Thu, Mar 26, 2026·Rogers Arena, Vancouver
Los Angeles Kings 4, Vancouver Canucks 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 91% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAK | 115 | 217 | 16 | 438 |
| VAN | 07 | 05 | 07 | 019 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 17:34LAKScott LaughtonPPGWGAssists: Quinton Byfield, Trevor Moore · Deflected, 0.16 xG1–0
- P2 1:21LAKTrevor MooreAssists: Mikey Anderson, Alex Laferriere · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–0
- P2 19:21LAKArtemi PanarinAssists: Adrian Kempe · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–0
- P3 17:36LAKQuinton ByfieldENAssists: Mikey Anderson, Drew Doughty · Wrist, 0.56 xG4–0
Penalties (11)
- P1 16:37VANZeev Buium: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
- P1 18:23VANDrew O'Connor: Tripping2 min
- P2 11:24LAKQuinton Byfield: Hooking2 min
- P3 8:49LAKJoel Armia: Hooking2 min
- P3 18:47LAKBrandt Clarke: Fighting5 min
- P3 18:47VANZeev Buium: Fighting5 min
- P3 18:47VANLinus Karlsson: Misconduct10 min
- P3 18:47LAKJeff Malott: Misconduct10 min
- P3 18:47VANTom Willander: Misconduct10 min
- P3 18:47VANZeev Buium: Misconduct10 min
- P3 18:47LAKBrandt Clarke: Misconduct10 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Blueger won the faceoff against Byfield
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Los Angeles Kings
Forward lines
- bestKopitar – Kempe – Panarin13:52
xG 1.02–0.38 (73%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0
- Moore – Byfield – Laferriere12:07
xG 0.51–0.27 (66%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0
- Malott – Helenius – Wright6:14
xG 0.21–0.33 (39%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0
- Armia – Laughton – Joseph9:21
xG 0.07–0.30 (18%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestDoughty – Anderson16:53
xG 0.90–0.35 (72%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0
- Dumoulin – Ceci12:08
xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0
- Edmundson – Clarke16:36
xG 0.65–0.76 (46%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestHoglander – Räty – Sasson7:03
xG 0.41–0.19 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0
- Blueger – DeBrusk – Karlsson11:29
xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0
- Boeser – Rossi – Ohgren8:54
xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1
- Kane – Pettersson – O'Connor11:44
xG 0.27–0.84 (25%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestJoseph – Buium3:21
xG 0.36–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0
- Joseph – Pettersson7:45
xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0
- Willander – Buium2:36
xG 0.06–0.01 (91%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 91% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (VAN − LAK), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).