Dallas Stars vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 12, 2026

FinalMonday, Jan 12, 2026· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	0	2	3		DAL	3	6	9	18
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	5	13	7	25

: DAL 44LAK 48
: DAL 2.73LAK 1.59
PP goals: DAL 0LAK 1
Hits: DAL 17LAK 24
Blocks: DAL 13LAK 12
PIM: DAL 6LAK 2
: DAL 56%LAK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Dallas Stars beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at LAK. Esa Lindell (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Perry, Kempe, Byfield, Clarke and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:40 together.

Points
Esa Lindell had 2 assists (2 points) in 26:36.Lindell
Points
Sam Steel had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:20.Steel
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Perry, Kempe, Byfield, Clarke and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:40 together.Perry Kempe Byfield Clarke Kuzmenko
Usage
Corey Perry (LAK) played 17:33, +3:56 up on his 13:37 season average over 71 games.Perry
Usage
Mikko Rantanen (DAL) played 16:19, −3:55 down on his 20:14 season average over 63 games.Rantanen
Usage
Esa Lindell (DAL) played 26:36, +3:24 up on his 23:12 season average over 81 games.Lindell
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Wyatt Johnston (DAL) played 16:43, −3:27 down on his 20:10 season average over 81 games.Johnston
Usage
Jeff Malott (LAK) played 13:40, +4:56 up on his 8:44 season average over 57 games.Malott

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

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

LAK
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 92 of 92 attempts · LAK 48 · DAL 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 35% of the game, LAK 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

DAL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

LAK skaters (rows) against DAL 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	DAL	LAK
	48	53
	1.56	1.34
	1.46	1.27
	6	8
	0	10
	19	22
	+0.040	−0.039
	35%	21%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Hintz – Robertson – Bourque
14:2868% CF
L2Rantanen – Steel – Johnston
12:0942% CF
L3Benn – Duchene – Hryckowian
8:5425% CF
L4Faksa – Bastian – Bäck
7:0138% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
19:2456% CF
D2Petrovic – Harley
13:5670% CF
D3Capobianco – Lundkvist
8:2314% CF

PK1FFaksa – Bäck
1:26
PK2FSteel – Hryckowian
1:01
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
1:38
PK2DPetrovic – Harley
0:49

Current DAL line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Perry – Foegele – Byfield
11:2214% CF
L2Kempe – Laferriere – Malott
10:3247% CF
L3Fiala – Turcotte – Kuzmenko
9:5780% CF
L4Lee – Helenius – Ward
5:5567% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
18:4259% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
13:2429% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ceci
12:3064% CF

PP1Perry – Kempe – Byfield – Clarke – Kuzmenko
1:40100% CF
PP2Doughty – Turcotte – Byfield – Laferriere – Ward
0:49100% CF

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:44
DALWyatt Johnston (Sam Steel, Esa Lindell)snap0.16 xG
DAL: Lindell, Rantanen, Steel, Heiskanen, JohnstonLAK: Dumoulin, Kempe, Laferriere, Malott, Clarke
DAL 1 – 0 LAK

3rd period

8:42
LAKQuinton ByfieldPP (Corey Perry, Brandt Clarke)wrist0.47 xG
DAL: Faksa, Lindell, Heiskanen, BäckLAK: Perry, Kempe, Byfield, Clarke, Kuzmenko
DAL 1 – 1 LAK
16:14
DALJason Robertson (Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell)backhand0.02 xG
DAL: Petrovic, Hintz, Robertson, Harley, BourqueLAK: Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, Laferriere, Malott
DAL 2 – 1 LAK
19:42
DALMatt DucheneEN (Mikko Rantanen, Sam Steel)wrist0.65 xG
DAL: Duchene, Lindell, Rantanen, Steel, HeiskanenLAK: Perry, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, Clarke, Kuzmenko
DAL 3 – 1 LAK

Box score

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

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	65	48
Mavrik Bourque C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	1	0	0	17:26	—	—	64	42
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	3	0	0	16:49	—	—	71	66
Sam Steel C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.71	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	38	38
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	42	53
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	1	1	2	16:19	—	—	50	79
Matt Duchene C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.72	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	24	5
Justin Hryckowian C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	31	54
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	12:37	—	—	26	5
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	0	1	0	10:55	—	—	55	90
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	55	90
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	0	0	9:11	—	—	38	74
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	26:36	—	—	55	64
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	1	1	0	25:55	—	—	49	61
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	0	3	0	23:08	—	—	47	53
Alexander Petrovic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	3	1	0	17:09	—	—	67	88
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	14:52	—	—	33	10
Kyle Capobianco D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:31	—	—	14	1

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.59	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Quinton Byfield R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.49	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	35	16
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	47	46
Corey Perry R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	39	60
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	2	0	18:09	—	—	58	39
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.15	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	46	35
Jeff Malott L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	6	0	0	13:40	—	—	60	47
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	60	68
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	65	67
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	88	88
Andre Lee L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	9:40	—	—	67	69
Taylor Ward R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:35	—	—	46	11
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	5	0	0	9:17	—	—	58	62
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	1	2	24:07	—	—	58	57
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	22:28	—	—	53	51
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.02	0	3	0	21:23	—	—	37	16
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:07	—	—	43	14
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	53	57
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	62	66

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	17	15	2	.882	1.37	58:37

Goal anatomy

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

Wyatt Johnston (DAL) 1st 3:44 · assists Sam Steel, Esa Lindell · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 50.9 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Wyatt Johnston · 1st 3:44 · DAL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 50.9 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Quinton Byfield · 3rd 8:42 · LAK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Jason Robertson · 3rd 16:14 · DAL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.2 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Matt Duchene · 3rd 19:42 · DAL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.9 mph
Distance: 74 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.