Golden Knights vs Kings Live Score, Box Score, Rosters, Stats

Golden Knights vs Kings Live Score (26 Feb, 2026)

Final

Thursday, February 26, 2026

6 : 4

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
VGK	1	0	5	6
LA	1	1	2	4

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

6–4

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

6–4

3rd Period 19:32

Alex Turcotte faceoff won against Kai Uchacz

6–4

3rd Period 19:32

Ivan Barbashev Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Tomas Hertl (28), Brayden McNabb (3)

6–4

3rd Period 19:25

Tomas Hertl hit Quinton Byfield

5–4

3rd Period 19:10

Jeremy Lauzon shot blocked by Adrian Kempe

5–4

3rd Period 18:54

Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Anze Kopitar

5–4

3rd Period 18:54

Timeout - Home

5–4

3rd Period 18:54

Brandt Clarke Goal (7) Slap Shot, assists: Adrian Kempe (27), Andrei Kuzmenko (12)

5–4

3rd Period 18:40

Quinton Byfield shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak

5–3

3rd Period 18:38

Artemi Panarin shot blocked by Kaedan Korczak

5–3

3rd Period 18:26

Brayden McNabb hit Quinton Byfield

5–3

3rd Period 18:10

Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot Wide Right

5–3

3rd Period 17:45

Andrei Kuzmenko shot blocked by Rasmus Andersson

5–3

3rd Period 17:44

Takeaway by Andrei Kuzmenko

5–3

3rd Period 17:43

Giveaway by Drew Doughty

5–3

3rd Period 17:09

Artemi Panarin Wrist Shot saved by Adin Hill

5–3

3rd Period 16:27

Colton Sissons shot blocked by Brandt Clarke

5–3

3rd Period 16:25

Brandt Clarke shot blocked by Colton Sissons

5–3

3rd Period 16:21

Brandt Clarke shot blocked by Jeremy Lauzon

5–3

3rd Period 15:59

Colton Sissons faceoff won against Alex Laferriere

5–3

3rd Period 15:59

Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (28) Wrist Shot, assists: Tanner Laczynski (5), Braeden Bowman (15)

5–3

3rd Period 15:21

Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Joel Edmundson

4–3

3rd Period 15:16

Takeaway by Pavel Dorofeyev

4–3

Scoring Summary

1st Period

10:59

Pavel Dorofeyev

Assists: Tanner Laczynski, Reilly Smith

Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: Tanner Laczynski (3), Reilly Smith (8)

1 - 0

14:31

Quinton Byfield

Assists: Artemi Panarin, Brandt Clarke

Quinton Byfield Goal (12) Deflected, assists: Artemi Panarin (39), Brandt Clarke (22)

1 - 1

2nd Period

14:44

Adrian Kempe

Assists: Anze Kopitar, Artemi Panarin

Adrian Kempe Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Anze Kopitar (17), Artemi Panarin (40)

1 - 2

3rd Period

8:07

Colton Sissons

Assists: Braeden Bowman, Adin Hill

Colton Sissons Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Braeden Bowman (14), Adin Hill (1)

2 - 2

11:16

Brandon Saad

Assists: Colton Sissons, Alexander Holtz

Brandon Saad Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Colton Sissons (4), Alexander Holtz (6)

3 - 2

12:21

Reilly Smith

Assists: Tanner Laczynski, Brayden McNabb

Reilly Smith Goal (10) Backhand, assists: Tanner Laczynski (4), Brayden McNabb (2)

4 - 2

13:26

Quinton Byfield

Assists: Andrei Kuzmenko

Quinton Byfield Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Andrei Kuzmenko (11)

4 - 3

15:59

Pavel Dorofeyev

Assists: Tanner Laczynski, Braeden Bowman

Pavel Dorofeyev Goal (28) Wrist Shot, assists: Tanner Laczynski (5), Braeden Bowman (15)

5 - 3

18:54

Brandt Clarke

Assists: Adrian Kempe, Andrei Kuzmenko

Brandt Clarke Goal (7) Slap Shot, assists: Adrian Kempe (27), Andrei Kuzmenko (12)

5 - 4

19:32

Ivan Barbashev

Assists: Tomas Hertl, Brayden McNabb

Ivan Barbashev Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Tomas Hertl (28), Brayden McNabb (3)

