Minnesota Wild vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena

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4–5

Final/SO

SOG 28–38

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Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. The Kings outshot the Wild 38-28.

Goals came from Adrian Kempe, Jake Middleton, Corey Perry, Joel Eriksson Ek, Quinton Byfield, Brock Faber, Samuel Helenius and Matt Boldy.

Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 35 of 38.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
MIN	1	1	2	0	0	4	28
LAK	1	1	2	0	1	5	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Adrian Kempe (14)Anze Kopitar (15), Alex Laferriere (9)0–106:08 LAK
Jake Middleton (1)Mats Zuccarello (15), Zach Bogosian (3)Doughty 1:07 into shift1–108:28 MIN

2nd period

Corey Perry (9)Quinton Byfield (17), Brandt Clarke (14)1–216:57 LAK · PPG
Joel Eriksson Ek (11)Quinn Hughes (32)2–218:23 MIN · PPG

3rd period

Quinton Byfield (6)Unassisted2–304:54 LAK
Brock Faber (9)Danila Yurov (10), Kirill Kaprizov (25)Doughty 1:51 into shift3–307:33 MIN
Samuel Helenius (1)Kevin Fiala (14), Alex Turcotte (5)Hartman 1:06 into shift3–412:09 LAK
Matt Boldy (26)Brock Faber (14), Marcus Foligno (4)Dumoulin 1:12 into shift4–417:03 MIN

SO period

Brandt ClarkeUnassisted4–500:00 LAK

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:51

3–3 · 3rd 7:33 · Faber. Doughty was 1:51 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceLAK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 LAK

1st 6:08 · Kempe

Hughes 0:26

Fresh legsHughes 0:26

1–1 MIN

1st 8:28 · Middleton

Long shift: Doughty 1:07

Long shiftDoughty 1:07

1–2 LAK

2nd 16:57 · PP · Perry

Foligno 0:31

Fresh legsFoligno 0:31

2–2 MIN

2nd 18:23 · PP · Eriksson Ek

Edmundson 0:16

Fresh legsEdmundson 0:16

2–3 LAK

3rd 4:54 · Byfield

Tarasenko 0:34

Fresh legsTarasenko 0:34

3–3 MIN

3rd 7:33 · Faber

Stuck out there: Doughty 1:51

Stuck out thereDoughty 1:51

3–4 LAK

3rd 12:09 · Helenius

Long shift: Hartman 1:06

Long shiftHartman 1:06

4–4 MIN

3rd 17:03 · Boldy

Long shift: Dumoulin 1:12

Long shiftDumoulin 1:12

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

MINLAK

28Shots on goal38

51%Faceoff %49%

1/4Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes8

17Hits15

21Blocked shots18

16Giveaways19

5Takeaways4

Penalties

2nd 00:12Quinton Byfield · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:13Joel Eriksson Ek · hooking2 min
2nd 06:42Joel Armia · tripping2 min
2nd 15:30Brock Faber · hooking2 min
2nd 18:07Quinton Byfield · holding2 min
3rd 17:28Alex Laferriere · slashing2 min
OT 03:28Brock Faber · high sticking2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

7Brock FaberD	1	1	2	0	3	1	6	4	–	23:20
12Matt BoldyL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	22:48
14Joel Eriksson EkC	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	50	23:12
17Marcus FolignoL	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	–	12:47
22Danila YurovR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	14:21
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	+2	3	2	0	0	–	19:32
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	23:59
5Jake MiddletonD	1	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	–	15:14
24Zach BogosianD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:26
43Quinn HughesD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	29:05
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	–	10:49
18Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	100	08:34
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	62	14:11
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	11:04
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:00
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	13:35
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	19:23
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	20:02

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	O	38	35	4	.921	64:11
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

55Quinton ByfieldR	1	1	2	0	4	1	3	4	56	20:47
9Adrian KempeR	1	0	1	0	5	2	2	0	100	21:54
10Corey PerryR	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	12:40
11Anze KopitarC	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	37	22:03
14Alex LaferriereR	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	2	40	18:36
15Alex TurcotteC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	64	13:15
22Kevin FialaL	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	0	–	22:30
79Samuel HeleniusC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	50	04:34
92Brandt ClarkeD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	–	17:46
37Warren FoegeleL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:02
39Jeff MalottL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	07:42
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	–	17:39
96Andrei KuzmenkoL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	13:59
2Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:42
5Cody CeciD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	19:14
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	16:49
8Drew DoughtyD	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	–	24:09
44Mikey AndersonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	22:52

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Anton ForsbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Darcy KuemperG	W	28	24	4	.857	64:03