GRIT & GF

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Los Angeles Kings

Vegas Golden Knights

Expected goals, LAK–VGK
3.3–2.7
all situations, empty nets out
VGK share of xG
45.1%
50% is even
Shots on goal
33–22
LAK–VGK
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Golden Knights beat the Kings 4-1 while losing the expected-goals count 2.7 to 3.4. Mark Stone had three points, one goal and two assists. Ivan Barbashev has a point in 5 straight games.

  • Mark StoneBig night

    Mark Stone had three points, one goal and two assists. His goal stood up as the winner. That was his 21st goal of the season. The Golden Knights beat the Kings 4-1.

  • Ivan Barbashev has a point in 5 straight games. He has 41 points in 57 games this season. The Golden Knights beat the Kings 4-1.

  • Mitch Marner has a point in 5 straight games. That was his 16th goal of the season. He played 17:12 and had two shots on goal. It finished 4-1 for the Golden Knights.

  • Jeremy Lauzon played 24:08, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 9 points in 43 games this season. It finished 4-1 for the Golden Knights.

  • Quinton Byfield had 9 shot attempts. Five got through to the goalie, and none went in. His average this season was 4.4. The Kings fell 4-1 to the Golden Knights.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

LAKVGK

Where the shots came from

5 goals from 86 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← LAK shootingVGK shooting →

Los Angeles Kings

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Brandt Clarke D24:370030.250252
Drew Doughty D21:030000.100062
Anze Kopitar C20:090110.160052
Brian Dumoulin D19:390010.050050
Corey Perry R19:300020.580168
Kevin Fiala L18:580020.060119
Adrian Kempe R18:500030.413071
Trevor Moore L17:451020.211032
Quinton Byfield R17:400050.561162
Joel Edmundson D17:250010.020214
Alex Laferriere R17:210030.273150
Cody Ceci D17:170000.010141
Joel Armia R15:390120.051143
Jeff Malott L11:490010.054040
Taylor Ward R11:250030.202064
Samuel Helenius C10:210010.173144
Jacob Moverare D9:550020.020166
Andrei Kuzmenko L8:230010.090055

Vegas Golden Knights

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Jeremy Lauzon D24:080010.024452
Rasmus Andersson D24:030000.010546
Noah Hanifin D23:290010.090253
Shea Theodore D22:220010.010138
Jack Eichel C17:421140.500158
Mitch Marner R17:121020.170131
Reilly Smith R16:540020.281030
Mark Stone R16:401210.070362
Ivan Barbashev L14:060200.172057
Kaedan Korczak D13:400000.013067
Pavel Dorofeyev R13:401120.160051
Tomas Hertl C13:360110.261059
Keegan Kolesar R13:230000.021025
Ben Hutton D12:090000.000146
Kai Uchacz C12:060010.011256
Alexander Holtz R12:040020.653062
Cole Reinhardt L11:460040.250056
Braeden Bowman R11:030000.001156

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.