6 - 4

Team Stats

VGK

24 Blocked Shots 14

26 Hits 24

3 Takeaways 5

8 Giveaways 13

1 Power Play Goals 1

2 Power Play Opportunities 1

25 Total Shots 19

7 Penalty Minutes 19

50.0 Power Play % 100.0

0 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

24 Faceoffs Won 28

46.2 Faceoff Percent 53.8

2 Penalties 4

Game Leaders

VGK

Reilly Smith#19 · RW

Goals

Quinton Byfield#55 · RW

Tanner Laczynski#28 · C

Assists

Artemi Panarin#10 · LW

Tanner Laczynski#28 · C

Points

Quinton Byfield#55 · RW

Player Box Score

Golden Knights

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Ivan Barbashev#49 · LW	1	0	0	0	18:24	0:10	0:00	18:14	23	1	17	0	2	3	1	0	100.0	1
Braeden Bowman#42 · RW	0	1	0	1	13:13	2:39	0:00	10:34	18	0	7	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
Pavel Dorofeyev#16 · RW	1	0	1	1	17:29	2:15	0:00	15:14	21	2	28	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
Tomas Hertl#48 · C	0	1	0	1	18:58	2:30	0:00	16:28	23	0	22	1	2	2	9	10	47.4	0
Alexander Holtz#26 · RW	0	2	0	0	14:10	1:42	0:00	12:28	19	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	2
Keegan Kolesar#55 · RW	0	4	0	0	17:12	0:00	0:00	17:12	23	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
Tanner Laczynski#28 · C	0	0	1	2	15:43	1:07	0:00	14:36	21	0	0	3	0	0	4	7	36.4	0
Cole Reinhardt#23 · LW	2	1	0	0	11:25	0:00	0:00	11:25	16	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	100.0	0
Brandon Saad#20 · LW	0	0	1	0	13:35	0:00	0:40	12:55	21	1	3	0	2	4	1	0	100.0	0
Colton Sissons#10 · C	3	2	0	0	13:23	0:00	0:40	12:43	21	1	4	1	1	0	7	6	53.8	0
Reilly Smith#19 · RW	1	1	0	2	15:30	0:34	0:00	14:56	21	1	10	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1
Kai Uchacz#77 · C	1	1	0	-1	12:38	0:00	0:00	12:38	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	20.0	1

Kings

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Joel Armia#40 · RW	0	2	0	-2	10:57	0:00	0:48	10:09	13	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Quinton Byfield#55 · RW	0	2	1	1	21:08	0:40	2:01	18:27	24	2	13	0	4	0	4	0	100.0	1	0	0
Warren Foegele#37 · LW	0	1	0	-1	14:33	0:00	0:31	14:02	19	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Samuel Helenius#79 · C	0	3	0	0	7:58	0:00	0:00	7:58	9	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	50.0	1	0	0
Adrian Kempe#9 · RW	1	3	1	0	22:20	0:40	0:00	21:40	23	1	21	1	4	1	1	1	50.0	2	0	0
Anze Kopitar#11 · C	0	0	0	1	17:28	0:00	0:49	16:39	23	0	6	1	0	0	11	7	61.1	1	0	0
Andrei Kuzmenko#96 · LW	0	0	1	1	13:35	0:00	0:00	13:35	19	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Alex Laferriere#14 · RW	1	4	2	-1	18:23	0:00	0:51	17:32	22	0	13	0	3	1	5	5	50.0	1	0	0
Trevor Moore#12 · LW	0	2	0	-1	14:03	0:00	0:38	13:25	19	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Artemi Panarin#72 · LW	0	0	0	0	21:05	0:40	0:00	20:25	22	0	19	2	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Corey Perry#10 · RW	0	0	0	-1	10:34	0:40	0:00	9:54	13	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	0	3	17
Alex Turcotte#15 · C	1	2	0	-3	12:57	0:00	0:00	12:57	19	0	3	0	1	1	4	8	33.3	1	0	0

Golden Knights

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Rasmus Andersson#4 · D	2	0	0	23:42	2:28	0:00	21:14	33	11	0	1	1	1	1	2
Dylan Coghlan#52 · D	0	0	2	15:15	0:21	0:00	14:54	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Hutton#17 · D	1	0	2	14:42	0:19	0:00	14:23	21	6	0	2	0	0	0	0
Kaedan Korczak#6 · D	6	1	0	21:13	0:00	0:40	20:33	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jeremy Lauzon#5 · D	2	10	-1	21:30	0:00	0:00	21:30	32	0	0	1	2	1	1	5
Brayden McNabb#3 · D	4	2	1	21:18	0:00	0:40	20:38	32	2	2	4	2	0	0	0

