 15:45 · LAK

Joel Armia · 3rd 9:57 · LAK