NSH
NSH
Nashville Predators
35-31-9 · W1 · L10: 6-4-0
L
L
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
SO
Final/SO
5—4
2026-04-02 · Crypto.com Arena
LAK
LAK
Los Angeles Kings
30-26-19 · OT1 · L10: 3-3-4
W
L
W
SO
OT
L
SO
W
L
W
NSH dominated expected goals 3.9 to 3.0 · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
NSH xG
3.90
ACTUAL
5 — 4
LAK xG
3.02

Scoring Timeline

0.01
LOW xG
NSH1P 0:52Even Strength
Filip Forsberg
9
Filip Forsberg(35)
L · NSH · #9
Jonathan Marchessault (18), Erik Haula (22)
NSH 1 - 0 LAK
0.42
HIGH xG
NSH1P 3:47Even Strength
Zachary L'Heureux
68
Zachary L'Heureux(3)
L · NSH · #68
Brady Skjei (22)
NSH 2 - 0 LAK
0.19
HIGH xG
NSH2P 2:02Even Strength
Jonathan Marchessault
81
Jonathan Marchessault(12)
C · NSH · #81
Matthew Wood (12), Justin Barron (9)
NSH 3 - 0 LAK
0.14
HIGH xG
LAK2P 6:09Even Strength
Adrian Kempe
9
Adrian Kempe(29)
R · LAK · #9
Artemi Panarin (51)
NSH 3 - 1 LAK
0.13
HIGH xG
NSH2P 8:19Even Strength
Steven Stamkos
91
Steven Stamkos(37)
C · NSH · #91
Ryan O'Reilly (43), Roman Josi (37)
NSH 4 - 1 LAK
0.30
HIGH xG
LAK2P 13:29Even Strength
Adrian Kempe
9
Adrian Kempe(30)
R · LAK · #9
Joel Edmundson (18), Anze Kopitar (24)
NSH 4 - 2 LAK
0.18
HIGH xG
LAK2P 15:45Even Strength
Scott Laughton
21
Scott Laughton(12)
C · LAK · #21
Joel Armia (12), Mikey Anderson (14)
NSH 4 - 3 LAK
0.48
HIGH xG
LAK3P 9:57Even Strength
Joel Armia
40
Joel Armia(11)
R · LAK · #40
Jared Wright (2), Brian Dumoulin (15)
NSH 4 - 4 LAK

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Darcy Kuemper
35
Darcy Kuemper
G · LAK · #35
30/34 saves, .882 SV%, -0.1 GSAx
★2
Juuse Saros
74
Juuse Saros
G · NSH · #74
29/33 saves, .878 SV%, -1.0 GSAx
★3
Adrian Kempe
9
Adrian Kempe
R · LAK · #9
2G, 4 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

NSHLAK
34Shots33
3.90xGF3.02
48.6CF%51.4
43.8FO%56.2
0/3PP0/3
19Hits32
16Blocks15
12Giveaways20
7Takeaways1
6PIM6

Period Breakdown

PeriodNSH SOGLAK SOGNSH xGLAK xG
1st1691.890.73
2nd771.011.11
3rd5120.741.13
OT210.260.05
Total30293.903.02

Penalties

7 TOTAL
1P 14:25
LAK
Joel Edmundsoninterference (2 min)
Drawn by Fedor Svechkov
1P 18:40
NSH
Brady Skjeiholding (2 min)
Drawn by Samuel Helenius
1P 19:51
LAK
Darcy Kuemperps-throwing-object-at-puck (2 min)
3P 1:25
LAK
Artemi Panarinhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Roman Josi
3P 3:01
NSH
Jonathan Marchessaultinterference (2 min)
Drawn by Drew Doughty
3P 6:53
LAK
Jared Wrightslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Nick Perbix
3P 13:05
NSH
Brady Skjeihooking (2 min)
Drawn by Anze Kopitar