Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 5, 2026

FinalMonday, Jan 5, 2026· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	2	2		MIN	10	8	17	35
LAK	0	2	2	4		LAK	7	16	10	33

: MIN 71LAK 64
: MIN 3.20LAK 4.70
PP goals: MIN 1LAK 0
Hits: MIN 22LAK 10
Blocks: MIN 19LAK 16
PIM: MIN 4LAK 14
: MIN 48%LAK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 at home. Andrei Kuzmenko (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 4:54, −14:26 down on his 19:20 season average over 66 games.

Points
Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:33.Kuzmenko
Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:29.Spurgeon
Points
Brian Dumoulin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:20.Dumoulin
Usage
Anze Kopitar (LAK) played 4:54, −14:26 down on his 19:20 season average over 66 games.Kopitar
Usage
Matt Kiersted (MIN) played 8:31, −8:39 down on his 17:10 season average over 5 games.Kiersted
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (LAK) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +10 against a season average of 24.7; the win.Kuemper
Usage
Jake Middleton (MIN) played 12:07, −5:28 down on his 17:35 season average over 74 games.Middleton
Usage
Warren Foegele (LAK) played 16:46, +3:02 up on his 13:44 season average over 67 games.Foegele

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

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

LAK
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · LAK 64 · MIN 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 30% of the game, LAK 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

MIN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

LAK skaters (rows) against MIN 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	MIN	LAK
	52	68
	1.77	4.00
	1.75	3.74
	11	20
	2	6
	26	17
	−0.004	+0.005
	30%	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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Trenin – Sturm
8:0453% CF
L2Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Yurov
7:2232% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:5524% CF
L4Tarasenko – Hinostroza – Hartman
5:2089% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
14:3141% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
10:3150% CF
D3Middleton – Kiersted
6:1365% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
6:30100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Faber
2:07100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Sturm
0:38
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
0:34
PK1DBrodin – Faber
0:50
PK2DSpurgeon – Middleton
0:45

Current MIN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Fiala – Turcotte – Kuzmenko
6:0017% CF
L2Perry – Malott – Helenius
5:5931% CF
L3Armia – Foegele – Byfield
5:2456% CF
L4Kopitar – Kempe – Laferriere
3:2875% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:2768% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
12:4040% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ceci
11:0156% CF

PP1Perry – Fiala – Byfield – Clarke – Kuzmenko
1:47
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
2:04
PK2FArmia – Foegele
2:02
PK1DEdmundson – Anderson
2:42
PK2DDumoulin – Ceci
2:23

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:34
LAKWarren Foegele (Brian Dumoulin, Jeff Malott)slap0.07 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Brodin, Trenin, YurovLAK: Dumoulin, Ceci, Foegele, Byfield, Malott
MIN 0 – 1 LAK
17:52
LAKKevin Fiala (Andrei Kuzmenko, Alex Turcotte)tip-in0.15 xG
MIN: Johansson, Hartman, Middleton, Boldy, KierstedLAK: Edmundson, Fiala, Turcotte, Clarke, Kuzmenko
MIN 0 – 2 LAK

3rd period

5:55
MINJared Spurgeon (Jonas Brodin, Nico Sturm)slap0.06 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Brodin, Trenin, SturmLAK: Perry, Doughty, Foegele, Anderson, Turcotte
MIN 1 – 2 LAK
9:20
LAKAndrei Kuzmenko (Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.35 xG
MIN: Foligno, Zuccarello, Middleton, Kiersted, YurovLAK: Dumoulin, Ceci, Turcotte, Malott, Kuzmenko
MIN 1 – 3 LAK
15:21
MINRyan HartmanPP (Jared Spurgeon, Brock Faber)wrist0.16 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Tarasenko, Hartman, Faber, YurovLAK: Doughty, Edmundson, Kempe, Byfield
MIN 2 – 3 LAK
18:21
LAKAdrian KempeEN (Alex Laferriere, Quinton Byfield)wrist0.87 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Tarasenko, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, BoldyLAK: Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, Byfield, Laferriere
MIN 2 – 4 LAK

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	13:45	—	—	50	31
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	4	2	0	12:57	—	—	58	28
Nico Sturm C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:16	—	—	50	10
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.35	0	0	0	25:06	—	—	41	27
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.69	0	3	0	20:52	—	—	27	14
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.27	2	1	4	11:18	—	—	32	26
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.55	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	26	34
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	2	1	0	20:58	—	—	24	31
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	2	1	0	12:29	—	—	18	26
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	74	49
Ryan Hartman R	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	82	55
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	8:29	—	—	82	100
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	0	1	0	29:59	—	—	40	43
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	5	0	22:58	—	—	35	28
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	1	2	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	19:29	—	—	43	40
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	17:30	—	—	44	49
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	54	15
Matt Kiersted D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:31	—	—	55	5

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	3.66	57:42

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	44	33
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.42	0	0	2	13:33	—	—	58	76
Alex Turcotte C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:21	—	—	44	57
Corey Perry R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	32	59
Samuel Helenius C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	37	79
Jeff Malott L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	60	86
Quinton Byfield R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	2	2	22:18	—	—	64	74
Warren Foegele L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.78	1	0	0	16:46	—	—	61	74
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	56	66
Alex Laferriere R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.41	1	1	0	16:57	—	—	73	74
Adrian Kempe R	L4	1	0	1	+1	6	1.18	0	0	4	16:42	—	—	71	74
Anze Kopitar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	4:54	—	—	79	56
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	5	1	4	24:36	—	—	73	77
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	0	1	2	22:54	—	—	69	76
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	21:34	—	—	43	44
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	17:05	—	—	46	50
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	4	0	17:17	—	—	55	76
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.00	0	2	0	16:20	—	—	56	78

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.20	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Warren Foegele (LAK) 2nd 15:34 · assists Brian Dumoulin, Jeff Malott · Point shot · 67.9 mph shot.

Warren Foegele · 2nd 15:34 · LAK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kevin Fiala · 2nd 17:52 · LAK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 21.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: rebound

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Jared Spurgeon · 3rd 5:55 · MIN

Play: point-shot
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 66.0 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Andrei Kuzmenko · 3rd 9:20 · LAK

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Ryan Hartman · 3rd 15:21 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 s

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Adrian Kempe · 3rd 18:21 · LAK EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 34 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.