Game

Predators at Kings

Predators 5, Kings 4 in a shootout · first star Jonathan Marchessault (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.

Nashville Predators 5 at Los Angeles Kings 4

Predators NSH

5 FINAL/SO 4

Kings LAK

Thursday, April 2, 2026 · 10:30 PM ET · Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Predators	2	2	0	0	1	5	34
Kings	0	3	1	0	0	4	33

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Predators 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. Boxscore shots on goal: NSH 34, LAK 33.

NSH in red LAK in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Predators 34 shots on goal (4 goals, 20 missed, 18 blocked) attacking left; Kings 33 shots on goal (4 goals, 19 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT	LAK SOG	LAK G	LAK ATT
1st	18	2	29	9	0	22
2nd	9	2	23	10	3	21
3rd	5	0	15	13	1	22
OT	2	0	5	1	0	3
Total	34	4	72	33	4	68

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NSH SOG	NSH G	LAK SOG	LAK G
Even strength	28	4	28	4
Power play	4	0	5	0
Short-handed	2	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Predators took 51.4% of the shot attempts, and 48.2% of the 110 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 Predators hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Predators at Kings
Period	LAK CF%	LAK FF%
1st	43.1	44.1
2nd	47.7	47.4
3rd	59.5	62.1
OT	37.5	20.0
Game	48.6	49.1

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:52 Filip Forsberg (35) Jonathan Marchessault (18), Erik Haula (22) · wrist 1–0
03:47 Zachary L'Heureux (3) Brady Skjei (22) · backhand 2–0

2nd period

02:02 Jonathan Marchessault (12) Matthew Wood (12), Justin Barron (9) · wrist 3–0
06:09 Adrian Kempe (29) Artemi Panarin (51) · deflected 3–1
08:19 Steven Stamkos (37) Ryan O'Reilly (43), Roman Josi (37) · wrist 4–1
13:29 Adrian Kempe (30) Joel Edmundson (18), Anze Kopitar (24) · snap 4–2
15:45 Scott Laughton (12) Joel Armia (12), Mikey Anderson (14) · wrist 4–3

3rd period

09:57 Joel Armia (11) Jared Wright (2), Brian Dumoulin (15) · wrist 4–4

Shootout

00:00 Luke Evangelista Unassisted · backhand 5–4

Three stars

Jonathan Marchessault NSH · R #81 · 1 G, 1 A
Adrian Kempe LAK · R #9 · 2 G, 0 A
Steven Stamkos NSH · C #91 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	14:25	LAK	Joel Edmundson	interference	2	Fedor Svechkov
1st	18:40	NSH	Brady Skjei	holding	2	Samuel Helenius
1st	19:51	LAK	Darcy Kuemper	ps throwing object at puck	0	—
3rd	01:25	LAK	Artemi Panarin	hooking	2	Roman Josi
3rd	03:01	NSH	Jonathan Marchessault	interference	2	Drew Doughty
3rd	06:53	LAK	Jared Wright	slashing	2	Nick Perbix
3rd	13:05	NSH	Brady Skjei	hooking	2	Anze Kopitar

Boxscore

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	2	0.0	21:12
Steven Stamkos #91	C	1	0	1	+3	3	2	1	0	53.3	20:40
Filip Forsberg #9	L	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	20:34
Zachary L'Heureux #68	L	1	0	1	+2	2	4	1	0	0.0	16:55
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	1	1	+2	4	0	2	0	46.7	22:39
Erik Haula #56	L	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	40.0	16:31
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	37.5	15:00
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	4	0.0	24:59
Justin Barron #20	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	0.0	15:18
Roman Josi #59	D	0	1	1	+2	4	1	3	0	0.0	27:49
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	42.9	12:54
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	-2	5	2	0	0	0.0	14:29
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100.0	08:05
Joakim Kemell #25	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	08:12
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:50
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:36
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	19:02
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0.0	19:30

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	W	33	29	4	.879	24/28	5/5	64:45

Los Angeles Kings

Kings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Adrian Kempe #9	R	2	0	2	+1	4	2	0	0	0.0	20:26
Joel Armia #40	R	1	1	2	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	13:08
Scott Laughton #21	C	1	0	1	0	2	6	1	0	60.9	16:54
Anze Kopitar #11	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	61.5	20:34
Artemi Panarin #10	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0	20:53
Jared Wright #53	R	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	0.0	11:50
Brian Dumoulin #2	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	17:33
Joel Edmundson #6	D	0	1	1	-1	4	0	2	2	0.0	16:47
Mikey Anderson #44	D	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	21:52
Samuel Helenius #79	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20.0	06:13
Trevor Moore #12	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	19:12
Alex Laferriere #14	R	0	0	0	-1	5	4	1	0	66.7	24:08
Mathieu Joseph #17	R	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	06:47
Quinton Byfield #55	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	33.3	22:07
Taylor Ward #52	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	07:13
Brandt Clarke #92	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0.0	19:40
Cody Ceci #5	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	17:32
Drew Doughty #8	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	26:11

Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Darcy Kuemper #35	O	34	30	4	.882	23/27	4/4	65:00

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.