GRIT & GF

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

Expected goals, LAK–COL
2.9–3.0
all situations, empty nets out
COL share of xG
50.8%
50% is even
Shots on goal
31–29
LAK–COL
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Avalanche beat the Kings 8-4. Expected goals had it close, 3.0 to 3.0. Three points for Brock Nelson: one goal and two assists. Darcy Kuemper allowed 8 goals on shots worth 3.0 expected goals.

  • Brock NelsonBig night

    Three points for Brock Nelson: one goal and two assists. He has 1 goal this season. He played 19:14 and had one shot on goal. It finished 8-4 for the Avalanche.

  • Darcy KuemperRough night

    Darcy Kuemper allowed 8 goals on shots worth 3.0 expected goals. That is 5.0 more than an average goalie would have given up. The Kings fell 8-4 to the Avalanche.

  • Artturi Lehkonen scored twice. He has 2 goals this season. He played 19:27 and had three shots on goal. It finished 8-4 for the Avalanche.

  • Nathan MacKinnon had two goals. He also had 10 shot attempts. That was his second goal of the season. It finished 8-4 for the Avalanche.

  • Brian DumoulinDrought over

    Brian Dumoulin scored for the first time in 23 games. He has 1 goal this season. He played 16:30 and had two shots on goal. The Kings lost 8-4 to the Avalanche.

Shot attempts

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

LAKCOL

Where the shots came from

12 goals from 80 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← LAK shootingCOL shooting →

Los Angeles Kings

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Drew Doughty D22:410110.060215
Artemi Panarin L20:161020.370041
Cody Ceci D19:240110.050155
Adrian Kempe R19:230030.432038
Mikey Anderson D19:210120.081261
Quinton Byfield R18:590030.280248
Brandt Clarke D18:570010.000279
Mats Zuccarello R17:590000.000062
Brian Dumoulin D16:301020.090229
Alex Turcotte C15:350110.162149
Joel Edmundson D15:340010.021073
Alex Laferriere R15:310220.285152
Erik Haula L15:260130.200023
Scott Laughton C15:070030.151140
Trevor Moore L14:561020.231141
Joel Armia R12:551020.190173
Andre Lee L7:560010.321077
Samuel Helenius C6:590010.013168

Colorado Avalanche

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Devon Toews D20:040200.001048
Brett Kulak D19:440000.000160
Artturi Lehkonen L19:272030.582259
Brock Nelson C19:141210.110045
Martin Necas C19:110140.251056
Cale Makar D18:140210.230361
Nazem Kadri C17:570220.071054
Gabriel Landeskog L17:521010.050148
Nathan MacKinnon C17:442080.662053
Fedor Svechkov C15:280000.121138
Brent Burns D15:230100.031145
Josh Manson D14:310110.031145
Sam Malinski D14:270020.080372
T.J. Hughes R13:350020.08201
Parker Kelly C12:531110.113072
Jaden Schwartz L12:490210.182060
Nicolas Roy C12:121020.452175
Noah Juulsen D11:150000.000124

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.