Final · February 25, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : VGK 25 — LAK 19 · Crypto.com Arena
Three stars
- 1★
P. DorofeyevVGK · R · 2B 0A - 2★
C. SissonsVGK · C · 1B 1A - 3★
Q. ByfieldLAK · R · 2B 0A
VGKGame statsLAK 
- 25Shots on goal19
- 46 %Faceoff win %54 %
- 1/2Power play1/1
- 7Penalty minutes19
- 26Hits24
- 24Blocked shots14
- 8Giveaways13
- 3Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| LAK | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
Season seriesVGK 3 – 1 LAK
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← VGK 6 / 25 / 494 / 19 / 31 LAK →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
- Pavel DorofeyevVGK · 10:59Assists : Tanner Laczynski, Reilly Smith1 – 0▶ Watch
- Quinton ByfieldLAK · 14:31 · PPAssists : Artemi Panarin, Brandt Clarke1 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
Adrian KempeLAK · 14:44Assists : Anze Kopitar, Artemi Panarin1 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
- Colton SissonsVGK · 08:07Assists : Braeden Bowman, Adin Hill2 – 2▶ Watch
Brandon SaadVGK · 11:16Assists : Colton Sissons, Alexander Holtz3 – 2▶ Watch
Reilly SmithVGK · 12:21Assists : Tanner Laczynski, Brayden McNabb4 – 2▶ Watch- Quinton ByfieldLAK · 13:26Assists : Andrei Kuzmenko4 – 3▶ Watch
- Pavel DorofeyevVGK · 15:59 · PPAssists : Tanner Laczynski, Braeden Bowman5 – 3▶ Watch
Brandt ClarkeLAK · 18:54Assists : Adrian Kempe, Andrei Kuzmenko5 – 4▶ Watch
Ivan BarbashevVGK · 19:32Assists : Tomas Hertl, Brayden McNabb6 – 4▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 13:51VGKRasmus Andersson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Andrei Kuzmenko
2nd period
- 11:47LAKCorey Perry — Instigator (2 min) · drawn by Jeremy Lauzon
- 11:47VGKJeremy Lauzon — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Corey Perry
- 11:47LAKCorey Perry — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Jeremy Lauzon
- 11:47LAKCorey Perry — Instigator misconduct (10 min)
3rd period
- 15:10LAKArtemi Panarin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Jeremy Lauzon
Box score
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. SissonsC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:23 |
| P. DorofeyevR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17:29 |
| R. SmithR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| B. SaadL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:35 |
| C. ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:25 |
| A. HoltzR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:10 |
| T. LaczynskiC | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:13 |
| T. HertlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:58 |
| I. BarbashevL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:24 |
| K. KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:12 |
| K. UchaczC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 12:38 |
| B. McNabbD | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 21:18 |
| R. AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:42 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10 | 21:30 |
| K. KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:13 |
| B. HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:42 |
| D. CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hill(W) | 15/19 | 78.9 % | 60:00 |
| A. Schmid | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. KempeR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22:20 |
| C. PerryR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| A. KopitarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 |
| T. MooreL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 14:03 |
| A. LaferriereR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 18:23 |
| A. TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 12:57 |
| W. FoegeleL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| J. ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 10:57 |
| Q. ByfieldR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 21:08 |
| A. PanarinL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21:05 |
| S. HeleniusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 07:58 |
| A. KuzmenkoL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
| B. DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:11 |
| C. CeciD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 19:21 |
| J. EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 |
| D. DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:10 |
| M. AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:12 |
| B. ClarkeD | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 19:20 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Forsberg(L) | 19/24 | 79.2 % | 56:50 |
| D. Kuemper | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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