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Los Angeles Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Sunday, March 9, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

Los Angeles KingsLos AngelesKingsAway

6–5

Final

SOG 35–32

Vegas Golden KnightsVegasGolden KnightsHome

FDSNW · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Kings outshot the Golden Knights 35-32.

Tomas Hertl scored a hat trick. Anze Kopitar, Brandt Clarke, Quinton Byfield, Nicolas Roy, Warren Foegele, Trevor Moore, Adrian Kempe and Brandon Saad also scored.

David Rittich made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 29 of 35.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Los Angeles KingsLAK222635
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK023532

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTomas HertlVGK · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starMark StoneVGK · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starAdrian KempeLAK · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:22

3–1 · 2nd 5:00 · Roy. Anderson was 2:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalLAK on iceVGK on ice

1–0 LAK

1st 11:22 · Kopitar

Long shift: Hanifin 1:18

2–0 LAK

1st 18:29 · Clarke

Stone 0:48

3–0 LAK

2nd 1:56 · Byfield

Stone 0:32

3–1 VGK

2nd 5:00 · Roy

Stuck out there: Anderson 2:22

3–2 VGK

2nd 9:47 · Hertl

Doughty 0:47

4–2 LAK

2nd 18:51 · Foegele

Stuck out there: Pietrangelo 1:49

5–2 LAK

3rd 4:02 · Moore

Kolesar 0:39

5–3 VGK

3rd 8:28 · PP · Hertl

Gavrikov 0:56

6–3 LAK

3rd 10:57 · PP · Kempe

Pietrangelo 0:25

6–4 VGK

3rd 11:33 · Saad

Edmundson 0:36

6–5 VGK

3rd 17:48 · Hertl

Stuck out there: Doughty 1:35

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

LAKVGK
35Shots on goal32
39%Faceoff %61%
1/1Power play1/1
7Penalty minutes7
29Hits17
17Blocked shots18
23Giveaways21
3Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 2nd 02:00Nicolas Hague · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 02:00Samuel Helenius · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 07:51Quinton Byfield · interference2 min
  • 3rd 10:32Victor Olofsson · delaying game puck over glass2 min

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