Los Angeles Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights
Preseason · Tuesday, September 23, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena
NHLN · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Kings 33–28.
Goals came from Taylor Ward, Jeff Malott, Viliam Kmec and Trevor Moore.
Anton Forsberg made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 13 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Taylor Ward (1)Brian Dumoulin (1), Liam Greentree (1)1–005:06 LAK
3rd period
Jeff Malott (1)Alex Turcotte (2), Liam Greentree (2)2–007:57 LAK
Viliam Kmec (1)Brandon Saad (1), Raphael Lavoie (1)Greentree 1:16 into shift2–108:38 VGK
Trevor Moore (1)Unassisted3–118:58 LAK ·
Tired legs
When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.
2–1 · 3rd 8:38 · Kmec. Greentree had been on the ice for 1:16 when it went in.
1–0 LAK
1st 5:06 · Ward
Hertl 0:56
2–0 LAK
3rd 7:57 · Malott
Coghlan 0:59
2–1 VGK
3rd 8:38 · Kmec
Long shift: Greentree 1:16
3–1 LAK
3rd 18:58 · · Moore
Stone 0:41
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.
30%
of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.
Team stats
Penalties
- 3:01 into the first period
Ben Hutton · slashing2 min - 7:43 into the first period
Kirill Kirsanov · holding2 min - 12:11 into the first periodLiam Greentree · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodSamuel Helenius · hooking2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodBraeden Bowman · tripping2 min
- 18:06 into the second periodHenry Brzustewicz · holding2 min
Los Angeles Kings
| 64Liam GreentreeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:49 |
| 12Trevor MooreL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 15Alex TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 39Jeff MalottL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:18 |
| 52Taylor WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 2Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 37Warren FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 47Andre LeeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 53Jared WrightR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:48 |
| 73Francesco PinelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:13 |
| 79Samuel HeleniusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 82Cole GuttmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 21:20 |
| 7Kyle BurroughsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 43Jacob MoverareD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 68Henry BrzustewiczD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 78Kirill KirsanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 31Anton ForsbergG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 36Raphael LavoieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 79Viliam KmecD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 8Mathieu CatafordC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 13Jakub DemekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:08 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 28Tanner LaczynskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:47 |
| 42Braeden BowmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 18:08 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:42 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 77Kai UchaczC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:52 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:10 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 44Christoffer SedoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 52Dylan CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Adin HillG | 13 | 1 | .923 | |
| 40Akira SchmidG | L | 14 | 1 | .929 |