Kings

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Mikey Anderson#44 · D	2	2	0	20:12	0:00	0:47	19:25	25	0	2	0	0	2	0
Cody Ceci#5 · D	2	0	-1	19:21	0:00	2:02	17:19	25	0	1	0	0	1	0
Brandt Clarke#92 · D	3	0	-2	19:20	0:40	0:00	18:40	24	1	7	1	1	0	1
Drew Doughty#8 · D	1	0	1	21:10	0:00	0:50	20:20	24	0	3	0	1	1	3
Brian Dumoulin#2 · D	0	2	1	17:11	0:00	0:00	17:11	21	0	1	0	0	0	0
Joel Edmundson#6 · D	3	1	-3	18:06	0:00	1:59	16:07	25	0	2	0	0	0	0

Golden Knights

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Adin Hill#33 · G	4	19	0	0	15	.789	13	1	1	60:00	0	0

Kings

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Anton Forsberg#31 · G	5	24	0	0	19	.792	19	0	0	56:50	0	0

Injury Report

Golden Knights

William Karlsson

#71 · C · Array

DTD

Kings

Jakub Dvorak

#51 · D · Array

Kevin Fiala

#22 · LW · Array

Head-to-Head

VGK

Last 5 Games

4◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Feb 5, 2026

3◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Jan 14, 2026

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Oct 8, 2025

▸6

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Mar 9, 2025

▸6

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Feb 24, 2025

▸5

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/15/26	vs SEA	W4-1	NHL Regular Season
4/13/26	vs WPG	W6-2	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	@ COL	W3-2	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	@ SEA	L3-4	NHL Regular Season
4/7/26	@ VAN	W2-1	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/16/26	@ CGY	L1-3	NHL Regular Season
4/14/26	@ VAN	L3-4	NHL Regular Season
4/13/26	@ SEA	W5-3	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	vs EDM	W1-0	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	vs VAN	W4-1	NHL Regular Season

Division Standings

Western Conference — Pacific Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Golden Knights	82	39	26	17	—	95	+15	W3
Oilers	82	41	30	11	—	93	+13	W1
Ducks	82	43	33	6	—	92	-15	W1
Kings	82	35	27	20	—	90	-22	L2
Sharks	82	39	35	8	—	86	-41	W1
Kraken	82	34	37	11	—	79	-37	L3
Flames	82	34	39	9	—	77	-47	W1
Canucks	82	25	49	8	—	58	-100	L1

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2026

Puck Drop Wed, Feb 25, 10:20 PM

Venue crypto.com Arena

Location Los Angeles, CA

Broadcast HBO Max

Attendance 18,145

Officials Francois St. Laurent · Referee, Shandor Alphonso · Linesman, Peter MacDougall · Referee, Jesse Marquis · Linesman

About the Game

The Vegas Golden Knights vs Los Angeles Kings game is final on February 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM EST at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. The final score is Vegas Golden Knights 6, Los Angeles Kings 4.

The game was broadcast on HBO Max. Period scoring, team statistics, game leaders, penalties and play-by-play are followed here.

Track Golden Knights vs Kings throughout the game, from the opening faceoff to the final horn. NHL scores and schedule page covers additional NHL games, schedules and completed results.

