Game

Canadiens at Kings

Canadiens 4, Kings 3 · first star Juraj Slafkovský (2 G, 1 A).

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

Montreal Canadiens 4 at Los Angeles Kings 3

Canadiens MTL

4 FINAL 3

Kings LAK

Saturday, March 7, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles · TV SNE · TVAS · CITY

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	0	2	2	4	23
Kings	1	1	1	3	39

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Kings attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 23, LAK 39.

MTL in red LAK in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 23 shots on goal (4 goals, 8 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Kings 39 shots on goal (3 goals, 30 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	LAK SOG	LAK G	LAK ATT
1st	1	0	9	16	1	27
2nd	11	2	15	10	1	30
3rd	11	2	20	13	1	29
Total	23	4	44	39	3	86

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	LAK SOG	LAK G
Even strength	22	3	30	3
Power play	1	1	9	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Kings took 66.2% of the shot attempts, and 61.5% of the 109 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 Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Kings
Period	LAK CF%	LAK FF%
1st	75.0	86.2
2nd	66.7	62.5
3rd	59.2	61.5
Game	66.2	69.0

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

Scoring summary

1st period

14:12 Anze Kopitar (7) Adrian Kempe (30), Artemi Panarin (43) · tip-in 0–1

2nd period

03:09 Jake Evans (9) Kirby Dach (6), Zachary Bolduc (16) · slap 1–1
15:41 Juraj Slafkovský (22) Nick Suzuki (52), Alexandre Carrier (13) · wrist 2–1
17:31 Scott Laughton (9) Jared Wright (1), Brandt Clarke (25) · wrist 2–2

3rd period

06:44 Alex Laferriere (16) Brandt Clarke (26), Trevor Moore (10) · wrist 2–3
14:38 Juraj Slafkovský (23) PP Lane Hutson (53), Nick Suzuki (53) · slap 3–3
15:27 Nick Suzuki (21) Juraj Slafkovský (29), Cole Caufield (27) · slap 4–3

Three stars

Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L #20 · 2 G, 1 A
Nick Suzuki MTL · C #14 · 1 G, 2 A
Brandt Clarke LAK · D #92 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:14	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	high sticking	2	Alex Laferriere
1st	15:59	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	hooking	2	Jeff Malott
1st	18:12	MTL	Nick Suzuki	tripping	2	Quinton Byfield
3rd	14:07	LAK	Trevor Moore	slashing	2	Noah Dobson

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	2	1	3	+1	4	0	1	0	0.0	16:38
Nick Suzuki #14	C	1	2	3	0	5	0	0	2	57.1	17:14
Jake Evans #71	C	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	50.0	17:03
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	13:48
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:16
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	13:39
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	18:31
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	+2	2	1	2	0	0.0	21:55
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.7	13:18
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	50.0	18:34
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	66.7	15:18
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	09:51
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11:30
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0.0	13:53
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	2	0.0	09:10
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	2	0.0	24:26
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-3	1	3	1	0	0.0	24:25
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	21:31

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	39	36	3	.923	27/30	9/9	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

Kings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brandt Clarke #92	D	0	2	2	+2	3	0	3	0	0.0	24:38
Anze Kopitar #11	C	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	50.0	22:53
Scott Laughton #21	C	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	85.7	15:08
Alex Laferriere #14	R	1	0	1	0	5	3	1	0	14.3	20:48
Artemi Panarin #10	L	0	1	1	+2	5	0	0	0	0.0	23:46
Trevor Moore #12	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	18:05
Adrian Kempe #9	R	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	0.0	22:10
Jared Wright #53	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0.0	10:44
Alex Turcotte #15	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	33.3	10:56
Samuel Helenius #79	C	0	0	0	-1	2	7	0	0	100.0	07:08
Jeff Malott #39	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0.0	06:42
Quinton Byfield #55	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	44.4	21:26
Taylor Ward #52	R	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	0.0	08:04
Brian Dumoulin #2	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:31
Cody Ceci #5	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	12:59
Drew Doughty #8	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:04
Joel Edmundson #6	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:00
Mikey Anderson #44	D	0	0	0	-2	0	7	4	0	0.0	19:50

Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Darcy Kuemper #35	L	23	19	4	.826	19/22	0/1	58:37

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.