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Nashville Predators vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Thursday, April 2, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

5–4

Final/SO

SOG 34–33

Los Angeles KingsLos AngelesKingsHome

FDSNSO · FDSNW

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 in a shootout on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. The Predators outshot the Kings 34-33.

Adrian Kempe scored twice. Filip Forsberg, Zachary L'Heureux, Jonathan Marchessault, Steven Stamkos, Scott Laughton and Joel Armia also scored.

Juuse Saros made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 30 of 34.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH22001534
Los Angeles KingsLAK03100433

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJonathan MarchessaultNSH · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starAdrian KempeLAK · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starSteven StamkosNSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

SO 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+
1:06

4–3 · 2nd 15:45 · Laughton. Forsberg was 1:06 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceLAK on ice

1–0 NSH

1st 0:52 · Forsberg

Armia 0:09

2–0 NSH

1st 3:47 · L'Heureux

Kopitar 0:26

3–0 NSH

2nd 2:02 · Marchessault

Doughty 0:51

3–1 LAK

2nd 6:09 · Kempe

Hague 0:39

4–1 NSH

2nd 8:19 · Stamkos

Kopitar 0:42

4–2 LAK

2nd 13:29 · Kempe

Haula 0:47

4–3 LAK

2nd 15:45 · Laughton

Long shift: Forsberg 1:06

4–4 LAK

3rd 9:57 · Armia

Hague 0:20

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

NSHLAK
34Shots on goal33
44%Faceoff %56%
0/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
19Hits32
16Blocked shots15
12Giveaways20
7Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 14:25Joel Edmundson · interference2 min
  • 1st 18:40Brady Skjei · holding2 min
  • 1st 19:51Darcy Kuemper · ps throwing object at puck0 min
  • 3rd 01:25Artemi Panarin · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 03:01Jonathan Marchessault · interference2 min
  • 3rd 06:53Jared Wright · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 13:05Brady Skjei · hooking2 min

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