Game

Wild at Kings

Kings 5, Wild 4 in a shootout · first star Quinton Byfield (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Minnesota Wild 4 at Los Angeles Kings 5

Wild MIN

4 FINAL/SO 5

Kings LAK

Saturday, January 3, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET · Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Wild	1	1	2	0	0	4	28
Kings	1	1	2	0	1	5	38

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Wild attack left, Kings attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 5 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MIN 28, LAK 38.

MIN in red LAK in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Wild 28 shots on goal (4 goals, 23 missed, 19 blocked) attacking left; Kings 39 shots on goal (4 goals, 22 missed, 23 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MIN SOG	MIN G	MIN ATT	LAK SOG	LAK G	LAK ATT
1st	5	1	16	11	1	25
2nd	8	1	26	9	1	23
3rd	12	2	25	13	2	25
OT	3	0	3	6	0	11
Total	28	4	70	39	4	84

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MIN SOG	MIN G	LAK SOG	LAK G
Even strength	23	3	36	3
Power play	5	1	3	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Kings took 54.5% of the shot attempts, and 54.9% of the 122 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Kings and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Wild hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Wild at Kings
Period	LAK CF%	LAK FF%
1st	61.0	60.0
2nd	46.9	44.1
3rd	50.0	51.4
OT	78.6	76.9
Game	54.5	54.5

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

06:08 Adrian Kempe (14) Anze Kopitar (15), Alex Laferriere (9) · wrist 0–1
08:28 Jake Middleton (1) Mats Zuccarello (15), Zach Bogosian (3) · snap 1–1

2nd period

16:57 Corey Perry (9) PP Quinton Byfield (17), Brandt Clarke (14) · deflected 1–2
18:23 Joel Eriksson Ek (11) PP Quinn Hughes (32) · wrist 2–2

3rd period

04:54 Quinton Byfield (6) Unassisted 2–3
07:33 Brock Faber (9) Danila Yurov (10), Kirill Kaprizov (25) · snap 3–3
12:09 Samuel Helenius (1) Kevin Fiala (14), Alex Turcotte (5) · wrist 3–4
17:03 Matt Boldy (26) Brock Faber (14), Marcus Foligno (4) · deflected 4–4

Shootout

00:00 Brandt Clarke Unassisted · wrist 4–5

Three stars

Quinton Byfield LAK · R #55 · 1 G, 1 A
Samuel Helenius LAK · C #79 · 1 G, 0 A
Brandt Clarke LAK · D #92 · 0 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	00:12	LAK	Quinton Byfield	high sticking	2	Quinn Hughes
2nd	05:13	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	hooking	2	Quinton Byfield
2nd	06:42	LAK	Joel Armia	tripping	2	Matt Boldy
2nd	15:30	MIN	Brock Faber	hooking	2	Brandt Clarke
2nd	18:07	LAK	Quinton Byfield	holding	2	Danila Yurov
3rd	17:28	LAK	Alex Laferriere	slashing	2	Quinn Hughes
Overtime	03:28	MIN	Brock Faber	high sticking	2	Kevin Fiala

Boxscore

Minnesota Wild

Wild skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brock Faber #7	D	1	1	2	0	3	1	6	4	0.0	23:20
Joel Eriksson Ek #14	C	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	50.0	23:12
Matt Boldy #12	L	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	0.0	22:48
Jake Middleton #5	D	1	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	0.0	15:14
Kirill Kaprizov #97	L	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	23:59
Marcus Foligno #17	L	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	12:47
Danila Yurov #22	R	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53.3	14:21
Mats Zuccarello #36	R	0	1	1	+2	3	2	0	0	0.0	19:32
Quinn Hughes #43	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	29:05
Zach Bogosian #24	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	14:26
Nico Sturm #78	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3	11:04
Vinnie Hinostroza #18	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	100.0	08:34
Yakov Trenin #13	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	0.0	10:49
Marcus Johansson #90	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:00
Ryan Hartman #38	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	61.5	14:11
Vladimir Tarasenko #91	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:35
Jared Spurgeon #46	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0.0	20:02
Jonas Brodin #25	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0.0	19:23

Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jesper Wallstedt #30	O	38	35	4	.921	33/35	2/3	64:11

Los Angeles Kings

Kings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Quinton Byfield #55	R	1	1	2	0	4	1	3	4	55.6	20:47
Samuel Helenius #79	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	50.0	04:34
Adrian Kempe #9	R	1	0	1	0	5	2	2	0	100.0	21:54
Corey Perry #10	R	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	12:40
Alex Turcotte #15	C	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	64.3	13:15
Anze Kopitar #11	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	36.8	22:03
Kevin Fiala #22	L	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	0.0	22:30
Alex Laferriere #14	R	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	2	40.0	18:36
Brandt Clarke #92	D	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	0.0	17:46
Andrei Kuzmenko #96	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:59
Jeff Malott #39	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	07:42
Warren Foegele #37	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:02
Joel Armia #40	R	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0.0	17:39
Brian Dumoulin #2	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:42
Cody Ceci #5	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:14
Drew Doughty #8	D	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	0.0	24:09
Joel Edmundson #6	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	16:49
Mikey Anderson #44	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	22:52

Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Darcy Kuemper #35	W	28	24	4	.857	20/23	4/5	64:03

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.