Game Recap: LAK 4, VAN 0, March 26, 2026

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Game Recap

LAK4

FinalThu, Mar 26, 2026Every game that night

VAN0

LAK beat VAN 4-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.99 expected goals to 1.58. LAK outshot VAN 38 to 19. T. Moore led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Laughton had 5 shots on goal against our projection of 1.5. D. Kuemper stopped 19 of 19.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
LAK	1	2	1	4
VAN	0	0	0	0

1st 17:34LAKS. LaughtonPP0.17 xG
2nd 1:21LAKT. Moore0.10 xG
2nd 19:21LAKA. Panarin0.08 xG
3rd 17:36LAKQ. ByfieldEN0.35 xG

Team Stats

LAKVAN

38Shots on goal19

3.99Expected goals1.58

67Shot attempts46

285v5 shots on goal14

1/2Power play0/2

23Hits14

13Blocked shots13

29Penalty minutes39

10Giveaways16

2Takeaways4

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 3.99 xGVAN 1.58 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

LAK38 on goal, 4 scored

VAN18 on goal, 0 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
T. Moore	LW	1	1	2	5	1	0	+2	0	17:57	1:27
Q. Byfield	RW	1	1	2	4	2	0	+3	2	17:53	1:27
A. Laferriere	RW	0	1	1	3	4	0	+2	0	20:43	1:07
A. Panarin	LW	1	0	1	4	0	1	+1	0	20:22	2:00
A. Kempe	RW	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0	17:31	1:30
S. Laughton	C	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	16:00	1:27
A. Kopitar	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	19:02	1:30
J. Armia	RW	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	14:12	0:57
M. Joseph	RW	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	12:17	0:00
J. Wright	RW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7:56	0:00
J. Malott	LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	10	7:19	0:00
S. Helenius	C	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	7:16	0:00
M. Anderson	D	0	2	2	2	1	3	+2	0	21:01	0:00
D. Doughty	D	0	1	1	3	1	0	+2	0	23:52	1:27
B. Clarke	D	0	0	0	3	0	3	+1	15	21:00	1:30
J. Edmundson	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	+1	0	20:41	0:23
C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	16:52	0:00
B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:06	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
D. Kuemper	19	19	0	1.000	60:00	Win
A. Forsberg	0	0	0	–	0:00

VAN Skaters

Player	Pos	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
D. O'Connor	LW	2	0	0	-1	2	19:34	2:06
E. Kane	LW	1	0	2	0	0	18:41	1:57
T. Blueger	C	3	1	0	0	0	17:34	0:00
J. DeBrusk	LW	3	0	1	-1	0	17:12	1:54
L. Karlsson	C	0	2	0	-1	10	17:06	2:00
E. Pettersson	C	2	0	2	-2	0	16:54	2:00
B. Boeser	RW	0	0	0	-2	0	14:36	2:00
M. Rossi	C	1	0	0	-2	0	14:29	2:00
L. Ohgren	LW	2	0	0	-1	0	13:36	0:00
A. Räty	C	0	3	0	0	0	12:10	0:00
M. Sasson	C	0	1	1	0	0	10:16	0:03
N. Hoglander	LW	0	1	0	0	0	9:58	0:00
F. Hronek	D	1	2	2	-1	0	25:07	1:53
Z. Buium	D	0	0	1	-1	17	21:30	1:59
T. Willander	D	0	1	1	-1	10	21:29	2:00
M. Pettersson	D	1	1	1	-2	0	19:07	0:08
E. Pettersson	D	1	1	1	-1	0	15:35	0:00
P. Joseph	D	2	1	1	0	0	15:21	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
K. Lankinen	37	34	3	.919	56:48	Loss
N. Tolopilo	0	0	0	–	0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

LAK

Line 1A. Kopitar16:11A. Panarin16:49A. Kempe14:35

Line 2A. Laferriere15:52T. Moore13:19Q. Byfield13:26

Line 3S. Laughton12:34M. Joseph12:17J. Armia11:57

Line 4J. Wright7:56J. Malott7:19S. Helenius7:16

Pair 1D. Doughty18:07M. Anderson17:01

Pair 2B. Clarke19:30J. Edmundson17:21

Pair 3B. Dumoulin14:06C. Ceci13:39

VAN

Line 1E. Kane15:35D. O'Connor15:17E. Pettersson12:46

Line 2T. Blueger15:44J. DeBrusk13:22L. Karlsson13:45

Line 3L. Ohgren12:00B. Boeser10:13M. Rossi10:19

Line 4A. Räty10:44N. Hoglander9:58M. Sasson9:41

Pair 1M. Pettersson16:55T. Willander18:07

Pair 2F. Hronek18:29Z. Buium17:35

Pair 3P. Joseph13:42E. Pettersson15:03

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

How We Did

	We projected	It finished
Score	LAK 3.0, VAN 2.8	LAK 4, VAN 0
Total goals	5.8	4
Shots on goal	LAK 27.4, VAN 25.8	LAK 38, VAN 19
Win chance	LAK 54%	LAK won

Players

Player	SOG projected	SOG	Points projected	Points	Goal chance	Goals
LAK A. Panarin	3.0	4	1.34	1	36%	1
LAK A. Kempe	2.8	0	1.02	1	35%	0
LAK A. Laferriere	2.7	3	0.66	1	24%	0
LAK T. Moore	2.4	5	0.61	2	23%	1
LAK Q. Byfield	2.1	4	0.70	2	23%	1
VAN J. DeBrusk	2.1	3	0.51	0	23%	0
VAN B. Boeser	2.1	0	0.68	0	27%	0
VAN E. Kane	2.1	1	0.45	0	21%	0
LAK B. Clarke	2.0	3	0.60	0	11%	0
VAN D. O'Connor	1.8	2	0.43	0	19%	0
VAN L. Karlsson	1.7	0	0.48	0	18%	0
VAN L. Ohgren	1.6	2	0.34	0	15%	0
VAN F. Hronek	1.6	1	0.58	0	9%	0
VAN E. Pettersson	1.6	2	0.71	0	24%	0
LAK A. Kopitar	1.5	3	0.85	0	24%	0
VAN M. Rossi	1.5	1	0.65	0	21%	0
LAK S. Laughton	1.5	5	0.43	1	17%	1
LAK J. Wright	1.4	0	0.21	0	10%	0
LAK D. Doughty	1.4	3	0.53	1	13%	0
VAN T. Blueger	1.4	3	0.41	0	13%	0
VAN N. Hoglander	1.1	0	0.31	0	14%	0
LAK J. Edmundson	1.0	1	0.24	0	5%	0
VAN M. Sasson	1.0	0	0.27	0	15%	0
LAK J. Armia	1.0	2	0.31	0	13%	0
VAN A. Räty	1.0	0	0.26	0	12%	0
LAK M. Joseph	0.9	0	0.31	0	9%	0
VAN Z. Buium	0.9	0	0.29	0	6%	0
VAN T. Willander	0.9	0	0.34	0	7%	0
LAK M. Anderson	0.9	2	0.29	2	6%	0
VAN M. Pettersson	0.9	1	0.28	0	4%	0
LAK J. Malott	0.9	0	0.17	0	6%	0
LAK C. Ceci	0.8	1	0.19	0	4%	0
VAN E. Pettersson	0.7	1	0.16	0	4%	0
VAN P. Joseph	0.7	2	0.16	0	3%	0
LAK S. Helenius	0.7	2	0.20	0	9%	0
LAK B. Dumoulin	0.7	0	0.22	0	4%	0

Shots on goal: 18 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 more than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.