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Minnesota Wild vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Monday, January 5, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena

Minnesota WildMinnesotaWildAway

2–4

Final

SOG 35–33

Los Angeles KingsLos AngelesKingsHome

FDSNNO · FDSNW · FDSNWI

Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Monday, January 5, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. The Wild outshot the Kings 35-33.

Goals came from Warren Foegele, Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon, Andrei Kuzmenko, Ryan Hartman and Adrian Kempe.

Darcy Kuemper made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 29 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Minnesota WildMIN002235
Los Angeles KingsLAK022433

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAndrei KuzmenkoLAK · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starDarcy KuemperLAK · .943 SV%
  3. ★3rd starBrian DumoulinLAK · 0G 2A

Scoring

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+
1:11

0–1 · 2nd 15:34 · Foegele. Brodin was 1:11 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceLAK on ice

0–1 LAK

2nd 15:34 · Foegele

Long shift: Brodin 1:11

0–2 LAK

2nd 17:52 · Fiala

Boldy 0:30

1–2 MIN

3rd 5:55 · Spurgeon

Anderson 0:45

1–3 LAK

3rd 9:20 · Kuzmenko

Long shift: Yurov 1:09

2–3 MIN

3rd 15:21 · PP · Hartman

Doughty 0:38

2–4 LAK

3rd 18:21 · EN · Kempe

Eriksson Ek 0:57

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
35Shots on goal33
48%Faceoff %52%
1/6Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes14
22Hits10
19Blocked shots16
15Giveaways20
7Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 12:16Drew Doughty · interference2 min
  • 2nd 01:25Quinton Byfield · interference2 min
  • 2nd 07:35Andrei Kuzmenko · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Danila Yurov · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Adrian Kempe · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Danila Yurov · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 11:05Adrian Kempe · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 13:03Mikey Anderson · high sticking double minor4 min

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