Golden Knights

1st in Pacific Division

Kings

1st in Pacific Division

Goaltenders

#79

Carter Hart G 28 6' 2" 196 lbs

#33

Adin Hill G 30 6' 4" 222 lbs

#30

Carl Lindbom G 23 6' 0" 165 lbs

Defensemen

Rasmus Andersson D 29 6' 1" 202 lbs

#52

Dylan Coghlan D 28 6' 2" 208 lbs

#51

Lukas Cormier D 24 5' 10" 180 lbs

#84

Jeremy Davies D 29 5' 11" 185 lbs

Adam Ginning D 26 6' 3" 196 lbs

#15

Noah Hanifin D 29 6' 3" 206 lbs

Ville Heinola D 25 6' 0" 181 lbs

#17

Ben Hutton D 33 6' 3" 209 lbs

Jeremy Lauzon D 29 6' 3" 225 lbs

Brayden McNabb D 35 6' 4" 215 lbs

#88

Jaycob Megna D 33 6' 6" 220 lbs

#27

Shea Theodore D 31 6' 2" 197 lbs

Antti Tuomisto D 25 6' 5" 210 lbs

Parker Wotherspoon D 29 6' 1" 192 lbs

Left Wings

#49

Ivan Barbashev LW 30 6' 0" 203 lbs

#24

Trevor Connelly LW 20 6' 1" 165 lbs

Victor Olofsson LW 31 5' 11" 180 lbs

#20

Brandon Saad LW 33 6' 1" 207 lbs

Centers

#26

Nic Dowd C 36 6' 2" 190 lbs

Jack Eichel C 29 6' 2" 208 lbs

Marc Gatcomb C 27 6' 2" 200 lbs

#48

Tomas Hertl C 32 6' 3" 220 lbs

#21

Brett Howden C 28 6' 2" 201 lbs

#71

William Karlsson C 33 6' 0" 190 lbs

#28

Tanner Laczynski C 29 6' 1" 190 lbs

#36

Raphael Lavoie C 25 6' 4" 215 lbs

#77

Kai Uchacz C 23 6' 2" 208 lbs

Right Wings

#42

Braeden Bowman RW 23 6' 1" 205 lbs

#11

Alexander Holtz RW 24 6' 0" 198 lbs

#93

Mitch Marner RW 29 6' 0" 180 lbs

#46

Jonas Rondbjerg RW 27 6' 2" 206 lbs

#19

Reilly Smith RW 35 6' 1" 185 lbs

#61

Mark Stone RW 34 6' 3" 210 lbs

Goaltenders

#31

Anton Forsberg G 33 6' 3" 198 lbs

#40

Carter George G 20 6' 1" 194 lbs

#35

Darcy Kuemper G 36 6' 5" 215 lbs

Erik Portillo G 26 6' 6" 220 lbs

Hampton Slukynsky G 21 6' 1" 179 lbs

Defensemen

#44

Mikey Anderson D 27 6' 0" 195 lbs

#81

Angus Booth D 22 6' 0" 176 lbs

#68

Henry Brzustewicz D 19 6' 2" 203 lbs

Cody Ceci D 32 6' 3" 210 lbs

#92

Brandt Clarke D 23 6' 2" 200 lbs

Drew Doughty D 36 6' 1" 210 lbs

Brian Dumoulin D 35 6' 4" 214 lbs

#51

Jakub Dvorak D 21 6' 5" 210 lbs

Joel Edmundson D 33 6' 5" 221 lbs

Erik Gustafsson D 34 6' 1" 189 lbs

#27

Joe Hicketts D 30 5' 8" 180 lbs

#78

Kirill Kirsanov D 23 6' 1" 198 lbs

Scott Perunovich D 28 5' 10" 175 lbs

#60

Otto Salin D 22 5' 11" 192 lbs

#80

Jared Woolley D 20 6' 4" 214 lbs

Left Wings

Vojtech Cihar LW 19 6' 0" 181 lbs

#22

Kevin Fiala LW 30 6' 0" 205 lbs

Erik Haula LW 35 5' 11" 191 lbs

#12

Trevor Moore LW 31 5' 11" 195 lbs

#10

Artemi Panarin LW 34 6' 0" 177 lbs

Centers

#34

Kenny Connors C 23 6' 2" 207 lbs

#82

Cole Guttman C 27 5' 9" 167 lbs

#79

Samuel Helenius C 23 6' 6" 201 lbs

Jan Jenik C 25 6' 1" 204 lbs

#24

Scott Laughton C 32 6' 1" 191 lbs

#88

Kaleb Lawrence C 23 6' 7" 230 lbs

Jimmy Lombardi C 19 6' 0" 175 lbs

Lane Pederson C 29 6' 0" 190 lbs

#73

Francesco Pinelli C 23 6' 0" 185 lbs

#15

Alex Turcotte C 25 5' 11" 185 lbs

Right Wings

#40

Joel Armia RW 33 6' 3" 216 lbs

#55

Quinton Byfield RW 24 6' 5" 225 lbs

#42

Martin Chromiak RW 24 6' 0" 187 lbs

#74

Aatu Jamsen RW 24 6' 1" 154 lbs

Adrian Kempe RW 30 6' 2" 200 lbs

#14

Alex Laferriere RW 24 6' 1" 205 lbs

Corey Perry RW 41 6' 3" 208 lbs

#52

Taylor Ward RW 28 6' 2" 207 lbs

#53

Jared Wright RW 23 6' 1" 195 lbs

#89

Koehn Ziemmer RW 21 6' 0" 202 lbs

Mats Zuccarello RW 39 5' 8" 180 lbs

Golden Knights

1st in Pacific Division

Kings

1st in Pacific Division

Season Overview

Games Played

Wins

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