Game

Golden Knights at Kings

Golden Knights 6, Kings 4 · first star Pavel Dorofeyev (2 G, 0 A).

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

Vegas Golden Knights 6 at Los Angeles Kings 4

Golden Knights VGK

6 FINAL 4

Kings LAK

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET · Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	1	0	5	6	25
Kings	1	1	2	4	19

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Kings attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 25, LAK 19.

VGK in red LAK in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 25 shots on goal (6 goals, 24 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Kings 19 shots on goal (4 goals, 12 missed, 26 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	LAK SOG	LAK G	LAK ATT
1st	8	1	18	6	1	18
2nd	7	0	21	5	1	13
3rd	10	5	24	8	2	26
Total	25	6	63	19	4	57

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	LAK SOG	LAK G
Even strength	24	5	16	3
Power play	1	1	2	1
Short-handed	0	0	1	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 52.5% of the shot attempts, and 54.9% of the 102 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 Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Kings
Period	LAK CF%	LAK FF%
1st	50.0	44.4
2nd	38.2	27.3
3rd	52.0	41.9
Game	47.5	38.8

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

Scoring summary

1st period

10:59 Pavel Dorofeyev (27) Tanner Laczynski (3), Reilly Smith (8) · wrist 1–0
14:31 Quinton Byfield (12) PP Artemi Panarin (39), Brandt Clarke (22) · deflected 1–1

2nd period

14:44 Adrian Kempe (21) Anze Kopitar (17), Artemi Panarin (40) · snap 1–2

3rd period

08:07 Colton Sissons (4) Braeden Bowman (14), Adin Hill (1) · backhand 2–2
11:16 Brandon Saad (3) Colton Sissons (4), Alexander Holtz (6) · snap 3–2
12:21 Reilly Smith (10) Tanner Laczynski (4), Brayden McNabb (2) · backhand 4–2
13:26 Quinton Byfield (13) Andrei Kuzmenko (11) · wrist 4–3
15:59 Pavel Dorofeyev (28) PP Tanner Laczynski (5), Braeden Bowman (15) · wrist 5–3
18:54 Brandt Clarke (7) Adrian Kempe (27), Andrei Kuzmenko (12) · slap 5–4
19:32 Ivan Barbashev (17) EN Tomas Hertl (28), Brayden McNabb (3) · wrist 6–4

Three stars

Pavel Dorofeyev VGK · R #16 · 2 G, 0 A
Colton Sissons VGK · C #10 · 1 G, 1 A
Quinton Byfield LAK · R #55 · 2 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	13:51	VGK	Rasmus Andersson	slashing	2	Andrei Kuzmenko
2nd	11:47	LAK	Corey Perry	instigator	2	Jeremy Lauzon
2nd	11:47	VGK	Jeremy Lauzon	fighting (major)	5	Corey Perry
2nd	11:47	LAK	Corey Perry	fighting (major)	5	Jeremy Lauzon
2nd	11:47	LAK	Corey Perry	instigator misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	15:10	LAK	Artemi Panarin	roughing	2	Jeremy Lauzon

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tanner Laczynski #28	C	0	3	3	+2	0	0	0	0	36.4	15:43
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	2	0	2	+1	4	0	1	0	0.0	17:29
Colton Sissons #10	C	1	1	2	0	1	2	3	0	53.8	13:23
Reilly Smith #19	R	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	0	0.0	15:30
Braeden Bowman #42	R	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:13
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	2	2	+1	4	2	4	0	0.0	21:18
Brandon Saad #20	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	100.0	13:35
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	100.0	18:24
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	47.4	18:58
Alexander Holtz #26	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	14:10
Kai Uchacz #77	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	20.0	12:38
Cole Reinhardt #23	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	11:25
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	17:12
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	14:42
Dylan Coghlan #52	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:15
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	10	2	5	0.0	21:30
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.0	21:13
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0.0	23:42

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Adin Hill #33	W	19	15	4	.789	13/16	1/2	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

Kings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Quinton Byfield #55	R	2	0	2	+1	4	2	0	0	100.0	21:08
Adrian Kempe #9	R	1	1	2	0	4	3	1	0	50.0	22:20
Brandt Clarke #92	D	1	1	2	-2	1	0	3	0	0.0	19:20
Andrei Kuzmenko #96	L	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:35
Artemi Panarin #72	L	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	21:05
Anze Kopitar #11	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	61.1	17:28
Alex Turcotte #15	C	0	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	33.3	12:57
Samuel Helenius #79	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	50.0	07:58
Trevor Moore #12	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	14:03
Warren Foegele #37	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	14:33
Alex Laferriere #14	R	0	0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	50.0	18:23
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17	100.0	10:34
Joel Armia #40	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0.0	10:57
Brian Dumoulin #2	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0.0	17:11
Cody Ceci #5	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0.0	19:21
Drew Doughty #8	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:10
Joel Edmundson #6	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	0.0	18:06
Mikey Anderson #44	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	20:12

Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Anton Forsberg #31	L	24	19	5	.792	19/23	0/1	56:50

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.