Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings

Sat, Jan 3, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

4 – 5

Final/SO

Los Angeles Kings

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 5–4 in a shootout on Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. Quinton Byfield led the way with 2 points. Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–38.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:08	LAK	EV	Adrian Kempe (14) · wrist	Anze Kopitar (15), Alex Laferriere (9)	0–1
1st	08:28	MIN	EV	Jake Middleton (1) · snap	Mats Zuccarello (15), Zach Bogosian (3)	1–1
2nd	16:57	LAK	PP	Corey Perry (9) · deflected	Quinton Byfield (17), Brandt Clarke (14)	1–2
2nd	18:23	MIN	PP	Joel Eriksson Ek (11) · wrist	Quinn Hughes (32)	2–2
3rd	04:54	LAK	EV	Quinton Byfield (6)	Unassisted	2–3
3rd	07:33	MIN	EV	Brock Faber (9) · snap	Danila Yurov (10), Kirill Kaprizov (25)	3–3
3rd	12:09	LAK	EV	Samuel Helenius (1) · wrist	Kevin Fiala (14), Alex Turcotte (5)	3–4
3rd	17:03	MIN	EV	Matt Boldy (26) · deflected	Brock Faber (14), Marcus Foligno (4)	4–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	00:12	LAK	Quinton Byfield	high sticking	2
2nd	05:13	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	hooking	2
2nd	06:42	LAK	Joel Armia	tripping	2
2nd	15:30	MIN	Brock Faber	hooking	2
2nd	18:07	LAK	Quinton Byfield	holding	2
3rd	17:28	LAK	Alex Laferriere	slashing	2
OT	03:28	MIN	Brock Faber	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MIN 3.40 · LAK 3.42 · xG% MIN 49.8

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
7	Brock Faber	D	1	1	2	0	4	3	1	6		23:20	24
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		29:05	23
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		23:59	20
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	0	1	+1	2	5	1	0	50.0	23:12	23
12	Matt Boldy	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0		22:48	22
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	2	0		19:32	18
5	Jake Middleton	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	6		15:14	17
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		14:26	17
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	53.3	14:21	16
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1		12:47	15
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2		20:02	22
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		19:23	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16:00	20
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	61.5	14:11	16
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		13:35	16
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	11:04	15
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1		10:49	13
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	100.0	8:34	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Jesper Wallstedt	OTL	38	35	4	.921	64:11

Los Angeles Kings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Quinton Byfield	R	1	1	2	0	4	4	1	3	55.6	20:47	24
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1		22:30	22
11	Anze Kopitar	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	36.8	22:03	23
9	Adrian Kempe	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	2	100.0	21:54	26
14	Alex Laferriere	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	40.0	18:36	21
92	Brandt Clarke	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		17:46	22
15	Alex Turcotte	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	2	64.3	13:15	17
10	Corey Perry	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	0		12:40	16
79	Samuel Helenius	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	50.0	4:34	5
8	Drew Doughty	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	0		24:09	28
44	Mikey Anderson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		22:52	24
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		19:42	20
5	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		19:14	20
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2		17:39	23
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		16:49	21
37	Warren Foegele	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:02	17
96	Andrei Kuzmenko	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		13:59	16
39	Jeff Malott	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		7:42	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	W	28	24	4	.857	64:03